Financing surface transportation in the United States
Subtitle: forging a sustainable future--now! : summary of the fourth international conference
By: Benjamin Perez, rapporteur ; sponsored by Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development [and others]
Contributors: Perez, Benjamin G. (Benjamin Gerry); National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; Louisiana. Department of Transportation and Development
Series: Conference proceedings / Transportation Research Board -- 48; Conference proceedings (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) -- 48.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 61
ISBN-13: 9781680157543; 9780309223072
Subjects: Transportation; Congresses; Finance; Transport; Congrès; Finances; Business & Economics; Transportation Economics; Ground transportation
Description: "TRB's Conference Proceedings 48: Financing Surface Transportation in the United States: Forging a Sustainable Future--Now summarizes a May, 2010 conference that focused on developments in innovative funding techniques and options for securing continued revenue to support national infrastructure and mobility needs. Views presented in Conference Proceedings 48 reflect the opinions of the individual participants and are not necessarily the views of all conference participants, the planning committee, TRB, or the National Research Council"--Publisher's description.
Notes: "May 19-21, 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana."

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Table of contents: title: Preface -- Introduction; title: Transportation priorities :; title: mapping a course for the future  -- Kay McKinley [and others]; title: Policy provocateurs :; title: tough questions, tougher answers  -- David Seltzer [and others]; title: Public and political acceptance issues posed by alternative financing methods  -- Kay McKinley [and others]; title: Delivering transportation programs through public private partnerships  -- Suzanne Sale [and others]; title: Financing multimodal projects, rail, and airport access  -- Lowell Clary [and others]; title: Aligning transportation funding with climate change strategies and sustainable planning :; title: how can it be done  -- Asha Weinstein Agrawal [and others]; title: International panel  -- Brian Howells [and others]; title: Expecting the unexpected :; title: assessing project risk and its impact on financing  -- Sharon Greene [and others]; title: Vehicle miles traveled :; title: the next funding frontier  -- Adrian Moore [and others]; title: Practical challenges to putting new financing ideas into place  -- Arthur Guzzetti [and others]; title: Investment and sustainability on the bayou  -- Kay McKinley and Michael Tidwell; title: Emerging Issues  -- Steve Van Beek, Craig Lentzch, and Anne Canby; title: Creating a research road map for the future  -- Tamar Henkin and Kay McKinley; title: Participants.