Blue Ribbon Panel on Transportation Finance and Implementation
This page is a repository for information CDOT and other organizations have provided Governor Ritter’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Transportation Finance and Implementation. For more information about the Panel, click here to visit the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel webpage.
The Blue Ribbon Panel on Transportation Finance and Implementation Final Report is now avilable. Click below to access:
Blue Ribbon Panel Update Newsletter
April Edition
May Edition
June Edition
July Edition
September Edition
November Edition
Colorado Transportation Summit
On April 5th, 2007, Governor Bill Ritter hosted, "Bridges to the 21st Century" A Colorado Transportation Summit. The summit served as the kick-off session for the Blue Ribbon Panel. Follow the links below to view CDOT staff presentations.
What are the options? -CDOT Study on Revenue Options (powerpoint format) or (pdf format) by Heather Copp, Director of the Division of Accounting and Finance
Colorado's Transportation System: Valuable, Vast, Challenged (powerpoint format) or (pdf format) by Jennifer Finch, Director of the Division of Transportation D evelopment
Is Today As Good As It Gets? - Presentation on Current Levels of Service and 10-Year Outlook (powerpoint format) or (pdf format) by Jennifer Finch, Director of the Division of Transportation Development
Colorado’s State Highway System: Planning, Performance and Investment (powerpoint format) by Heather Copp, Director of the Division of Accounting and Finance and Jennifer Finch, Director of the Division of Transportation Development
Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee Reading List
The Governor’s Panel is assisted in its work by an advisory panel of leading thinkers and actors in Colorado transportation. Below are links to the Advisory Committee’s reading list. The is organized topically and will be periodically updated. Click here for the document review form (MS Word).
Revenue Options
Overview
new - Report and Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Transportation Finance to Denver Regional Council of Governments Board of Directors
Denver Regional Council of Governments (2007)
new - Defining a Legacy for Users: Understanding the Strategies and Implications for Highway Funding
The American Transportation Institute (2007)
A Quiet Crisis in Transportation Finance
Martin Wachs, Rand Corportation (April 2006)
Map of State Gas Tax Development Since 1997
American Road and Transit Builders Association (2005)
State Policy Options for Funding Transportation
National Governor’s Association, NGA Center for Best Practices (February 2007)
Congressional Budget Office Projections of Revenues for the Highway Trust Fund
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and Pipelines (April 4, 2006)
Colorado’s Transportation Funding: Healing a Sick System
Albert G. Melcher, Executive Director, Colorado Mobility Coalition
(January 18, 2007)
Current Trends and Emerging Issues in Surface Transportation Finance
Gary Maring, Cambridge Systematics, Inc (July 26, 2006)
Future Financing Options to Meet Highway and Transit Needs
Cambridge Systematics, Mercator Advisors, Alan E. Pisarski, Martin Wachs
(December 2006)
Future Highway and Public Transportation Finance Study
National Chamber Foundation of the US Chamber of Commerce
Cambridge Systematics, Inc, Mercator Advisors and Alan Pisarski
(September 30, 2005)
Implementation and Evaluation of Self-Financing Highway Pricing Schemes: A Case Study
JungEun Oh, Purdue Univeristy, Samuel Labi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kumares Sinha, Purdue University, Transportation Research Board (January 2007)
Improving Efficiency and Equity in Transportation Finance
Martin Wachs, Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy (April 2003)
Paying for Transportation
Bob Tointon, Colorado Economic Futures Panel (March 30, 2005)
Revenue Sources to Fund Transportation Needs
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (April 2007)
Surface Transportation Policy Recommendations for the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (March 2007)
The Fuel Tax and Alternatives for Transportation Funding (Monograph)
Transportation Research Board (2006)
The Future of Highway and Transit Finance: Steering Clear of the Breakdown Land
Jonathan Upchurch, TR News 247 (November – December 2006)
Aviation
ACRP Synthesis 1: Innovative Finance and Alternative Sources of Revenue for Airports
Transportation Research Board: Cindy Nichol, Jacobs Consultancy (2007)
Transit
Developing a Stabilized Public Transportation Revenue Source
Kate Ernzen & Dr. James Ernzen, Del Web School of Construction, Arizona State University for Arizona DOT (January 2007)
Financing Capital Investment: A Primer for the Transit Practitioner
Transportation Research Board (2003)
Vehicle Miles Traveled
The Potential of the Vehicle Mileage Road User Fee as an Alternative Financing Option for State Highways
