Here you will find a comprehensive list of publications, webpages, and other resources related to transportation funding and finance. If there are additional resources that should be added, contact David Peters (dpeters@aashto.org).
Resources
Recent Publications
- Reauthorizing Federal Highway Programs: Issues and Options — CBO, 2020
- The Effectiveness of State False Claims Acts in Protecting State Transportation Funding — NCHRP, 2020
- Right-Sizing Transportation Investments: A Guidebook for Planning and Programming — NCHRP, 2020
- Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation and Water Infrastructure — CBO, 2020
- Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods, Volume 1: Design Build Delivery — NCHRP, 2020
- Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods, Volume 2: Construction Manager-General Contractor Delivery — NCHRP, 2020
- Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods, Volume 3: Research Overview — NCHRP, 2020
- What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Transportation?Results from Year Ten of a National Survey — Mineta Transportation Institute, 2019
- Road User Charge: Applying Lessons Learned in New Zealand to The United States — NCHRP, 2019
The BATIC Institute, AASHTO’s Center for Excellence in Project Finance, contains a plethora of information related to transportation funding and finance. The website features:
- Summaries of all BATIC Institute events and webinars
- Detailed and wide-ranging explanation of funding and finance mechanisms
- Glossary of transportation funding and finance terms
- List of other transportation organizations and resources
- AASHTO’s comprehensive 2016 report on transportation governance and finance (including a series of interactive maps)
Funding and Finance Topics (click to jump to a specific topic)
- Reauthorizing Federal Highway Programs: Issues and Options — CBO, 2020
- Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future — TRB, 2018
- Funding and Financing Highways and Public Transportation — CRS, 2018 (update of a 2013 publication)
- Credit Programs Guide: TIFIA & RRIF — Build America Bureau, 2017
- Transportation Spending Under an Earmark Ban — CRS, 2017
- Approaches to Make Federal Highway Spending More Productive — CBO, 2016
- Matrix of Illustrative Surface Transportation Revenue Options — AASTHO, 2015
- The Highway Trust Fund & the Treatment of Surface Transportation Programs in the Federal Budget — CRS, 2014
- Transportation Investments in Response to Economic Downturns — TRB, 2014
- Infrastructure Banks and Surface Transportation — CBO, 2012
- Surface Transportation Funding and Programs Under MAP-21 — CRS, 2012
- Subsidizing Infrastructure Investment with Tax-Preferred Bonds — CBO, 2009
- Assessing and Mitigating Future Impacts to the Federal Highway Trust Fund such as Alternative Fuel Consumption — NCHRP, 2003
Legislative Trackers
- AASHTO’ State Funding Proposals Tracker
- NCSL’s Transportation Funding and Finance State Bill Tracking Database
- Transportation for Americas’s State Transportation Funding Tracker
- TIAC’s State Transportation Funding Developments
- TTI’s State Funding Bills Database
Publications
- Impact of Electric Vehicles to the Road Use Tax Fund — Iowa DOT, 2018
- The Future of California Transportation Revenue — San Jose State University, 2018
- 21st Century Missouri Transportation System Task Force — Missouri DOT, 2018
- Diversifying Revenue to Improve Commerce and Economic Prosperity — Institute for Transportation Research and Education, 2014
- Evolving Debt Finance Practices for Surface Transportation — NCHRP, 2017
- Infrastructure Finance and Debt to Support Surface Transportation Investment — CRS, 2016
- Alternative Funding Mechanisms for State Transportation Systems in Predominantly Rural States — University of Nebraska, 2014
- Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1965-2017 — CBO, 2018
- Alternative Approaches to Funding Highways — CBO, 2011
- Equity of Evolving Transportation Funding Mechanisms — TRB, 2011
- Costs of Alternative Revenue-Generation Systems — NCHRP, 2010
- Future Financing Options to Meet Highway and Transit Needs — NHCRP, 2007
- Fuel Tax and Alternatives for Transportation Funding — TRB, 2006
- What Do Americans Think About Federal Tax Options to Support Transportation?Results from Year Ten of a National Survey — Mineta Transportation Institute, 2019
- How to Pass a Mega Transportation Project — LA Metro, 2018
- Communications Guide for State DOTs — NCHRP, 2017
- Economic Impact Case Study Tool for Transit — TCRP, 2016
- Mobile Messages: Moving People to Support Transportation — NCHRP, 2015
- Transportation Investment for Economic Development: Making the Case — NCHRP, 2015
- Road Pricing: Public Perceptions and Program Development — NCHRP, 2010
- Road Pricing Communications Practices — NCHRP, 2010
- Making the Case for Transportation Investment and Revenue — NCHRP, 2009
- Case Studies on Best Practices for Communicating the Economic Benefits of Transportation — NCHRP, 2000
- Advance Construction Research Brief — BATIC Institute, 2019
- Best Practices in Electronic Grant Management — NCHRP, 2013
