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Conference Proceedings 33: Transportation Finance: Meeting the Funding Challenge Today, Shaping Policies for Tomorrow (2005)
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Transportation Research Board. "Local Resistance to Innovative Finance Initiatives." Conference Proceedings 33: Transportation Finance: Meeting the Funding Challenge Today, Shaping Policies for Tomorrow. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2005.

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Transportation Finance Meeting the Funding Challenge Today, Shaping Policies for Tomorrow (1-1)
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 2005 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE* (2-6)
CONFERENCE PROGRAM (7-7)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (8-8)
Contents (9-12)
COMMON THEMES AND KEY OBSERVATIONS (13-13)
Underlying Framework and Trends (14-14)
Legislative (15-15)
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FUTURE RESEARCH (16-16)
ASSESSMENT OF THE CONFERENCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE EVENTS (17-18)
PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (19-19)
Track 3: Structures, Institutions, and Partnerships to Deliver More Projects Faster and Cheaper (20-20)
Track 4: New Transportation Initiatives and Demands on Financing (21-22)
General Sessions (23-24)
WELCOME AND CHARGE (25-25)
Track 2: Tools and Techniques to Deliver More Projects Faster (26-26)
Track 4: New Transportation Initiatives and Demands on Financing (27-27)
LUNCHEON SESSION Transportation Challenges to the Nation (28-29)
TRACK 2: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES TO DELIVER MORE PROJECTS FASTER (30-30)
TRACK 4: NEW TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES AND DEMANDS ON FINANCING (31-31)
LEVERAGING FEDERAL FUNDING (32-32)
COMMENTS (33-33)
TRACK 2: TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES TO DELIVER MORE PROJECTS FASTER (34-34)
TRACK 4: NEW TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES AND DEMANDS ON FINANCING (35-35)
GENERAL SESSION 4 Transportation Finance in the Context of Reauthorization and Beyond Administration's Perspective (36-36)
REAUTHORIZATION AND FINANCING (37-37)
OPEN DISCUSSION (38-38)
ARTBA'S PERSPECTIVE (39-39)
FOCUSING ON THE SYSTEM (40-40)
Track Reports (41-42)
What Could Be: Looking Ahead to Alternative Fuels, Taxes, and Other Revenue Sources (43-43)
Considering Transportation Finance Approaches Used by Other Governments (44-44)
SESSION 2: EXAMINING CURRENT AND POTENTIAL USE OF TAX INCENTIVES IN PROMOTING SURFACE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT (45-45)
Tax Credit Bonds to Finance Infrastructure: Theory and Practice (46-46)
Discussion (47-47)
Making Room for Maintenance: The Intelligent Renewal of Our Existing Transportation System (48-48)
Opportunities for Value Capture and Value Pricing (49-49)
Discussion (50-50)
Integrating Innovate Financing into the Transportation Planning Process (51-51)
SESSION 2: INNOVATIVE FINANCING TO ADVANCE STATE AND LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS (52-52)
Discussion (53-53)
Freight Infrastructure Bank Proposal (54-54)
Communicating Innovative Finance to the Public (55-55)
Discussion (56-56)
Setting the Stage: Public-Sector Perspective on Roles and Risk Sharing (57-57)
Las Vegas Monorail (58-58)
Virginia's Privatization Initiative: Outcome-Based Highway Asset Management (59-59)
New Mexico (60-60)
Discussion (61-61)
Financing Intermodal Connections: Bringing Down the Funding Silos for the I-95 Rail Study (62-62)
Short-Line Rail: Private Investments in the Marine Transportation System (63-63)
Discussion (64-64)
Discussion (65-66)
TRACK 1 (67-67)
TRACK 4 (68-70)
Resource Papers (71-72)
WHAT SHOULD BE THE GOAL OF REAUTHORIZATION? (73-73)
HAS TEA-21 MET THE GOALS OF MAINTAINING SYSTEM CONDITION AND PERFORMANCE AND IMPROVING SAFETY? (74-74)
WHAT FUNDING LEVEL WILL REAUTHORIZATION NEED TO ESTABLISH TO MAINTAIN CONDITION AND PERFORMANCE? (75-75)
Enhancements to the Fuel Excise Tax (76-76)
Tax Credit Bonds (77-77)
Tolling (78-79)
CONCLUSION (80-80)
INNOVATIVE FINANCE FRAMEWORK (81-81)
IMPEDIMENTS TO PROJECT DELIVERY (82-82)
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AND STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS (83-83)
POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS (84-85)
EXPEDITING PROJECT DELIVERY: A CHALLENGE TO THE TRANSPORTATION FINANCE COMMUNITY (86-86)
What Is This Strategy Intended to Accomplish? (87-87)
What Is This Strategy Intended to Accomplish? (88-88)
Where Is This Strategy Leading Us? (89-89)
State Departments of Transportation Caught in the Middle (90-90)
Local Resistance to Innovative Finance Initiatives (91-91)
BACKGROUND (92-92)
TECHNOLOGY (93-94)
IMPLICATIONS (95-96)
Acronyms (97-97)
Conference Steering Committee Member Biographies (98-103)
Participants (104-111)

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I N S T I T U T I O N A L F R A M E W O R K F O R I N N O VAT I V E T R A N S P O RTAT I O N F I N A N C E 79 Potential strategy: Create a standing advisory com- years. Similarly, there is no incentive for localities to mittee with broad representation from various trans- understand or accept that transportation resources may portation interests to help identify and evaluate relevant need to be distributed unequally to address mobility policy issues. issues in different areas of a state effectively. Potential strategy: Create financial incentives that reward locally developed transportation solutions. Local Resistance to Innovative Finance Initiatives It is difficult for local communities to evaluate and The opinions expressed in this resource paper are those build consensus on whether a tolled project delivered in of the author and do not represent the views of Bear, 3 years is better than a toll-free facility delivered in 10 Stearns & Co., Inc.