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Funding and Financing

Financing freight transportation improvements is one of the key challenges facing the freight industry. The Office of Freight Management and Operations and other DOT agencies are working to improve understanding of public and private sector approaches to financing freight projects.

• Freight Transportation: Strategies Needed to Address Planning and Financing Limitations, GAO-04-165, December 19, 2003
• Port Peak Pricing Program Evaluation
• Financing Freight Improvements Report [HTML, PDF 1.5MB]

FHWA Funding Programs

• National Highway Freight Program
• INFRA Program
• RAISE-BUILD-TIGER Program
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• FHWA CMAQ Program Guide
• Financing Federal-Aid Highways
• A Guide to Federal-Aid Programs and Projects
• Special Federal-Aid Funding

Other Federal Funding Programs

• Federal Aviation Administration, Airport Improvement Program
• U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment

Federal Financing Tools

• FHWA Innovative Finance
• FHWA Public-Private Partnerships
• FHWA Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Program

Selected State Grant and Loan Programs for Freight Improvements

• California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank
• Minnesota Port Assistance Development Program
• New York Industrial Access Program
• Pennsylvania Rail Freight Assistance Program
• Tennessee Transportation Equity Fund
• Wisconsin Harbor Assistance Program
• Wisconsin Freight Railroad Infrastructure Improvement Program
• Wisconsin Railroad Preservation Program

Additional Resources

• National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 15): Dedicated Revenue Mechanisms for Freight Transportation Investment [PDF 12.8MB]
• Transportation Governance and Finance: A 50-State Review of State Legislatures and Departments of Transportation

Contact

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