HIGHWAY REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE TRENDS

CHARTS ARE PRESENTED OF CERTAIN TRENDS IN HIGHWAY FINANCING. THE CHARTS PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) TRAVEL COSTS IN TERMS OF EXPENDITURES FOR CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND ADMINISTRATION ON ALL ROADS AND STREETS, (2) THE FEDERAL-AID, (3) STRAIGHT HIGHWAY REVENUE CONTRIBUTED TO ROADS AND THE PORTION CONTRIBUTED BY HIGHWAY USERS, (4) THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF COUNTY AND LOCAL RURAL ROAD AGENCIES TO ROADS, (5) THE PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL REVENUE FOR ALL ROADS, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS BY SOURCE OF REVENUE, (6) THE FIGHT AGAINST DIVERSION OF STATE HIGHWAY USER TAXES TO NON-HIGHWAY PURPOSES, (7) THE DIVERSIONS OF STATE HIGHWAY USER TAXES TO NON-HIGHWAY PURPOSES BY STATES IN 1946, (8) THE AMOUNT OF STATE HIGHWAY USER TAXES DISTRIBUTED TO COUNTY AND OTHER LOCAL ROADS, (9) THE VARIATION FROM STATE TO STATE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF STATE HIGHWAY USER TAXES DISTRIBUTED TO COUNTY ROADS, (10) THE AMOUNT OF STATE HIGHWAY USER FUNDS CONTRIBUTED TO CITY STREETS, (11) THE DISTRIBUTION OF STATE HIGHWAY USER TAXES TO LOCAL CITY STREETS IN 1946, (12) HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION COST, (13) THE TOLL ROAD CONSTRUCTION, AND (14) THE CREATION OF HIGHWAY STUDY COMMITTEES. DEFICIENCIES IN AVAILABLE DATA AND THE NEED FOR MORE ADEQUATE STATISTICS ARE EMPHASIZED.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/HRBbulletin/12/12-005.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 12, pp 46-57, 14 FIG. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Lindman, B H
• Conference:
  • 27th Annual Conference of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1947-1-0 to 1947-1-0
• Publication Date: 1948

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Highway finance
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Costs; Federal aid highways; Highway maintenance; Highway user taxation; Revenues; Road construction; Toll roads; Travel; Urban highways
• Candidate Terms: Highway economics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Finance; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00200960
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 12 1994 12:00AM