Abstract:
This Transportation Research Record contains 21 papers on topics related to finance, economics, and economic development. Specific topics discussed include risk sharing in infrastructure construction and maintenance projects, a revenue collection system based on vehicle miles traveled, private sector participation in infrastructure projects, road pricing, highway investment economic analysis, bus transit system cost functions and efficiency estimates, transportation infrastructure and economic productivity, economic activity and transportation access, transportation programs and economic development, tolling schemes, environmental justice issues, high-occupancy toll lanes, flexible charge measures on toll roads, auto restraint policies, value pricing, congestion pricing policy, and workplace parking.