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A 1 Appendix A Annotated Bibliography A.1 ON AIRPORT REVENUE SOURCES AND TECHNIQUES âAAAE Panel Considers New Revenue Strategies,â Aviaon News, May 21, 2010 During AAAEâs Annual Conference and Exposion in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, industry officials discussed the importance of the naonâs airports developing alternave revenue sources. Many airports may need to consider business approaches, especially for terminal development, that rely on market demand as opposed to individual airline support and create partnerships without dependency. One industry official suggested that airports need to be more creave and take risks, such as accepng display of corporate icons, implemenng business partnerships, adding services like pet hotels, and accepng adversing on jet bridges. âAéroports de Paris,â Hoovers Company Records, July 2010 Aéroports de Paris, or ADP (Paris Airports), is the airport authority that owns and manages the fourteen civil airports and airfields in the Ãle de France (Paris) area. ADP has been adept at developing, equipping and operang airports in France. ADP also contracts to design and manage airport operaons outside of France. The company has worked on more than 80 internaonal contracts since the 1950s. FedExâs European base is at ADPâs Charles de Gaulle Airport, which is Europeâs largest cargo airport. To increase revenues at its airport retail businesses, ADP and The Nuance Group launched a joint venture in 2008 called Duty Free Paris, which operates about 30 fashion bouques at Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports. âAirport Execuves Get Tips on Boosng Non Aeronaucal Revenue,â Aviaon News.net, June 10, 2008 [Online]. Available: hp://www.aviaonnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=155748 The airport industry panelists advised delegates at the AAAEâs Annual Conference and Exposion in New Orleans, Louisiana to take a fresh look at parking, land development and terminal concessions while sll looking at future uses of new technology to increase non aeronaucal sources of revenue.
INNOVATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES â AN AIRPORT GUIDE NNI A 2 âAirports Feed Travelersâ Need for Power Outlet,â Airports, May 1, 2007, p. 3 Airports across the country use a variety of models to offer power outlets to travelers trying to charge electronic equipment, including cell phones, laptop computers and MP3 players. Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta InternaÂonal Airport indicated that they were exploring the possibility of adding sponsored power staÂons, but that the decision not to charge for the power would remain the same. Akomolafe, B., âExperts Canvass AlternaÂve Revenue Sources for FAAN,â Compass Newspaper, Apr. 12, 2009 AviaÂon experts believe that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) should focus on non aeronauÂcal revenue. Experts believe that Nigeria has failed to put in place an efficient way of generaÂng revenue from parking, concession fees and other related sources. Nigeriaâs revenue collecÂon system is full of human interference that allows loss of huge income to the industry. Experts agree that the system presently used by Nigeria to capture its revenue from non aeronauÂcal sources is crude and ripe for sabotage by retail businesses that must pay a percentage of sales/revenue. FAAN could implement Point of Sales Terminals (POS) and a percentage of the concession fee will go directly into FAANâs account. POS could also be used to obtain accurate staÂsÂcs on the airports. âBoingo Extends Sponsored Wi Fi to Airports via NewMarkeÂng Partnership,âWireless News, Nov. 13, 2009 Boingo Wireless, an operator of Wi Fi networks in airports, announced that recent Wi Fi access sampling campaigns have generated up to 35% increases in revenue at select airports, while delivering click through rates of up to 39% for sponsors.1 Compart, A., âPrivately Run U.S. Airport Starts its Own Airline Service,â Aviaon Daily, Feb. 25, 2010, p. 1 Privately operated Branson Airport and its affiliated travel agency are geÂng into the airline business by offering scheduled charter service. Ticket prices are determined in consultaÂon with airports at the other end of the routes. The airport and the travel agency currently offer service between Branson and AusÂn, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; Houston, Texas; Shreveport, Louisiana; and Terre Haute, Indiana. The airport and travel agency are looking to add three or four more ciÂes by the end of the year. CPCS, First Class Partnerships, Harral Winner Thompson Sharp Klein, Inc., Portscape Inc., Thompson Galenson and Associates, LLC, Alternave Financing Approaches for Passenger and Freight Rail Projects, Draft Working Paper 1: Global Scan and Assessment of Established Financing Models, NCRRP 1 Click through rates measure the raÂo of clicks to impressions of online markeÂng campaigns.
APPENDIX A â ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A 3 Project 07 01, Transportaon Research Board of the Naonal Academies, Washington DC, August 2013. This research project is due for compleÂon in February, 2015. The objecÂve of this research is to idenÂfy alternaÂve methods for financing passenger and freight rail project development. Dallas/Fort Worth Internaonal Airport. Non Aeronaucal Revenue Through Airport Services. Dallas, Maximizing Non Aeronaucal Revenue through Airport Services Conference, IPQC, August, 2009 This presentaÂon provides an overview of the Dallas/Fort Worth InternaÂonal Airport (DFW) concession program and non aeronauÂcal revenue acÂviÂes. On airport property includes headquarters for 22 Fortune 500 companies. Other commercial developments include a pet hotel and resort, an addiÂonal hotel, as well as mixed office and retail space. DFW has also signed with the Chesapeake Energy CorporaÂon to drill for natural gas, gaining 25% of the royalÂes on all gas produced. DFS.Maximizing Non Aeronaucal Revenue. ACI Asia Pacific Small Airports Seminar, DFS, Oct. 2008 To maximize revenues, DFS2 created an approach aimed at creaÂng partnerships based on complementary strengths and building synergies by focusing on core businesses. The presentaÂon focuses on bringing luxury brands into airports to create a unique shopping experience for the customer. By staÂoning these bouÂques, DFS is hoping to engage and aÂract consumers with quality guarantee and premium customer service. âDFW Uses the Internet to Sell Surplus Merchandise,â Airports, Jan. 16, 2007, p. 2 Dallas/Fort Worth InternaÂonal Airport (DFW) holds on line aucÂons to sell old and unused items. Items include plumbing and uÂlity equipment, building materials, office supplies, electronics, cell phones and furniture. The 2006 aucÂon neÂed the airport $500,000. DFW hopes to raise more than $3,000,000 through this on line aucÂon. Ehmer, H. and J. Parappallil, âPotenal of Non Aeronaucal Revenues for Airport Dusseldorf Internaonal,â Internaonal University of Applied Sciences, Mar. 23, 2007 The study examines the potenÂal and scope of non aviaÂon revenue for Dusseldorf InternaÂonal Airport. It evaluates the performance of non aviaÂon faciliÂes at the airport by comparing the results to that of similar European airports. The study concludes that the airportâs non aviaÂon enÂty is underperforming and seeks to find the reasons behind it and offer some pracÂcal suggesÂons for improvements. 2DFS is the German Air NavigaÂon Service (Deutsche Flugsicherung).
INNOVATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES â AN AIRPORT GUIDE NNI A 4 Eaton, G. Strategies for Enhancing Success in Increasing Non Aeronaucal Revenues. ACI NA Airport Board Members & Commissioners Annual Conference; Chicago, April 27, 2009 In this Ricondo & Associates, Inc., presentaon there are several principles for increasing revenues, including: (a) updang outdated agreements and rates, (b) improving customer service, (c) capitalizing on intermodal facilies, (d) considering privazaons, and (e) going green. Mr. Garfield Eaton presents the pros and cons of privazaon and renewable energy opons, such as reducon of carbon emissions to improve public opinion, use of solar and wind power, and geo thermal siding to reduce operang costs. Hazel, R., O. Fainsilber, N. Herrmann and S. Sala. Innovave Finance and Alternave Sources of Revenue for Airports. Oliver Wyman, Inc. Retrieved August 2010 Oliver Wyman prepared a report that covers a number of issues that arise for airports when air demand is down and revenue from airlines is more volale and at risk. In addion to perspecve on current condions, there is interesng discussion about the business model used in Europe to diversify and increase airport revenue. âHong Kong to Open Metals Depository for Secure Storage,â Airports, Jan. 23, 2007, p. 3 The arcle discusses a precious metals depository that was scheduled to open at Hong Kong Airport by the end of 2007. According to the arcle, the depository will provide a central, secure storage facility for traders, instuonal investors, gold producers and refineries, and provide service as a physical seÂlement plaÂorm for trades made on the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society and other Asian markets. As a result, the airport authority will generate revenue through rentals of secure storage space and the depository, which will have a total of up to 300 square meters. Horwitz Benne, B., âAirport Cies; Energy Conservaon, Sustainability in Performance Based Design are Key Issues for M/E/P Designers on Airport Projects â And Yes, Airport Security as Well,â Consulng Specifying Engineer, Mar. 1, 2007, p. 28 The reauthorizaon of the FAAâs Airport Improvement Program has been ed up in Congress for several years, so airports have developed interest in a new business model with some alternave forms of revenue. The âairport cityâ is a concept with retail and restaurant franchises, hotels, offices and apartments re creang the airport as a desnaon. Airport authories are also accommodang the evolving business plans of airlines. Common use terminal equipment (CUTE) allows carriers to share data transmission and delivery systems. It is very popular, but harder to implement at major hubs because large carriers want to maintain control of their terminals. At Miami Internaonal Airport, CUTE is pushed because the facility is landlocked and unable to expand. Airports are also focusing on other factors, such as design challenges, security and saving energy.
APPENDIX A â ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A 5 âIndian Airports: Catching Up with the Times,â Business and Industry, Nov. 2009, p. 14 The ar cle discusses the financial state of the Indian Avia on Industry, and the differences between financing improvements at privately owned airports, publicly owned airports and airports managed though public private partnerships in India. âIndy Makes Deal with Chase Bank for Flight Info Display Screens,â Airports, June 6, 2006, p. 21 Indianapolis Interna onal Airport entered into a one year flight informa on display screen sponsorship deal with Chase Bank. The sponsorship let the airport increase its non aeronau cal revenue. Chase is also sponsoring power outlets throughout the airport. Jacobs Consultancy. ACRP Report 24: Guidebook for Evaluang Airport Strategies and Supporng Technologies. TransportaÂon Research Board of the NaÂonal Academies, Washington, DC, 2009 ACRP Report 24 presents current and poten al parking programs that can be implemented at airports in the United States. The report focuses on specialized needs for public parking in airports and improvements in customer service. The second part of the report explores new strategies and technologies used to increase efficiency. The third part evaluates the costs, benefits, and implementa on of various parking strategies and technologies. MacGowan, J. Revenue Growth at Dublin Airport. Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), Dublin, April 2008 This presenta on provides interes ng comparisons of aeronau cal versus commercial revenues at some of the major European airports. DAA has had low avia on revenues in the past and has embarked on a mul faceted program to improve traffic, passenger experience and passenger dependent revenues. DAA upgraded concessions and introduced pre book parking packages, beÂer restaurants and shopping deals. Dublin has also developed a pre/post airport SMS (short message service) message update on flight condi ons and an intermodal cket system so that passengers can purchase train ckets to des na on/connec ng ci es. Martel, F., âExternal Factors and Their Impact on Non AeronauÂcal Revenue,â Journal of Airport Management, Vol. 3, July Sept. 2009, pp. 337 344 In recent years, non aeronau cal revenue has played an increasing role in airportsâ total revenue. The paper examines the named factors underlying the genera on of non aeronau cal revenue at airports. Two significant external factors the current credit crisis and worldwide economic recession, and the recent fluctua ons in the price of oil are analyzed with respect to their poten al impact on airlines, passenger volumes and the genera on of non aeronau cal revenue for airports. The paper concludes that these external factors affect airports and non aeronau cal revenue and, to a certain extent, airports can take ac on to mi gate this impact.
INNOVATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES â AN AIRPORT GUIDE NNI A 6 Mohn, P. Understanding the Passengerâs Mind Set at Airports for Increased Commercial Value. Maximizing Non Aeronaucal Revenues Conference, IPQC, August, 2009, M1nd Set, Switzerland. In order to maximize commercial and airport consumer spending, M1nd Set examined the psychological stages of passengers at airports. Mohn idenÂfied four stages: Airport Arrival, Check In, Security Checks, and Gate LocaÂon as primary areas where stress occurs. As each barrier is passed, there is a reducÂon in stress. The arÂcle idenÂfies key traits of travelers, as well as general and specific customer service expectaÂons used to determine buyer behavior. Moses, N., âAviaon: The Future of Airports . . .,â Business World, July 2010 This arÂcle discusses the viability of Indiaâs airports through real estate projects. âNaonal Magazine Hosts Airport Industry Execuves in Houston,â Houston Airport System, Mar. 16, 2010 In this arÂcle, industry leaders discuss trends in non aeronauÂcal revenue. The Houston Airport System (HAS) has been innovaÂve in its alternate revenue source approaches. Its innovaÂve approaches include a center designed to handle fresh cargo imports (Fresh Air Cargo 1 AH Center), which translates into fresher flowers, fruits and vegetables and seafood. HAS also incorporates a mixed use development design with possible opportuniÂes for a gas staÂon, convenience store, restaurants, shops, banks, hotel, and cell phone lot with airline informaÂon monitors. âNarita Airport Authority Rises to the Challenge of Travel Retail,â The Moody Report, Jan. 2005, pp. 34 38 The arÂcle discusses Narita Airport Authorityâs joint ventures with NAA Retailing CorporaÂon (âNAARâ) to boost commercial revenues and retail sales. Narita Airport Authority also has a joint venture with ADT that will take over the general duty free stores in Terminal 2 for the brand bouÂques. The third joint venture is with JAL/DFS that will open new stores in the completed Terminal 1 south wing. This joint venture will run a duty free shop and brand bouÂques. âNarita Unveils New High End Shopping Mall in Terminal 2,â Airports, Apr. 17, 2008, p. 3 Japanâs Narita InternaÂonal Airport opens Narita 5th Avenue. The mall takes up 5,000 square meters, includes 16 new shops such as Burberry, Bvlgari, CarÂer, Coach, Gucci, Hermes and Tiffany & Co. âNon Aeronaucal Revenue,â AviaÂon Insight, Winter 2007 The issue discusses various strategies implemented by industry officials with respect to non aeronauÂcal revenue.
APPENDIX A â ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A 7 OâMalley, C., âAirport Ponders Radical Ideas to Boost Revenue,â IBJ.com, Mar. 27, 2010 [Online]. Available at: hÂp://www/ijb.com/ar cle/print?ar cleId=18928 The Indianapolis Airport Authority is considering numerous ways to maximize revenue, including making the airport a community desÂnaÂon. The airport has hosted numerous small concerts, and is considering using its garage roof for car shows, swap meets, and seasonal fesÂvals to create a venue of entertainment that might provide shopping as a by product. The airport is also considering providing its experÂse to other airports. âOne Bag Rules Severely Impac ng Retail Revenue,â Airport Commercial and Retailing, July 2010 The arÂcle discusses the impact that the one bag rule has on non aeronauÂcal revenues with respect to retail. Some airports affected by this rule have seen a 40% drop in retail revenues. OÂ, J., âEastern U.S. Airports to Huddle on Impact of Oil and Gas Drilling,â Aviaon Daily, May 17, 2010, p. 6 A drilling conference will be scheduled to discuss exploraÂon and drilling at airports. The drilling conference agenda is being developed around topics such as compliance with FAA and environmental regulaÂons, retaining federal grant assurances, negoÂaÂons with oil and gas companies, and how airports can take advantage of the revenue potenÂal. OÂ, J., âAirports Take to Drilling, See a Future in Marcellus Shale,â Aviaon Daily, May 10, 2010, p. 2 Land rich airports that sit atop oil and natural gas deposits in the eastern U.S. are exploring deals with companies to tap into these natural resources. Several Pennsylvania airports are acÂvely involved in drilling, and the deep seated reservoir called the Marcellus Shale is offering new opportuniÂes. PiÂsburgh InternaÂonal Airport will issue a request for proposals to explore drilling into the Marcellus Shale. In addiÂon, the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, PA has arranged with a firm to undertake shale gas exploraÂon and drilling. The Bradford Regional Airport in Pennsylvania is the site of 32 oil and gas wells. Oil and gas drilling are good revenue streams with many possibiliÂes for airport revenue. OÂ, J., âDenver Airport Buys Petro Canada Oil and Gas Wells at DIA,â Aviaon Daily, Mar. 8, 2010, p. 4 Denver InternaÂonal Airport has acquired 27 oil and natural gas wells on its 34 acres from Petro Canadian Resources. The airport owns the mineral rights on all of its acres, but it had leased the 27,000 acres to Petro Canadian for exploraÂon. The wells are expected to yield $3.5 million in addiÂonal annual revenue for the airport.
INNOVATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES â AN AIRPORT GUIDE NNI A 8 O, J., âGoogle Offering Free Wi Fi at 47 Airports during Holidays,â Airports, Nov. 24, 2009, p. 1 Googleâs free Wi Fi service offered to users at these 47 airports serves as an experiment. Through the free period, Google will be surveying users to determine trends and acquaint them with the search engineâs considerable product offerings. A key stumbling block for airports is that charges for Wi Fi service have become a source of non aeronauÂcal revenues, useful funds as the poor economy drags down traffic and sales at airport shops. O, J., âAirports Eye Concessions as Hopes Rise for Big Turnaround,â Airports, Nov. 17, 2009, p. 1 The arÂcle discusses non aeronauÂcal revenue largely from concessions. The arÂcle states that airport offices were opÂmisÂc that passenger traffic would rebound by 2011, which would increase volume of travelers and raise non aeronauÂcal revenues from concessions. O, J., âAirport Examines Pros, Cons of Managing Ground Handling,â Airports, Sept. 29, 2009, p. 1 The arÂcle discusses ground handling units at airports and the potenÂal to become new revenue sources for airports. Airports are finding that by offering the service to airlines, it becomes an incenÂve to build new services and a means to aÂract other new airline clients. O, J., âRising Costs, Debt Load Pose Huge Challenges for Miami Dade,â Airports, July 7, 2009, p. 1 The arÂcle discusses steps to be taken by Miami Dade Airport to raise funds from tradiÂonal and non aeronauÂcal revenue sources such as parking and concessions, cargo warehouse projects, private development, and public/private partnership investment programs. Perre, B., âSingapore Airport Terminal Services Q4 Profit Up 10.2%,â Aviaon Daily, May 7, 2010, p. 7 Singapore Airport Terminal Servicesâ strong performance was driven mainly by the full consolidaÂon of its wholly owned subsidiary, Singapore Food Industries, which contributed revenue of $165.1 million. This is in contrast to Singapore Airport Terminal Servicesâ aviaÂon revenue, which comes from grounds handling services it provides at Shanghai and other airports in the region, which contributed $218.7 million. Pletz, J., âAenÂon OâHare Shoppers: Looking Beyond Food and Drink Kiosks, Airport Aims to Tap Fast Growing Revenue Stream with Retail Expansion,â Crainâs Chicago Business, Nov. 19, 2007, p. 2 OâHare InternaÂonal Airport plans to expand its retail space by 13% to include bi name apparel brands (like Brooks Brothers, Nike and Nine West), spa services, and business service centers catering to corporate clients. OâHareâs non airline revenue has risen about 10% annually in recent years. OâHare is also looking for bigger cuts from its exisÂng restaurants and shops by increasing original rents from 2% - 25% to 35% - 40% of gross sales.
