Quick-Response Research on Long-Term Strategic Issues. Task 38. An Analysis of Green Bond Financing in the Public Transportation Industry

The objectives of this research are to:  (1) - Identify potential roles and benefits of greens bonds in advancing the sustainability goals of transit agencies. (2) - Describe the value and costs of green bond vs. traditional bond financing to both a transit agency issuer and a bond investor. (3) Describe lessons learned from the experiences of transit agencies, investors, and stakeholders with green bonds and similar financing.  (4) - Identify and contrast alternatives to green bonds to advance sustainability goals.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4692

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $91000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project J-11, Task 38

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Transit Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Garcia-Colberg, Mariela

• Performing Organizations:

  Cadmus Group, Inc.

  Waltham, MA  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Fordham, Damon

• Start Date: 20190904
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bonds; Financing; Forecasting; Guidelines; Public transit; Sustainable development; Transit operating agencies
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01693006
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project J-11, Task 38
• Files: TRB, RiP
• Created Date: Feb 18 2019 3:05PM