FUNDING FOR THE FUTURE: THE CHANGING TRANSPORTATION DOLLAR

With the completion of the last 13 miles of the Washington area Metrorail system, a chapter of the region's transportation history is closing. The major construction programs launched 30 years ago are nearly complete. Together with the decline in fuel tax revenues, this has moved the region toward a "maintenance mode," unable to afford many new facilities between now and 2020. A key concern is how to finance the future transportation system. A question to be considered is whether urban transportation issues can be addressed without new revenue sources. As traditional revenue sources are increasingly devoted to maintaining the system we have today and improving its efficiency, attention may turn to alternatives such as private funding and new user charges to pay for new construction.

• Corporate Authors:

  Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

  777 North Capitol Street, NE, Suite 300
  Washington, DC  United States  20002
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 13-24
• Serial:
  • Region
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Finance; Financing; Policy; Transportation; User charges
• Geographic Terms: Washington Metropolitan Area
• Old TRIS Terms: Future policies
• Subject Areas: Finance; Policy; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00719205
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 8 1996 12:00AM