FINANCING URBAN TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, REPORT 2: USE OF PRIVATE FUNDS FOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS

This 215-page report examines existing uses of private funds for highway improvements, assesses alternative mechanisms for obtaining private financing, and provides recommendations for ways the public and private sectors can cooperate in the construction of highway facilities. The report found that a variety of mechanisms exist through which local governments can obtain private funding, ranging from zoning approval to special ordinances which require specific improvements to be made based upon the traffic generated by a development. Some developers also make improvements voluntarily, recognizing the importance of accessibility to the sucecess of a development. The report should be especially interesting to those officials with responsibilities dealing with highways or development.

• Corporate Authors:

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 215 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Cooperation; Developers; Finance; Governments; Highways; Improvements; Private enterprise; Recommendations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Financial sources
• Subject Areas: Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451492
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 2003 12:00AM