APPENDIX A â ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A 9 âPower Port Kiosks Offer Power, Computer Access at Airports,â Airports, Jan. 9, 2007, p. 3 PowerPort, a Berea, California-basedcompany, has partnered with several airports across the country (LaGuardia, Minneapolis Saint Paul InternaÂonal, Lambert St. Louis InternaÂonal, San Francisco InternaÂonal, San Antonio InternaÂonal and AusÂn Bergstrom InternaÂonal), to use kiosks to provide a full range of internet services, charging of electronic equipment and rental of laptop computers. PowerPort splits the money generated from kiosk use under a revenue sharing program based on airportâs volume and site locaÂon. Sanjeevi, S. Airport Airline Partnership, Bengaluru InternaÂonal Airport, Maximizing Non AeronauÂcal Revenue Conference, Aug. 26, 2009. This presentaÂon examines the travel paÂerns and consumpÂon of various groups of passengers using Indiaâs airports. A number of recommendaÂons are presented about how to increase passenger spending and aÂract non flying customers to the airport for shopping. âSapientNitro and SH&E Launch Mul channel Airport PlaÂorm,â Business and Industry, May 11, 2010 SapientNitro, part of Sapient, and SH&E, an aviaÂon consulÂng firm that is a subsidiary of ICF InternaÂonal, launches a new joint venture: Ionos, a mul channel communicaÂons and markeÂng plaÂorm that blends airportâs real Âme travel informaÂon with precisely targeted markeÂng messages for travelers. Ionos integrates into the airportâs exisÂng technical architecture and has an adverÂsing model that allows airports to offer all their marketers a free basic adverÂsing program, in addiÂon to targeted paid adverÂsing. The plaÂorms debuted at Denver InternaÂonal Airport, featuring a website and a corresponding iPhone applicaÂon called goHow Airports, available free at the iTunes store. Through its different channels, Ionos reinforces airport branding, drives traveler saÂsfacÂon and increases revenue per passenger. Taylor, M. and L. Snell, âInnovaÂve School Facility Partnerships: Downtown, Airport, and Retail Space,â Public Interest InsÂtute, Aug. 2001 This policy study discusses innovaÂve ways school districts are partnering with private businesses, airports and retail shopping malls to provide space for classroom faciliÂes. These facility models can be beneficial to the districts, parents, and children and they should be seen as a viable alternaÂve to tradiÂonal means of funding school construcÂon. Thompson, T., âNon AeronauÂcal Revenues â Short Term OpportuniÂes,â Airport Council Internaonal North America, Economics and Finance Conference, Jacobs Consultancy, Apr. 7, 2009 The presentaÂon focuses on the importance of revenue diversificaÂon in small, medium and large hub airports. The increase in non aeronauÂcal revenue can enhance the ability of airports to pursue capital programs. Short term non aeronauÂcal revenue ideas include idenÂfying opportuniÂes for enhanced
INNOVATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES â AN AIRPORT GUIDE NNI A 10 lease revenues, pursuing non tradional real estate development, naming rights for airports or terminals and outdoor adversing. Richard, J., âSo Drinks & Coffee Carry Experienal Markeng into Airport Industry,â Airport Improvement Magazine, Jan. Feb. 2009 Cleveland Hopkins Internaonal Airport signs a five year agreement valued at $2 million dollars granng Pepsi exclusive pouring rights throughout the terminals. Boston Logan Internaonal Airport and Dunkinâ Donuts implemented an experienal campaign to create awareness of the companyâs special blend coffee through non tradional markeng that included quarterly sampling programs and a 7 foot tall brand icon of the Dunkinâ Donuts brandâs styrofoam coffee cup located in two high traffic areas. âWayne County Inks Pouring Rights Deal with Pepsi,â Aviaon Daily, July 31, 2009, p. 3 Wayne County Airport Authority sold pouring rights to PMG Michigan (Pepsi) for Detroit Metro Airport what will bring in an esmated $1.4 million a year and as much as $9.8 million over the seven year contract. Unnikrishnan, M., âRevenues Revisited,â Aviaon Week and Space Technology, Mar. 23, 2009, p. 42 U.S. airports are more focused on non aeronaucal revenue as collapsing demand for air travel increases. Columbia Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) is shiÂing its focus from landing fees, parking and concessions to its number one asset, land. Oakland Internaonal Airport saw a 21.5% decline in air traffic in 2008 and is now focusing on corporate and general aviaon, as well as cargo. A proposed venture to build a pet hotel on Oakland Internaonal land fell through, but Airship Ventures, which offers zeppelin tours in the Bay Area and Napa Valley, uses the airport as a port of call. Wilson, B., âACI: Airports, Partners Should Join to Improve Revenue Efforts,â Aviaon Daily, Sept. 25, 2009, p. 6 This arcle discusses the importance of airports expanding revenue from commercial acvies. Airport business managers need to diversify wisely and build up robust business models that can weather difficult economic mes. Airportsâ increasingly entrepreneurial approaches and close collaboraons with business partners support a stable business model that is good for the airport community. Wilson, B., âAirports Use Varied Methods to Ensure Balanced Budgets,â Airports, Dec. 2, 2008, p. 3 Airports are taking different measures to ward off budget pressures caused by global economic crisis and U.S. airlinesâ domesc capacity cuts. Philadelphia Internaonal Airportâs budget acons include a limited hiring freeze, an overme cap and reduced contractual services. Jacksonville Internaonal Airport is deferring capital projects and consolidang posions, which resulted in some layoffs.
