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Financing Freight Improvements

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1. Report No.

FHWA-HOP-06-108 (EDL 14295)

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient’s Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle

Financing Freight Improvements

5. Report Date

January 2007
6. Performing Organization Code

7. Author(s)

Jeffrey Buxbaum, Iris N. Ortiz, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.; Carol Keenan, FHWA

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
100 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 400
Cambridge, MA 02140

10. Work Unit No.

11. Contract or Grant No.

DTFH61-01-C-00181

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

Federal Highway Administration
400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

Final Report

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

15. Supplementary Notes

 

16. Abstract

This Guidebook describes funding and financing tools available for freight investments. The Guidebook has been designed to provide information to the FHWA, states, MPOs, and other parties interested in investing in freight infrastructure.

The Guidebook is composed of four sections:

  1. Funding and Financing Tools for Freight Investment – This section describes existing Federal funding programs and financing tools that could be used to fund freight investments. It also provides an overview of several state programs that support freight projects.
  2. Case Studies of Freight Financing – This section provides brief summaries of how various types of freight-related projects were financed.
  3. References – This section provides links to other freight financing resources.
  4. Glossary of Terms.

17. Key Words

freight, airports, ports, rail, intermodal, funding, financing tools

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161.

19. Security Classif. (of this report)

Unclassified

20. Security Classif. (of this page)

Unclassified

21. No of Pages

159

22. Price

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Metric Conversion Factors
(International System of Units)

APPROXIMATE CONVERSIONS TO SI UNITS
SYMBOL WHEN YOU KNOW MULTIPLY BY TO FIND SYMBOL

LENGTH

in

inches 25.4 millimeters mm

ft

feet 0.305 meters m

yd

yards 0.914 meters m

mi

miles 1.61 kilometers km

AREA

in2

square inches 645.2 square millimeters mm2

ft2

square feet 0.093 square meters m2

yd2

square yard 0.836 square meters m2

ac

acres 0.405 hectares ha

mi2

square miles 2.59 square kilometers km2

VOLUME

fl oz

fluid ounces 29.57 milliliters mL

gal

gallons 3.785 liters L

ft3

cubic feet 0.028 cubic meters m3

yd3

cubic yards 0.765 cubic meters m3

NOTE: volumes greater than 1000 L shall be shown in m3

MASS

oz

ounces 28.35 grams g

lb

pounds 0.454 kilograms kg

T

short tons (2000 lb) 0.907 megagrams (or "metric ton") Mg (or "t")
TEMPERATURE (exact degrees)

oF

Fahrenheit

5 (F-32)/9
or (F-32)/1.8

 Celsius oC

ILLUMINATION

fc

foot-candles 10.76 lux lx

fl

foot-Lamberts 3.426 candela/m2 cd/m2

FORCE and PRESSURE or STRESS

lbf

poundforce   4.45   newtons N

lbf/in2

poundforce per square inch 6.89 kilopascals kPa

 

APPROXIMATE CONVERSIONS FROM SI UNITS
SYMBOL WHEN YOU KNOW MULTIPLY BY TO FIND SYMBOL

LENGTH

mm

millimeters

0.039

 inches in

m

meters

3.28

 feet ft

m

meters

1.09

 yards yd

km

kilometers

0.621

 miles mi

AREA

mm2

square millimeters

0.0016

 square inches in2

m2

square meters

10.764

 square feet ft2

m2

square meters

1.195

 square yards yd2

ha

hectares

2.47

 acres ac

km2

square kilometers

0.386

 square miles mi2

VOLUME

mL

milliliters

0.034

 fluid ounces fl oz

L

liters

0.264

 gallons gal

m3

cubic meters

35.314

 cubic feet ft3

m3

cubic meters

1.307

 cubic yards yd3

MASS

g

grams

0.035

 ounces oz

kg

kilograms

2.202

 pounds lb

Mg (or "t")

megagrams (or "metric ton")

1.103

 short tons (2000 lb) T

TEMPERATURE (exact degrees)

oC

Celsius 1.8C+32 Fahrenheit oF

ILLUMINATION

lx

lux

0.0929

 foot-candles fc

cd/m2

candela/m2

0.2919

 foot-Lamberts fl

FORCE and PRESSURE or STRESS

N

newtons 0.225 poundforce lbf

kPa

kilopascals

0.145

 poundforce per square inch lbf/in2

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