Transportation Research Board: Virginia Sisiopiku, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Johnnie Waid, Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham (November 2006)
Local and Regional
Local Option Transportation Taxes in the United States: Part I
Todd Goldman, Sam Corbett, and Martin Wachs, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley (2001)
Local Option Transportation Taxes in the United States: Part II
Todd Goldman, Sam Corbett, and Martin Wachs, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley (2001)
Potential Sources of Additional Transportation Revenue
Maricopa Association of Governments: Interstate 10/ Hassayampa Valley Roadway Framework Study DRAFT (February 19, 2007)
The Future of Transportation Finance: The National Association of Regional Councils
Jack Basso, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (February 6, 2006)
Previous Colorado Panels
Meeting Colorado’s Long-Term Transportation Needs
Governor Romer’s Blue Ribbon Panel (May 14, 1996)
Transportation Finance Task Force
Report to Governor Bill Owens (March 2004)
Public/Private Partnerships
new - The Highwaymen
Daniel Schulman with James Ridgeway, MotherJones (January/February 2007)
Availability- based P3 Concessions for Transportation
Tim Romer, Lisa Fenner, Tom Rousakis, and Kathleen Brown, Goldman Sachs:
(April 16, 2007)
Building New Roads through Public/ Private Partnerships: Frequently Asked Questions
Lenoard Gilroy, Robert Poole, Peter Samuel, and Geoffrey Segal,
Reason Foundation, Policy Brief No. 58
Closing America’s Infrastructure Gap: The Role of Public Private Partnerships
Deloitte Research Study (2007)
Managed Lanes/Tolling
Adding FAST Lanes to Milwaukee’s Freeways: Congestion Relief, Improved Transit, and Help with Funding Reconstruction
Robert W. Poole, Jr. and Kevin Soucie, Reason Foundation (February 2006)
Highway Finance, States’ Expanding Use of Tolling Illustrates Diverse Challenges and Strategies
Government Accountability Office (June 2006)
Hot Lanes: Frequently Asked Questions
Leonard Gilroy and Amy Pelletier, Reason Foundation, Policy Brief No. 59
Leasing State Toll Roads: Frequently Asked Questions
Peter Samuel, Reason Foundation, Policy Brief No. 60
No More Just Throwing Money Out the Window: Using road tolls to cut congestion, protect the environment, and boost access for all
Environmental Defense (2006)
The DOT Mandated Studies on Tolls and Tunnel and Public Highway Authorities
Colorado DOT, Prepared by Himley-Horn and Associates (1991)
The Role of Tolls in Financing 21st Century Highways
Peter Samuel and Robert W. Poole, Jr., Reason Foundation (May 2007)
Washington State Comprehensive Tolling Study
Washington State Transportation Commission: Cambridge Systematics, PBS&J, IBI Group, Texas Transportation Institute, and Frank Wilson & Associates (January 2006)
Needs
new - America’s Freight Challenge
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (May 2007)
new - Making Colorado's Trucking Industry Competitive with Other States
Colorado Motor Carriers Association (2007)
2006 Status of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance: Report to Congress
U.S. Department of Transportation
Freight- Rail Bottom Line Report
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (2004/2005)
Future Needs of the U.S. Surface Transportation System
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (February 2007)
Rail Oriented Development: Strategies and Tools to Support Passenger Rail
CDOT Research Project: Charlier Associates and Clarion Associates
(March 2002)
State of Nevada: Blue Ribbon Task Force to Evaluate Nevada Department of Transportation Long Range Projects (December 5, 2006)
Ballot Issues
Colorado Transportation Funding Initiatives
Floyd Ciruli, Ciruli Associates (May 14, 2007)
Factors Influencing Voting Results of Local Transportation Funding Initiatives with a Substantial Transit Component
Mineta Transportation Institute (October 2001)
Special 2006 Ballot Initiatives Report
American Road and Transit Builders Association (November 8, 2006)
Other Issues
new - Factors Affecting Location Decisions; Business Climates; and State and Local Tax Treatments
Colorado Legislative Council Staff (2005)
new - Review of U.S. and European Regional Modeling Studies of Policies Intended to Reduce Motorized Travel, Fuel Use, and Emissions
Robert A. Johnston, Victoria Transportation Policy Institute (2006)
Energy Use in the Transportation Sector
National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Elizabeth Brown
Infrastructure 2007: A Global Perspective
Urban Land Institute and Ernst & Young
Re-investment in America
Cal Marsella, General Manager RTD
Statewide Economic Benefits of Transportation Investment
CDOT, BBC Research and Consulting, and Felsburg Holt & Ullevig
April 2007
CDOT Statewide Resident Survey: Results of the 2006 Statewide Survey on Transportation Issues in Colorado
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