Highway Policy at a Crossroads: Options for U.S. Highway and Infrastructure Policy in the Post-interstate EraHouse Wednesday Group, Congress of the United States, 1990 - Federal aid to transportation - 42 pages |
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... User Fees . Federal Grant Structure . Cost - Sharing Ratios • Increasing Local Discretion . The Municipal Bond Market Privatization • • · Accelerating Technological Innovation Promising Applications . Barriers to Innovation . Promoting ...
... User Fees . Federal Grant Structure . Cost - Sharing Ratios • Increasing Local Discretion . The Municipal Bond Market Privatization • • · Accelerating Technological Innovation Promising Applications . Barriers to Innovation . Promoting ...
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... user fees charges on the people who benefit from public works . The principle is that people should pay for the costs of the facilities they use . In practice , user fees can prevent public works from becoming over - used . They can ...
... user fees charges on the people who benefit from public works . The principle is that people should pay for the costs of the facilities they use . In practice , user fees can prevent public works from becoming over - used . They can ...
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... User Fees Most federal programs are financed through general revenues , which are , for the most part , receipts from individual and corporate income taxes . Infrastructure programs , however , are financed mainly through user fees ...
... User Fees Most federal programs are financed through general revenues , which are , for the most part , receipts from individual and corporate income taxes . Infrastructure programs , however , are financed mainly through user fees ...
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... user charges could enable them to improve their investment decisions . " 55 Also , user fees " can be easily segregated and dedicated to facility reinvestment . The prospect of a reliable revenue stream makes it possible " 56 to issue ...
... user charges could enable them to improve their investment decisions . " 55 Also , user fees " can be easily segregated and dedicated to facility reinvestment . The prospect of a reliable revenue stream makes it possible " 56 to issue ...
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... user fees . And unlike programs financed by general Treasury revenues , trust - fund - supported programs cannot borrow from the Treasury if they run out of money . By law , a trust - fund- supported program ceases to operate if it ...
... user fees . And unlike programs financed by general Treasury revenues , trust - fund - supported programs cannot borrow from the Treasury if they run out of money . By law , a trust - fund- supported program ceases to operate if it ...
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