Overview of

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Agenda Item 2
Overview of Task Forces Role
Presented to Blue Ribbon Task Force October 27,
2005 Jeff Fontaine, P.E. Director, Nevada
Department of Transportation
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Overview

• Review the need for future Nevada Department of
  Transportation projects, including impacts to
  congestion relief, state highway system
  serviceability and safety, and the quality of
  life and economy of our state.
• Review project costs and revenue projections.
• Evaluate funding options.

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State Highway Fund10-year Revenue
ExpendituresFiscal Years 2006-2015
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Agenda Item 3
Overview of the Nevada Department of
Transportation
Presented to Blue Ribbon Task Force October 27,
2005 Jeff Fontaine, P.E. Director, Nevada
Department of Transportation
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Mission
The mission of the Nevada Department of
Transportation is to efficiently plan, design,
construct and maintain a safe and effective
seamless transportation system for Nevadas
economic, environmental and social needs .
Goals

• Improve safety in public transportation
• Develop and deliver beneficial projects in a
  timely manner
• Effectively communicate to improve costumer
  satisfaction
• Make the most of the departments assets

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Growth
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State-Maintained Highway System
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NDOT Road System Mileage
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Miles of Improved RoadBy County
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Vehicle Miles of TravelBy County
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State-Maintained Highway Systemin Clark County
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Regionally Significant Roadwaysin Las Vegas
Urban Area
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StateMaintained Highway Systemin Washoe County
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Regionally Significant Roadwaysin Reno Urban Area
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State Maintained Highways
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Areas Between NHS Routes
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Maintenance Support Personnel
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Nevada Truck Flows
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Distribution For Project Funding5 years (Fiscal
Years 2002-06)
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Agenda Item 4
Financial Overview
Presented to Blue Ribbon Task Force October 27,
2005 Robert Chisel Assistant Director,
Administration, Nevada Department of
Transportation
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Constitution of theState of Nevada
Article 9 Section 5 Proceeds from fees for
licensing and registration of motor vehicles and
excise taxes on fuel reserved for construction,
maintenance, and repair of public highways.
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Revenues
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Highway FundRevenue SourcesFiscal Year 2005
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Highway Fund Revenues1996 - 2005
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Major State Revenue Trends1998 - 2005
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Gas Tax Per Gallon
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Diesel Tax Per Gallon
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Federal Aid
The Federal Highway Trust Fund was established
in 1956. Revenues include taxes on gasoline (18.4
cents per gallon), diesel (24.4 cents per
gallon), tires over 40 pounds, truck and trailer
sales, heavy vehicle use, and interest. On
August 10, 2005, the President signed into law
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act A Legacy for Users
which authorized funding for highways, highway
safety, and public transportation programs over
six years and totals up to 244 billion.
SAFETEA-LU represents the largest surface
transportation investment in the nations
history. The Nevada share for highways will be
up to 1.3 billion over the next five years,
including 314 million in earmarks for special
projects.
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Expenditures
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Highway FundExpenditures and DisbursementsFiscal
Year 2005
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NDOT Expenditures by Category1996 - 2005
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Financial Analysis
Leading Indicators
20 Year Projection
Cash Balance
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Agenda Item 5
Future Projects 2008 - 2015
Presented to Blue Ribbon Task Force October 27,
2005 Susan Martinovich, P.E. Deputy
Director, Nevada Department of Transportation
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Project Summary
Southern Nevada I-15 North Corridor Spaghetti
Bowl to Apex Interchange 330 million
US-95 Northwest Corridor Washington Ave. to
Kyle Canyon Rd. 100 million Beltway
Interchanges US-95, I-15, Summerlin Pkwy. 210
million I-15 Tropicana Avenue to Spaghetti
Bowl 1,210 million I-515 Foothills Road to
Spaghetti Bowl 1,300 million I-15 South Corridor
Stateline to I-215 Beltway 350
million Boulder City Bypass 470
million 3,970 million Northern Nevada
I-80 Robb Dr. to Vista Blvd. 460 million
US-395 Spaghetti Bowl to Stead Blvd. 275
million Pyramid Highway Nugget Ave. to
Calle De La Plata Dr. 135 million 870
million Other Statewide Two Lane Highways
Widening and Passing Lanes 400 million
Preservation Program 400 million
ITS/Operations 100 million
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PROJECT NAME
I-15 North Corridor Spaghetti Bowl to Apex
Interchange
DESCRIPTION
Improve the I-15 corridor from the I-15/US 95
Spaghetti Bowl interchange to Apex interchange
northeast of Las Vegas. The proposed improvements
include Widening of I-15 from 6 lanes to 10
lanes from US 95 (Spaghetti Bowl) to Lake Mead
Blvd. and widening of I-15 from 4-5 lanes to 8
lanes from Lake Mead Boulevard to Craig Road,
(Design/Build) Widening of I-15 from 4 lanes to
6 lanes from Craig Road to Apex
interchange Interchange improvements at US 95,
Washington/D Street, Lake Mead Boulevard, and
the Las Vegas Beltway A new interchange
between Speedway Boulevard and Apex interchange.
ESTIMATED COST
330,000,000
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PROJECT NAME
US 95 Northwest Corridor Washington Avenue to
Kyle Canyon Road
DESCRIPTION
Improvement to seven miles along the US-95
freeway in Las Vegas from Washington Avenue to
Kyle Canyon Road. The project includes widening,
possible frontage roads, HOV lanes and new
service interchanges at Kyle Canyon Road and
Horse Drive along with the future system
interchange at the Las Vegas Beltway (future
Interstate-215). 100,000,000
ESTIMATED COST
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PROJECT NAME
Beltway Interchanges
DESCRIPTION
Regional interchanges on the Beltway at US 95,
at I-15, and Summerlin Parkway. 210,000,000

