Research for the AASHTO Standing Committee on Planning. Task 49. Synthesis of Metropilitan-Level Transportation Funding Sources

One of the most important constraints on future transportation investment is inadequate funding, especially in metropolitan areas. Some metropolitan areas have developed specific regional funding programs (e.g., regional sales tax or gas tax) dedicated to transportation needs in their area. Such examples could act as models for other metropolitan areas struggling with similar issues. Thus, there is a need to describe the different types of metropolitan-level funding sources that exist in the United States, explain how they came about, and assess the pros and cons of their current form of implementation. The objective of this study is to identify different funding programs for metropolitan-level funding in the United States. Not only will this study describe such programs, but it will also assess the advantages and disadvantages of each type of funding arrangement.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=1263

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $500000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 08-36, Task

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW, Suite 225
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  McCready, Ronald

• Performing Organizations:

  ICF Consulting, Incorporated

  101 Lucas Valley Road
  San Rafael, CA  United States  94903-1791
• Start Date: 20041216
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20051215
• Source Data: RiP Project 11666

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Financial analysis; Fuel taxes; Investments; Metropolitan areas; Needs assessment; Research projects; Revenues; Strategic planning; Taxation; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01557240
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Contract Numbers: Project 08-36, Task
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Mar 19 2015 1:01AM