APPENDIX A â ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A 11 Wilson, B., âDouble Take Bag Carousel Ads Unveiled at Kansas City Airport,â Airport, Nov. 18, 2008, p. 2 DoubleTake Markeng partnered with Clear Channel Interspace Airports to install a large banner ad on the moving parts of the baggage carousel at Kansas City Internaonal Airport where travelers watch ads as they wait for their baggage. This form of adversing is ideal for technology products, as well as automobiles and entertainment. An Arbitron study showed that adversers can increase their exposure to upscale Americans via airport adversing. The system is also in place at Dallas/Fort Worth Internaonal Airport (see below). Wilson, B., âDFW Becomes First to Test New Bag Carousel Ad System,â Airports, July 8, 2008, p. 3 Dallas/Fort Worth Internaonal Airport became the first airport to introduce baggage carousel adversing developed by DoubleTake Markeng and ADspressive Graphic. The system allows companies to put a large banner ad on the moving part of the baggage carousel, gaining access to thousands of passengers as they wait for their baggage. Automobiles, restaurants, local entertainment (such as musicals, plays and movies), and technology products are well suited for this medium. Yu, Roger. (2006, September 24) Airports Make Hay from Their Open Land. USA Today. Retrieved from www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006 09 24 airport revenue usat_x.htm This arcle outlines entrepreneurial efforts by several airports to develop non aeronaucal revenues. Specifically menoned are: Houston Bush Internaonal and Denver Internaonal who have rented out excess land to farmers. Dallas/Fort Worth Internaonal and Denver Internaonal are developing natural gas fields. Other airports discussed are: Kansas City Internaonal (office building acquision), Miamiâs Opa locka West (limestone mining), Jacksonville Internaonal Airport Authority (mul use development) and El Paso Internaonal (golf course). The City of Houston formed an affiliate company, Houston Airport System (HAS) Development, to market the airportâs services to foreign airports. Venturini, Alceste. Challenges and Opportunies in Building Non Aeronaucal Revenue. Jacobs Consultancy, Salvador Bahia, Nov. 2009. This report analyzes the sources of airport revenue and takes an in depth look at concessions, parking and passenger planning. The report also examines how another rise in the price of oil could translate into further reducons in travel demand, based on typical price elascity.
INNOVATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES â AN AIRPORT GUIDE NNI A 12 A.2 OFF AIRPORT REVENUE SOURCES AND TECHNIQUES 1. Adeel, L., D. Levinson, Z. (Jerry) Zhao, M. Iacono, S. Aultman, K. Das, J. Junge, K. Larson, and M. Scharenbroich, Value Capture for Transportaon Finance: Technical Research Report, Center for Transportaon Studies University of Minnesota, June 2009 This study details the relaonship between transportaon and land values. It describes what benefits might accrue as a result of a transportaon investment, and a number of opons for capturing this benefit for the purpose of funding a transportaon improvement. Major financing techniques associated with value capture explored in the document include land value taxes, tax increment financing (TIF), special assessment districts, transportaon ulity fees (e.g., taxing based on use of a system), development impact fees, joint development and air rights development. The proposed policies are evaluated in terms of their suitability for implementaon locally, based on the criteria of economic efficiency, social equity, adequacy as a revenue source, and polical and administrave feasibility. This document provides a good overview of these strategies. Examples of how each technique has been used for transit and roadway infrastructure are given including: Land Value Taxaon â Pennsylvania, Alabama, Delaware, Australia, New Zealand, Canada TIF â Details for Illinois and Oregon, and a table describing TIF in 49 states Special Assessment Districts â Transit related districts in Los Angeles, Miami, Tampa, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Cleveland, Columbus, and Minneapolis; highways in Montana Joint Development â Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tokyo, Thailand, Washington, DC, New York City, Portland, Miami Dade, and Philadelphia Impact Fees and Negoated Exacons â Texas, Georgia, Idaho, Montana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kansas, Florida, Arizona, Oregon, Utah and Nevada Transportaon Ulity Fees â Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin Air Rights Development â Transit examples include WMATA, MARTA, MBTA, Los Angeles Metro. Highway examples include Boston, Duluth, SeaÂle and New York. The study focuses on how each technique might be implemented in Minnesota and includes a comprehensive bibliography for each tool. 2. GVA Grimley, Developing Methodology to Capture Land Value Upli Around Transport Facilies, for the Scosh Execuve, 2004 hÂp://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publicaons/2004/11/20385/48346 The study evaluates strategies for capturing land value increases around transportaon facilies. Eight strategies for capturing revenue from the increases in property values are evaluated: business rate levy (applied locally to businesses, not property owners), local authority business growth incenves (similar to TIFs), business improvement districts, land value taxaon (focuses on land value rather than building value), green field development tax (one me tax on the sale or granng of planning permission for a green fields site), freehold charge (one me charge on increase in property values in a specified area), planning gain/tariff (levy on new development in a designated area similar to a special assessment district), and buy in charge (methods that charge landowners to capitalize on infrastructure
APPENDIX A â ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A 13 investments, including connecÂon charges, transit impact fees, density bonuses, and joint development/land acquisiÂon and resale). Each method is assessed based on pracÂcality of introducing the mechanism, transparency, acceptability to various interest groups, effecÂveness in terms of policy issues, potenÂal revenue generaÂon, and operaÂon costs. A detailed table summarizing the results of the assessment is provided. Results indicate that each method has plusses and minuses. 3. Beltline.org home page. hp://www.beltline.org/Home/tabid/1672/Default.aspx Wheatley, Thomas, Beltline a TAD Off Track but not Derailedâ in hp://clatl.com/atlanta/beltline a tad off track but not derailed/Content?oid=1272204 The two sources cited above discuss the Atlanta Beltline Tax Increment Financing District (TAD), which was established in 2005 to provide the local share of funding for land acquisiÂon, mul use trails, green space, transit, transportaÂon improvements, and affordable workforce housing. Funds can also be used for developer costs such as brownfields cleanup, or to support development in undeveloped areas. The Beltline is a $2.8 billion redevelopment project centered on a 22 mile rail corridor around downtown Atlanta. The project involves comprehensive land use and transportaÂon planning to influence the development of the metropolitan area over the next 20 years. In addiÂon to the TAD, which is expected to raise $1.7 billion of the funding, the project will be financed through a capital campaign, addiÂonal local funding, and federal transportaÂon funds. The original plan for the TAD involved three taxing districts: Fulton County, the City of Atlanta, and the Atlanta School District. Each agreed to freeze their share of property tax receipts over the next 20 years at 2005 values. All increases would go into a fund to pay for Beltline projects. While the TAD sÂll stands, the second arÂcle sited above notes that a state court ruled that the school district cannot allocate funds to the TAD as per state law. Thus, the amount of funds available through the TAD has been cut roughly in half. 4. Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corporaon, hp://www.hydc.org/downloads/pdf /mta_railyard_deal.pdf. The Commiee on New York City Affairs, The Financing of the Hudson Yards Development Project, hp://www.nycbar.org/Publicaons/record/Vol_62_2 /Financing_Hudson_Yards.pdf The Hudson Yards redevelopment area of New York City (NYC) encompasses approximately 50 city blocks on ManhaÂanâs West Side. The project will involve the redevelopment of 360 acres of underuÂlized land, including the expansion of the Javits ConvenÂon Center and 28 million square feet of office space, 12,000 housing units, and hotel and retail space. The project requires the extension of the #7 subway line, open space, a garage, and other infrastructure that is esÂmated to cost $3 million. To finance 100% of the project, NYC established a new development corporaÂon, the Hudson Yards Infrastructure CorporaÂon, and passed legislaÂon allowing them to issue long term bonds to pay for the infrastructure investments, which will be repaid by Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) from new development. (The PILOT route was adopted because NYC would have had to designate the area blighted in order to establish a TIF district.) NYC also agreed to purchase from the Metropolitan TransportaÂon Authority (MTA) a 50% interest in the Eastern Rail Yards transferable development rights, which will be sold to other developers at the Hudson Yards. The second arÂcle provides some
INNOVATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES â AN AIRPORT GUIDE NNI A 14 cricism of the funding mechanism in light of the financial downturn and the depressed development market. Note: NYC allows transfer of development rights from a parcel where development is not wanted to a parcel where development is sought. Depending on zoning on sites near an airport, Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) could be employed, selling airport development rights to nearby properes. The usefulness of this tool would be tempered by building height restricons near airports. 5. Rybeck, R., Using Value Capture to Finance Infrastructure and Encourage Compact Development, Sage Publicaon, 2004, hp://www.reconnecngamerica.org/ This document discusses the relaonship between land values and transportaon. It then describes value capture remedies, including taxes on buildings and taxes on land values. In addion, the author describes a beÂerment district established in Washington, DC to help finance a new Metrorail staon. The local government and the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA) worked together to collect evidence that property values around WMATA staons go up substanally. In this case, the City of Washington, DC and the council of the District of Columbia established a beÂerment district that included properes within 2000 feet of the proposed staon. Properes within the district were assessed a Metro Benefit Assessment Fee to help pay for the new staon. 6. hp://www.transportaon finance.org/pdf/funding_financing/funding/local_funding /Airport_Max_Case_Study.pdf Airport MAX is a 5.5 mile extension of Portlandâs light rail system from downtown to the airport. The extension was built by a partnership between Bechtel, the Port of Portland, the City of Portland and TriMet. The project had been planned for several years, but financing was not available. The line would run through 458 acres of land controlled by the Port of Portland and planned for a mixed use business park to be called the Portland Internaonal Center. Bechtel Corporaon understood the value of this land and the value of the light rail service to its development. The company approached all the key players about assisng with the financing and building of the light rail extension in exchange for the sole right to design and build the extension, and the right to develop 120 acres of the Portland Internaonal Center adjacent to the light rail staon. The arcle describes the roles played by each of the key agencies and Bechtel, and the resulng development. This is a key example of a public private partnership in building a transit line. 7. E 470 Public Highway Authority, 2009 Fact File â Facts about E 470, updated January 2009, hp://www.e 470.com/Default.aspx?pn=HEF E 470 (short for Extension 470) is a private, 47 mile long toll road that forms an outer beltway around the eastern side of Denver from Colorado C 470/Interstate 25 in the south to Interstate 25/Northwest Parkway in the north. The road passes through Douglas, Arapahoe, Adams, Broomfield and a small sliver of Denver Counes. It also traverses the municipalies of Parker, Centennial, Aurora, Commerce City, Brighton, Thornton and Glendale. The freeway directly serves Denver Internaonal Airport and
APPENDIX A â ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A 15 intersects with Interstate 70 in Aurora. Because no state or federal funds were available in the late 1980s to build the road, several communiÂes along the proposed route joined together to create the E 470 Authority (the Authority). At this Âme, no state statute existed to grant the Authority the power or revenue sources needed to build the road. Through intensive lobbying, the Authority was able to secure legislaÂon that would allow it to plan, design, finance, construct and operate the facility. In addiÂon to toll collecÂon, the legislaÂon allows the Authority to establish and collect highway expansion fees from developers of property within 1 1/2 mile of either side of the highway, with higher fees imposed the closer a property is to the highway or highway interchange. The premise of the fee is that these developments will uÂlize the highway more heavily than other developments. The Authority may, with voter approval, levy vehicle registraÂon fees and create special districts. A $10 vehicle registraÂon fee was voted in by the three communiÂes in the corridor in 1988 to help fund its development. 8. New York Avenue Florida Avenue_Galludet University Metro Staon: A Case Study. Retrieved from the World Wide Web July 23, 2010. hp://transportaon finance.org/pdf/funding_financing/funding/local_funding/New_York_Avenue_Case_Study.pdf This arÂcle describes the public private partnership between local land owners, the District of Columbia, the Federal Government, and WMATA to build a new transit staÂon to serve a redevelopment area. The project was expected to cost $75 million, to be paid in equal shares by the District of Columbia, the Federal Government, and local property owners. The property ownersâ share came from a special assessment district. The District of Columbia issued bonds which are now being paid back through the special assessment. The special assessment applied to all non residenÂal properÂes within the district. The amount of the assessment was calculated on the current assessed value of the property at the Âme the district was established, and was calculated to ensure that the revenues generated from the assessment would be sufficient to pay off the bonds. 9. Oregon Department of Revenue, Transit Payroll Taxes for Employers at hp://egov.oregon.gov/DOR/BUS/IC 211 503.shtml hp://www.tax.state.ny.us/mctmt/default.htm hp://www.transportaon finance.org/funding_financing/funding/local_funding /income_payroll_employer_taxes.aspx Over 20 states allow local income or payroll taxes for general revenue purposes. A few impose such tax revenues be specified for transportaÂon related purposes. Local income taxes are imposed on the residents of an area, while payroll taxes are imposed on the total salaries paid by a business and are, effecÂvely, a tax on the place of employment. For transportaÂon purposes, this can be thought of as a commuter tax. The Oregon Department of TransportaÂon administers payroll tax programs for both the Tri County Metropolitan TransportaÂon District (Tri Met) and the Lane County Mass Transit District. The tax is assessed at 2/3 of 1% on the gross payroll for services performed in the service areas for each of the two transit agencies. The State of New York Department of TaxaÂon and Finance imposes a transportaÂon mobility tax on certain employers and self employed individuals operaÂng within the metropolitan commuter transportaÂon district. Those revenues fund the Metropolitan TransportaÂon Authority.
INNOVATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES â AN AIRPORT GUIDE NNI A 16 10. Johnson, Jaye Pershing, Uses of Fees or Alternaves to Fund Transit, in Legal Research Digest 28, December 2008. hp://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/160510.aspx This Transit Cooperave Research Program (TCRP) document defines impact fees as âa type of development exacon that is: In the form of a predetermined money payment; Assessed as a condion to the issuance of a building permit, an occupancy permit, or a plat approval;3 Pursuant to local government powers to regulate new growth and development and provide for adequate public facilies and services; Levied to fund large scale, off site, public facilies and services necessary to serve new development; In an amount that is proporonate to the need for the public facility generated by a new development.â Fees are differenated from taxes in that fees are for a cost imposed for the development for special services (e.g., transit service or road access) directly aÂributable to or required by the new development upon which the fees are assessed. âImpact fees cannot generally be used for the operaon, maintenance, repair, alteraon or replacement of capital facilies.â Impact fees for transit have been enacted in Florida and California, but are rarely used elsewhere. One issue is that the jurisdicon that imposes impact fees is usually a municipality or county, while transit districts build and operate transit. In addion, transit capital costs are relavely well subsidized by federal funds. Transit agencies need funds for operang and maintenance, costs that cannot be funded through impact fees. Experiences with impact fees in Oregon, Washington, California, and Florida are discussed, and the enabling legislaon for impact fees in several other localies is documented. The document also discusses TIFs and Special Taxing Districts, nong that TIFs have been used to fund transit in IL, PA, GA and OR, while special taxing districts have been used in Chicago, Pennsylvania, Portland and Georgia. Impact fees in Washington State are described in detail at www.mrsc.org/subjects/Planning/transimpacÂees.aspx. Note: Impact fees would be difficult to impose on new development around an airport, as the airport is creang the development, as opposed to the development creang the need for the airport. Could there be a different kind of impact fee, not based on a geographic area, but based on a business type? For example, in MassachuseÂs, industries such as biotech are aÂracted to the region because of the research instutes, but ulize airports extensively and oÂen lead to the need for expansion. Could an industry type be targeted? What would this mean for the ability to aÂract these businesses to a state? Could a special assessment district also be structured to target an industry group? 3 A plat map shows the locaons of lots for sale.
APPENDIX A â ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A 17 11. Hough, J., A. G. Smadi, and J. D. Bitzan, Innovave Financing Methods for Local Roads in the Midwest and Mountain Plains States, July 1997, hp://www.mountain plains.org/pubs/pdf /MPC97 74.pdf This report discusses thirteen potenal revenue sources/strategies for financing rural roads in the Midwest. The strategies are divided into tradional (property tax, fuel tax, vehicle registraon, mill levy), innovave (sales tax, special ownership tax, wheel tax, and rural improvement/special assessment districts), and potenal sources (severance tax, bond, cost parcipaon, traffic violaons, and telephone tax). The text describes advantages and disadvantages of each, and idenfies jurisdicons where the strategies are employed. Note: Sales taxes have been used to finance several transit extensions: Lynx Blue Line â CharloÂe hÂp://transportaon finance.org/projects/cats.aspx; BART Airport Extension hÂp://transportaonfinance.org/projects/bart_sf_aiport_extension.aspx. Also see hÂp://www.transportaonfinance.org/funding_financing/funding/local_funding /opon_sales_taxes.aspx. A variaon of this approach for airports would be a statewide or countywide hotel tax. This would likely require a legislave change. 12. hp://www.orlandoairports.net/east_airfield/public_hearing_presentaon.pdf ; hp://www.orlandoairports.net/east_airfield/volume1/2_purpose.pdf. Cost parcipaon is a key component of the expansion of the East Airfield Development proposal for Orlando Internaonal Airport. The airport is expanding adjacent to a major development corridor. The municipality developed a master plan to idenfy future infrastructure needs concurrent with the planning for the airport expansion. The airport is working with the surrounding jurisdicons to put in shared infrastructure, such as roadway improvements and water treatment facilies, in order to share and save costs. This is a cost reducon strategy, rather than a revenue enhancement tool. 13. Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., I CUBED: MassachuseÂs Infrastructure Investment Incenve Program, April 2008, hp://www.bdlaw.com/news 431.html The MassachuseÂs Infrastructure Investment Incenve Program (I Cubed) authorizes the state to authorize up to $250 million for infrastructure investments to support new job growth and economic development in support of major new private development. âI Cubed is a financing agreement whereby the Commonwealth of MassachuseÂs, the municipality and the private developer share the cost and risk associated with the construcon of public infrastructure needed to support a cerfied economic development project. In order to be cerfied, the project must be approved by the municipality, the Secretary of Administraon and Finance and Mass Development (hÂp://www.massdevelopment.com /about/industry/public infrastructure/) and meet the criteria set forth in the statute and regulaons. The public infrastructure improvements for a cerfied project will be financed by bonds issued by Mass Development. During the construcon of the project, the debt service on the bonds will be paid by the
INNOVATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES â AN AIRPORT GUIDE NNI A 18 private developer through municipal assessments that will reimburse the Commonwealth for the debt service. Once the commercial component of the project is occupied and generaÂng new state tax revenue, the debt service related to that component will be paid by the Commonwealth. If there is a shor all in the state tax revenues generated by the project, the municipality will reimburse the Commonwealth for that amount. The developer may agree to cover this shor all, but is not required to do so. The Commonwealth announced the first project to receive funding under I Cubed on May 4, 2010. The Assembly on the MysÂc project will redevelop a 66.5 acre industrial site in Somerville. The final project will be a mixed use, transit oriented development project that includes 2,100 residenÂal units, 1.8 million square feet of office space, 1.1 million square feet of retail space, a 160 200 room hotel, and parkland. The I Cubed funds will be used to provide roadway improvements to support a new IKEA store as well as to the MBTA staÂon. More detail about this project can be found at: hÂp://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/x1406503903/Somervile receives 10 million from state for Assembly Square project. 14. Fogerty, N., N. Eaton, D. Belzer, and G. Ohland, Capturing the Value of Transit, prepared for the United States Department of Transportaon, Federal Transit Administraon, November 2008, hÂp://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTRANSPORT/Resources/336291 1152714163458/2744896 1152714187091/raine presentaon.pdf This document provides informaÂon on a range of techniques used to help fund the capital costs of transit investments. These include: Assessment Districts â Los Angeles Metro, Portland Streetcar, South Lake Union Streetcar in SeaÂle, Dulles Rail Transit Investment District Tax Increment Financing (TIF) â Pennsylvaniaâs Transit RevitalizaÂon Investment Districts, which support transit oriented development around transit staÂons and allows transit agencies to share in the value capture Joint Development â WMATA and BART programs at exisÂng staÂons, new joint development at Cascade StaÂon in Portland and the West Dublin/Pleasant BART staÂon Development Impact Fees â San Francisco and Broward County, FL The Broward County example is parÂcularly interesÂng. In 2005, Broward County adopted a Transit Oriented Concurrency (TOC) system, spli¤ng the county into ten districts and preparing transit development plans for each district. TOC is an approach to assure that capital development of transit is concurrent with changes in economic development. The total cost of needed transit improvements is charged as a fee to all new developments based on a formula that esÂmates the expected trip generaÂon from the development.
