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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B." Transportation Research Board. 2011. TRB Special Report 303: Equity of Evolving Transportation Finance Mechanisms. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13240.
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APPENDIX B Committee Meetings and Other Activities FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING December 18–19, 2008, Washington, D.C. The following presentations were made to the committee by invited speakers and individual committee members: Overview of Transportation Research Board (TRB) Special Report 285: The Fuel Tax and Alternatives for Transportation Funding Joseph Morris, TRB Future Financing Options to Meet Highway and Transit Needs Gary Maring, Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Stakeholders’ Issues and Strategies of Road Pricing Use Daniel Dornan, KPMG LLP Evaluating Transportation Equity—An Overview Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute A Case Study in Transportation Equity Thomas Sanchez, University of Utah Thinking About Equity in Transportation Finance Brian Taylor, committee member Vox Populi: A Synthesis of Public Opinion on Tolling and Road Pricing Johanna Zmud, committee member 158

Committee Meetings and Other Activities 159 Managed Lanes and Travel Behavior Keith Lawton, committee member Private Provision of Highways: Economic Issues Kenneth Small, committee member Long-Term Concessions: Issues Relating to Protecting the Public Interest Jeffrey Buxbaum, committee member SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING February 23–24, 2009, Irvine, California The following presentations were made to the committee by invited speakers: Equity Implications of Current Transportation Finance Mechanisms Martin Wachs, RAND Corporation Equity Outcomes: Alternative Transportation Finance David Ungemah, Texas Transportation Institute Panel Discussion with Decision Makers Panelists were asked to discuss the issues they face when deciding how to fund transportation projects, what they need by way of information and guidance, and how important equity is in the decision process. Steve Heminger, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland Richard Katz, consultant THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING May 7–8, 2009, Washington, D.C. Closed meeting for committee deliberations.

160 Equity of Evolving Transportation Finance Mechanisms FOURTH COMMITTEE MEETING September 2–3, 2009, Washington, D.C. The committee hosted a symposium to explore transportation finance equity with experts and stakeholders. The agenda for this symposium and a list of participants are provided in Appendix D. FIFTH COMMITTEE MEETING February 4, 2010, Washington, D.C. Closed meeting for committee deliberations.

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TRB Special Report 303: Equity of Evolving Transportation Finance Mechanisms addresses the equity of alternatives to current transportation finance mechanisms, notably mechanisms based on tolling and road use metering (i.e., road pricing). The committee that developed the report concluded that broad generalizations about the fairness of high-occupancy toll lanes, cordon tolls, and other evolving mechanisms oversimplify the reality and are misleading. The fairness of a given type of finance mechanism depends on how it is structured, what transportation alternatives are offered to users, and which aspects of equity are deemed most important.

The committee identified the various dimensions of equity important for public policy debates about evolving finance mechanisms, proposed specific issues for policy makers to consider when evolving mechanisms are proposed, and identified areas where future research is needed for a better understanding of the equity implications of such mechanisms.

To move beyond superficial analysis, the report calls on policy makers to insist on well-designed studies of transportation finance that yield reliable information about the likely distribution of burdens and benefits, and that facilitate comparison of a given finance strategy with alternatives. In addition, public policy makers who wish to promote equity should engage their constituents and other stakeholders early and often when considering the use of new or unfamiliar transportation finance mechanisms.

The report calls on researchers to explore further how people modify their use of the transportation system in response to changes in prices and services and the consequences of these responses. It also recommends the development of a handbook for state and local governments describing procedures for conducting equity analyses of transportation finance policies.

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