Federal, State, and Local Highway Spending
Author: J. F. Hornbeck
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 24
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Author: J. F. Hornbeck
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Howard J Shatz
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2011-05
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 0833052268
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo inform debate on a new transportation bill being considered, the authors review the literature on the economic outcomes of highway infrastructure spending, which constitutes the largest share of federal spending on transportation infrastructure. They highlight the connections between highway spending and the economy and then analyze the literature to trace the effects of highway infrastructure on productivity, output, and employment.
Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tracy Miller
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 47
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent trends suggest that the federal role in funding highways is likely to decline in the future. As a result, state and local governments will likely shoulder a larger portion of the costs of building and maintaining roads and highways. Like the federal government, however, many states do not employ their transportation revenues as efficiently as they could. In this study, we explore changes states could make to allow surface transportation dollars to go further, thereby better serving taxpayers and road users alike. Specifically, we examine how states can reduce costs created by regulations, can better allocate transportation funds to their most highly valued use, and can strengthen the link between driversņ willingness to pay and the amount spent on transportation infrastructure. We also explore the role that changes in incentives could play in reducing congestion; improving development patterns; and contributing to a more efficient mix of streets, roads, and public transportation infrastructure.
Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9781422397039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Congressional Budget Office
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2015-06-25
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781514700006
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 2014, governments at various levels spent $165 billion to build, operate, and maintain highways, and they spent $65 billion on mass transit systems. For both types of infrastructure, most of that spending was by state and local governments; about one-quarter of that total came from the federal government, mostly through the Highway Trust Fund. For several decades, the trust fund's balances were stable or growing, but more recently, annual spending for highways and transit has exceeded the amounts credited to the trust fund from taxes collected on gasoline, diesel fuel, and other transportation-related products and activities. Since 2008, in fact, lawmakers have transferred $65 billion from the U.S. Treasury's general fund to the Highway Trust Fund so that the trust fund's obligations could be met in a timely manner. Moreover, with its current revenue sources, the Highway Trust Fund cannot support spending at the current rate. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that spending in fiscal year 2015 for highways and transit programs funded from the Highway Trust Fund will be $44 billion and $8 billion, respectively, whereas revenues collected for those purposes are projected to be $34 billion and $5 billion, respectively. By CBO's estimate, at the end of fiscal year 2015, the balance in the trust fund's highway account will fall to about $2 billion and the balance in its transit account will be about $1 billion. The Department of Transportation (DOT) would probably need to delay payments to states at some point before the end of fiscal year 2015 in order to keep the fund's balance above zero, as required by law. In fact, because of the timing of the deposits to the trust fund, DOT has stated that it would need to delay payments if cash balances fell below $4 billion in the highway account or below $1 billion in the transit account. Then, if nothing changes, the trust fund's balance will be insufficient to meet all of its obligations in fiscal year 2016, and the trust fund will incur steadily accumulating shortfalls in subsequent years.
Author: Nathan Musick
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 70
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKConcerns about the nation's infrastructure and its ability to support commerce and promote public well-being have prompted calls for greater infrastructure spending. In response to a request from the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) prepared this study, which analyzes recent developments in spending on transportation and water infrastructure, trends in spending for capital and for operations and maintenance by the various levels of government, and the rationale for public spending on infrastructure. This study updates a 2007 report, Trends in public spending on transportation and water infrastructure, 1956 to 2004--Preface.
Author: Norman Walzer
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 154
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark D. Menchik
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 76
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