Road infrastructure funding : selected practices and lessons from around the globe / Russell T. May, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

May, Russell T., editor.

Series:

Transportation infrastructure : roads, highways, bridges, airports and mass transit series.

Transportation infrastructure - Roads, Highways, Bridges, Airports and Mass Transit

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Finance.

Roads.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the funding of roads and highways in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England and Wales, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, and Sweden. It provides a description of the infrastructure in the jurisdiction, information on the ownership and responsibility of the roads, and taxes or other ways of collecting money to fund the nation's infrastructure. By revealing a multiplicity of approaches to the funding of road infrastructure, the report provides an opportunity to determine whether lessons can be learned from the experiences of other cou

Contents:

""ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING: SELECTED PRACTICES AND LESSONS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE""; ""ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING: SELECTED PRACTICES AND LESSONS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: NATIONAL FUNDING OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""COMPARATIVE SUMMARY""; ""AUSTRALIA""; ""BRAZIL""; ""CANADA""; ""PEOPLE�S REPUBLIC OF CHINA""; ""ENGLAND AND WALES""; ""FRANCE""; ""GERMANY""; ""ISRAEL""; ""ITALY""; ""JAPAN""; ""MEXICO""; ""NETHERLANDS""; ""SOUTH AFRICA""; ""SWEDEN""

""Chapter 2: FUNDING AND FINANCING HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION""""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND FINANCING DILEMMA""; ""EXISTING HIGHWAY FUEL TAXES""; ""ALTERNATIVES FOR HTF FINANCING""; ""THE FUTURE OF THE TRUST FUND""; ""TOLL FINANCING OF FEDERAL-AID SYSTEM HIGHWAYS""; ""VALUE CAPTURE""; ""PRIVATE FINANCING VIA P3S""; ""TIFIA FINANCING""; ""NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE BANK""; ""STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 6, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63321-642-X

OCLC:

916949967