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Selected Resources

Additional sources of information on innovative financing techniques for transportation projects are available through a wide range of web sites, publications, and contacts. These include general innovative financing resources and resources specific to each of the tech-niques described in this primer.

General Resources

Federal Highway Administration. Innovative Finance Home Page.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/

Federal Highway Administration. Innovative Finance Newsletter (October 1996 - June 1997) and Innovative Finance Quarterly (September 1997 - present).
www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/ifpubs.htm

Federal Highway Administration. An Evaluation of the TE-045 Innovative Finance Research Initiative, October 1996.
www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/index.htm

National Cooperative Highway Research Program. Innovative Financing Clearinghouse.
www.innovativefinance.org

Transportation Research Board, Transportation Finance for the 21st Century, Proceedings of a Conference, Dallas, Texas, April 23-25, 1997, 1997.

Federal Transit Administration. "Innovative Finance Handbook." May 1996.
www.fta.dot.gov/library/ntl/budet.html

Federal Transit Administration. "Innovative Finance Techniques for America's Transit Systems." September 1998.
www.fta.dot.gov/library/ntl/budet.html

Contacts

Federal Highway Administration, Federal-Aid Financial Management Division
400 7th Street, S.W., Room 4313
Washington, DC 20590
(202) 366-0673

TIFIA Joint Program Office
400 7th Street, S.W., Room 4301
Washington, DC 20590
(202) 366-5785

Federal Highway Administration, Southern Resource Center
61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Suite 17T26
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 562-3680

Federal Highway Administration, Western Resource Center
210 Mission Street, Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 744-3102

Federal Highway Administration, Midwestern Resource Center
19900 Governors Drive, Suite 301
Olympia Fields, IL 60461
(708) 283-3513

Innovative Management of Federal Funds

Advance Construction/Partial Conversion of Advance Construction

Federal Highway Administration, Federal-Aid Policy Guide, Subpart G - Advance Construction of Federal-Aid Projects, May 25, 2000.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/fapg/cfr0630g.htm

Federal Highway Administration. Guidance on Section 308: Advance Construction of Federal-aid Projects, May 1996.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/sc308510.htm

Tapered Match

Federal Highway Administration. "Memorandum: Tapered Match on Federal-aid Projects." July 1999. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/tapered.htm

Inman, Max. "Grant Management Techniques: Tapered Match May Provide a Better Fit." Innovative Finance Quarterly (Summer/Fall 1999).
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/ifq52.htm, or http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/ifq52.pdf (pdf version)

Flexible Match

Federal Highway Administration. Fact Sheet: Federal Matching Flexibility, September 14, 1998.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/factsheets/matching.htm

Federal Highway Administration. "Guidance on Section 322: Third Party Donations of Funds, Materials, or Services for Federally Assisted Projects." May 1996.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/sc322510.htm

Toll Credits

Federal Highway Administration. "Memorandum: Toll Credit for Non-Federal Share, Section 1111(c) of TEA-21, Implementing Guidance." August 1998.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/tollcred.htm

Debt Financing

Federal Highway Administration. GARVEE Bond Guidance. August 2000.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/garguid1.htm

Credit Assistance

Section 129 Loans

Federal Highway Administration. Guidance on Section 313(b) of the NHS Act: Loan Provisions under Section 129(a)(7) of Title 23. May 1996.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/ifg.htm

State Infrastructure Banks

Federal Highway Administration, SIB web site, including guidance and best practices.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/sib.htm

Federal Highway Administration. State Infrastructure Bank Primer. September 1997.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/sibprimr.htm

Federal Highway Administration. FHWA Guidance for Administering the State Infrastructure Bank Pilot Program. October 1997.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/guidance.htm

TIFIA

Federal Highway Administration. TIFIA web site, including legislation and regulations, a program guide and application, TIFIA Times, and links to TIFIA credit enhancement projects.
http://tifia.fhwa.dot.gov/

Tolling

Tolling Federal-Aid Highways

Federal Highway Administration. Guidance on Section 313(a) of the NHS Act: Toll Facilities Under Section 129 of Title 23. May 1996.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/sc313510.htm

Interstate Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot Program

Federal Highway Administration. "Memorandum: Interstate Highway Reconstruction/
Rehabilitation Pilot Program Section 1216(b) of TEA-21 Solicitation for Candidate Proposals," December 24, 1998. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/tollpilt.htm

Value Pricing Pilot Program

The State and Local Policy Program of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs within the University of Minnesota hosts a web page for the value pricing pilot program.
http://www.valuepricing.org

Federal Highway Administration. Value Pricing Pilot Program web site, including pro-gram information, best practices, newsletters, reports, and outreach activities.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/13-hmpg.htm

Federal Highway Administration. Value Pricing Pilot Program: Notice of Grant Opportunities. Updated March 2000.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/vppp.htm

U.S. Department of Transportation. TEA-21, Value Pricing Pilot Program Fact Sheet. September 1998.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tea21/factsheets/valpr.htm

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