Funding Surface Transportation in Minnesota: Past, Present, and Prospects
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Funding Surface Transportation in Minnesota: Past, Present, and Prospects
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2010-01
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Center for Transportation Studies
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Transportation systems play an imperative role in enhancing the productivity and the quality of life in the United States. The funding and financing of transportation is a complex process requiring joint efforts of federal, state, and local governments. To meet current and future transportation needs, policymakers must constantly assess the mechanism of transportation finance to ensure adequate and sustainable investment. In recent years, depleting state and local budgets and growing capital and maintenance costs related to transportation have been a common challenge. The state of Minnesota is estimated to have billions in unmet transportation needs to keep up with inflation and the increase in transportation demands. This report reviews the funding of public surface transportation systems (including highways, transit and local roads) in Minnesota. We look at how transportation projects have been funded, identify current and future policy issues likely to affect transportation funding, and go over some of the funding options suggested by other researchers. The aim is to encourage better understanding and management of issues related to transportation funding in Minnesota.
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A corresponding two-page research brief was published in 2011: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/149404
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Zhao, Zhirong (Jerry); Vardhan Das, Kirti; Becker, Carol. (2010). Funding Surface Transportation in Minnesota: Past, Present, and Prospects. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/97671.
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