- Advance Construction — FHWA, 2012
- Developing an Indirect Cost Allocation Plan — FHWA, 2012
- Innovative Financing Techniques and Best Practices for Providing Match on Federal Transit Administration Projects — NCHRP, 2012
- Matching or Cost Sharing Requirements — FHWA, 2012
- Use of Advance Construction in Financing Transportation Projects — AASHTO, 2010
- Effective Delivery of Small-Scale Federal-Aid Projects — NCHRP, 2009
- Utilization by States of the Flexibility to Transfer Federal Funds Among Eligible Federal Programs — NCHRP, 2009
Resources
Publications and Case Studies
- Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation and Water Infrastructure — CBO, 2020
- Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods, Volume 1: Design Build Delivery — NCHRP, 2020
- Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods, Volume 2: Construction Manager-General Contractor Delivery — NCHRP, 2020
- Guidebooks for Post-Award Contract Administration for Highway Projects Delivered Using Alternative Contracting Methods, Volume 3: Research Overview — NCHRP, 2020
- Leveraging Private Capital for Infrastructure Renewal — TRB, 2019
- US Surface Transportation P3s: Objectives and Evidence – Extended Findings — George Mason University, 2019
- Comprehensive Maintenance of the Barcelona Ring Roads — PPP for Citites, 2017
- P3 in Transportation — CRS, 2017
- Putting Private Capital to Work in Rural Infrastructure — BPC, 2017
- Guidebook on Financing of Highway P3 Projects — FHWA, 2016
- Public Transportation Guidebook for Small- and Medium-Sized P3 — TCRP, 2016
- Effects of P3s and non-Traditional Procurement Processes on Highway Planning, Environment Review, and Collaborative Decision Making — SHRP-2, 2015
- Highway and Public Transportation Infrastructure Provision Using P3s — CRS, 2014
- Using P3 to Carry Out Highway Projects — CBO, 2012
- Analysis of Delivery Options for the Presidio Parkway — Caltrans, 2010
- Public Sector Decision Making for P3 — NCHRP, 2009
- Road User Charge: Applying Lessons Learned in New Zealand to The United States — NCHRP, 2019
- California RUC Pilot Program — Caltrans, 2017
- Oregon Road Usage Charge Economic Analysis — Oregon DOT, 2016
- Public Perception of Mileage-Based User Fees — NCHRP, 2016
- Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Program Overview — FHWA, 2016
- VMT Fee Assessment — TTI, 2016
- Highway Trust Fund: Pilot Program Could Help Determine the viability of Mileage Based User Fees — GAO, 2012
- System Trials to Demonstrate Mileage-Based User Charges — NCHRP, 2010
- Connecticut Tolling Options Evaluation Study— Connecticut DOT, 2018
- Iowa I-80 Planning & Toll Financing Study — Iowa DOT, 2017
- Tolling US Highways and Bridges — CBO, 2017
- Assessing Highway Tolling & Pricing Options & Impacts Volume 1: Decision Making Framework — NCHRP, 2009
- Assessing Highway Tolling & Pricing Options & Impacts Volume 2: Travel Demand & Forecasting Tools — NCHRP, 2009
- Estimating Toll Road Demand Revenue — NCHRP, 2006
- Funding Infrastructure With Land Value Capture: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly — TRB, 2019
- EDC-5 Value Capture Home Page — FHWA, 2018
- Guidebook to Funding Transportation Through Land Value Return and Recycling — NCHRP, 2018
- Guide to Value Capture Financing for Public Transportation Projects — TCRP, 2016
- Using the Economic Value Created by Transportation to Fund Transportation — NCHRP, 2014
- Highway Air Rights Development Fact Sheet — Virginia DOT, 2013
- The Effectiveness of State False Claims Acts in Protecting State Transportation Funding — NCHRP, 2020
- Right-Sizing Transportation Investments: A Guidebook for Planning and Programming — NCHRP, 2020
- A Guide to Transportation Funding Options Available to Virginia Jurisdictions — Virginia DOT, 2019
- A Guide to Developing Financial Plans and Performance Measures for Transportation Asset Management — NCHRP, 2018
- Revenue Forecasting Guidebook — Florida DOT, 2018
- Funding and Managing the US Inland Waterways System — TRB, 2015
- Forecasting Transportation Revenue Sources: A Survey of State Practices — TRB, 2013
- A CFO’s Handbook on Performance Management – -AASHTO, 2012
- Funding Options for Freight Transportation Projects — TRB, 2009
- Local and Regional Funding Mechanisms for Public Transportation — TCRP, 2008
- FHWA Billing — 2020
- Stimulus Requests — 2020
- Federal Fund Swaps — 2020
- Equipment Usage — 2019 (supplemental information)
- Federal Funds Management Software — 2019
- CMGC — 2018 (supplemental information)
- Non-Major Change Policies, vis-a-vis FHWA’s 1365 Form — 2018
- Communicating Rescissions — 2018
- Maintenance of Effort Testing — 2018 (supplemental information)
- ERP Systems — 2018
- Geospatial Data Entry in FMIS — 2018
- Debt Issuance — 2017 (supplemental information)
- Project End Dates — 2017 (supplemental information)
- Advance Construction — 2017 (supplemental information)
- Federal Fund Swaps — 2017
- Local Fund Transfers — 2017 (supplemental information)
- Consultant Use for Design & Construction — 2017
- Accounts Payable e-Invoicing — 2017
- Accounting Software — 2017