FEDERAL HIGHWAY FUNDING -- ALL THE BASICS

This article presents a "plain-language" guide to federal-aid highway funding. It is intended to serve as an easy-to-understand reference to some of the key legislative procedures, administrative actions, and funding sources which underlie the federal-aid process, with a particular emphasis on the structure and impact of apportionment formulas. Key features of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) are highlighted, with a focus on the mechanism used to credit HTF revenue to the individual states. A discussion of legislative procedures centers on the treatment of the highway program in overall budgetary decisions, and the impact of budget authority and contract authority funding mechanisms.

• Record URL:
  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015048134814?urlappend=%3Bseq=363
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7938948
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Mazur, G D
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 19-32
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 52
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Budgeting; Federal aid highways; Finance; Financing; Legislation
• Identifier Terms: Highway Trust Fund
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Law; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00758768
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1999 12:00AM