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NCHRP Synthesis 20-05/Topic 44-02 [Final (Synthesis)]

Using the Economic Value Created by Transportation to Fund Transportation
[ NCHRP 20-05 (Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices) ]

  Project Data
Funds: $40,000
Authorization to Begin Work: 5/4/2012 -- estimated
Staff Responsibility: Jo Allen Gause
Research Agency: Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Principal Investigator: Sharada Vadali
Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Completion Date: 5/19/2014
Fiscal Year: 2012

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 459: Using the Economic Value Created by Transportation to Fund Transportation presents information on financing mechanisms used by transportation agencies to capture a portion of the economic value created by public investment in transportation infrastructure to fund transportation improvements.

The report provides an overview of ten types of “value capture” mechanisms and presents case examples of how transportation agencies have used these mechanisms to help fund specific highway projects.

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