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 Alex Clegg (aclegg@aashto.org).

Recent Publications

• Road User Charge: Applying Lessons Learned in New Zealand to The United States — NCHRP, 2019
• Refreshing the Status Quo: Federal Highway Programs and Funding Distribution — Eno Center for Transportation, 2019
• Issues and Options for a Tax on Vehicle Miles Traveled by Commercial Trucks — CBO, 2019
• Leveraging Private Capital for Infrastructure Renewal — TRB, 2019
• US Surface Transportation P3s: Objectives and Evidence – Extended Findings — George Mason University, 2019
• Advance Construction Research Brief — BATIC Institute, 2019
• Funding Infrastructure With Land Value Capture: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly — TRB, 2019
• A Guide to Transportation Funding Options Available to Virginia Jurisdictions — Virginia DOT, 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• FHWA Office of Innovative Finance Support
• NCSL P3 Toolkit

Publications and Case Studies

• 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

RUC West

• 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

• 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

• 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