APPENDIX A â ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY A 19 15. Raine, A.,Making the TOD Vision a Reality: Two US Case Studies. Power Point presentaon to The World Bank Transport Forum 2006, Washington, DC, March 28, 2006, h p://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTRANSPORT/Resources/336291 1152714163458/2744896 1152714187091/raine presentaon.pdf This presentaon describes the joint development program developed in support of the Tren Urbano light rail system in Puerto Rico. The government of Puerto Rico passed legislaon allowing the Highway and Transportaon Authority (HTA) to assemble land for joint development, dispose of property for joint development and benefit from joint development revenues. HTA and sister agencies assembled more than 100 acres in the corridor, as well as air rights. Eight sites have been developed with a mix of uses, for an esmated total investment of $637 million, resulng in an esmated $44.9 million in proceeds to HTA. 16. Goody Clancy et al., Appendix F: Literature Review: Transit Oriented Development from a Land Use and Economic Development Perspecve, March 2008. h p://southcoastrail.com/documenÂrameset.asp?docname=h ps://www.commentmgr.com/Pr ojects/1212/docs/Appendix%20F%20 %20Literature%20Review.pdf This document provides a comprehensive review of the literature related to transit oriented development, including a secon on financing. The financing secon discusses examples of tax increment financing, or TIF (Atlanta Beltline, New York City Hudson Yards); special assessment districts (Los Angeles Metro Red Line Benefit Assessment District, WMATA); and joint development (WMATA, Tren Urbano, Portland Airport Extension, Los Angeles Red Line Staons, Atlanta MARTA staons, Albuquerque equity parcipaon in joint development, staon connecon fees in Atlanta, Washington, and SeaÂle, and cost sharing agreements in Miami, San Diego and Washington). The Albuquerque equity partnership is a unique example in which the City became an equity partner with a developer to build a 500,000 square foot mixed use development. The City contributed the land, built a parking structure and provided tax abatements in exchange for a return on the investment. 17. Federal Highway Administraon, 2006 Status of the Naonâs Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Condions and Performance, Chapter 13 Innovave Finance, 2006, h p://wwwcf.Âwa.dot.gov /policy/2006cpr/chap13.htm This document provides details about how a variety of tools are being employed to finance transportaon infrastructure improvements. Of the tools described, the most applicable is Public Private Partnerships (P3s). P3s is a term that refers to contractual agreements between public and private partners, with more acve parcipaon by the private sector about the design, building and operaon of a tradional public infrastructure project. The PPPs described include private toll roads such as the South Bay Expressway (San Diego), the Chicago Skyway, the Trans Texas Corridor, and the Indiana Toll Road. PPPs oÂen involve the development and operaon of a highway or transit facility by the private sector, with a substanal up front payment or long term lease payment to the public sector enty.
INNOVATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES â AN AIRPORT GUIDE NNI A 20 18. AASHTO Center for Excellence in Project Finance, Katy Freeway Reconstrucon, undated, at hp://www.transportaon finance.org/projects/katy_freeway.aspx; Energy Corridor District, Energy Corridor District Mobility Brochure, undated, at hp://www.energycorridor.org /mobility/documents/ECDMobilityBroch full mech_web.pdf; www.legalps.org/texas /SD/sd.004.00.003814.00.aspx The Energy Corridor District is a special district established by the Texas legislature that incorporates a high growth business district along Interstate 10 (Katy Freeway) in Houston. Through a special assessment, funds were collected from District businesses to help fund the expansion of the Katy Freeway. 19. Eweing, R., Transportaon Ulity Fees, in Government Finance Review, June 1, 1994, hp://www.allbusiness.com/finance insurance/465585 1.html; City of Hillsboro, Oregon Transportaon Ulity Fee, hp://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/TUF/Default.aspx These two arÂcles address the issue of transportaÂon uÂlity fees (TUF). TransportaÂon uÂlity fees have been imposed at the municipal level to help pay for the maintenance and operaÂon of local roadways. The fees are based on how much traffic a parÂcular land use generates on the local infrastructure. The first arÂcle discusses how the fees have been imposed in ten jurisdicÂons, including some that have been challenged in court, with both posiÂve and negaÂve outcomes. The arÂcle provides guidance on structuring a successful TUF. The second arÂcle provides details about a TUF imposed in Hillsboro, Oregon, which is used for local road repairs. The arÂcle describes how the TUF is calculated for each land use. 20. Smith, J. J. and T. A. Gihring, with T. Litman, Financing Transit Systems Through Value Capture: An Annotated Bibliography, Victoria Transport Policy Instute, December 30, 2009 This document provides a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of the theory and pracÂce of various value capture techniques for financing public transit infrastructure. The report documents several studies that aÂempt to quanÂfy the impacts of transit service on property values, and shows that transit oÂen leads to increases in values within ¼ mile of a staÂon. Tools for value capture that are discussed in the sources listed include land rents, joint development, sale of development sites, privaÂzaÂon of development, higher property taxes for properÂes within the vicinity of transit, and special assessment districts.