ESTIMATED COST
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PROJECT NAME
I-15 Tropicana Avenue to Spaghetti Bowl (Includes
Project NEON)
DESCRIPTION
I-15 at Charleston Interchange Reconstruct to
a single point urban interchange. I-15 at
Alta Drive southbound on and northbound off
ramps. I-15 from Sahara Ave. to Spaghetti Bowl
Widen to 10 lanes. I-15 South, from
Tropicana Ave. to Sahara Ave. Widen from 6 to
14 lanes. Martin Luther King/ Industrial
connector from Palomino Lane to Wyoming Ave.
Construct 6-lane connector. 1,210,000,000
ESTIMATED COST
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PROJECT NAME
I-515 Widening Foothills Road to Spaghetti Bowl
DESCRIPTION
Widening of I-515 (US-95/US-93) from 6 to 10
lanes plus auxiliary lanes, from Foothills Road
in Henderson to the Las Vegas Spaghetti Bowl in
the City of Las Vegas (length 20 miles). New
interchanges are proposed at F Street, Pecos
Road, and Sahara Avenue. 1,300,000,000
ESTIMATED COST
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PROJECT NAME
I-15 South Corridor Stateline to I-215 Beltway
DESCRIPTION
Improve the 11-mile corridor of I-15. This
corridor will provide access to the proposed
Ivanpah Valley International Airport 20 miles
south of Las Vegas. Alternatives analysis
includes five new interchanges, frontage roads,
collector-distributor roads, high occupancy
vehicle (HOV) lanes, park and rides, transit, and
other capacity improvements to the corridor. Also
being analyzed are various alternatives to Las
Vegas Boulevard. 350,000,000
ESTIMATED COST
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PROJECT NAME
Boulder City Bypass
DESCRIPTION
New US-93 alignment around Boulder City to the
South (Length 14 miles) 2-lanes in each
direction. Foothills Road to the Nevada
Interchange (Hoover Dam Bypass Project
terminus). 470,000,000
ESTIMATED COST
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PROJECT NAME
I-80 Widening Robb Drive to Vista Blvd.
DESCRIPTION
I-80 from Robb to Keystone/ Widen to 6
lanes I-80 Keystone Ave to Pyramid Hwy/ Widen
to 8 lanes I-80 Pyramid Hwy to Vista/Widen to 6
lanes Interchange Improvements 460,000,000
ESTIMATED COST
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PROJECT NAME
US 395 Spaghetti Bowl to Stead Blvd.
DESCRIPTION
US-395 from Spaghetti Bowl to Lemmon Dr/ Widen
to 8 lanes US-395 Lemmon Dr to Stead Blvd/
Widen to 6 lanes Interchange
Improvements 275,000,000
ESTIMATED COST
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PROJECT NAME
Pyramid Highway Improvements
DESCRIPTION
Nugget Ave to McCarran Blvd./Widen to 6
lanes McCarran to Lazy 5 Pkwy./ Widen to 8
lanes Lazy 5 Pkwy. to Calle De La Plata Dr./
Widen to 6 lanes 135,000,000
ESTIMATED COST
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Rural Interstates Two Lane Highways
Interstates
Highways State Routes
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Proactive versus Reactive Pavement Management
System
Good (5)
1M
PAVEMENT CONDITION
Poor (1.5)
4M
0
8
12
AGE IN YEARS
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ITS/Operations
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Agenda Item 6
Transportation Finance
Presented to Blue Ribbon Task Force October 27,
2005 Russ Law, P.E. Chief Operations Analysis
Engineer, Nevada Department of Transportation
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Transportation FinanceTypical Annual
Fundingthrough NDOT

• Highways - 900 million
• Transit - 3 million
• Pedestrian/Bicycle - 2 million
• Railroads - 300,000
• Airports - 200,000

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Financing Highways

• Three common methods
• Direct User Taxes
• Indirect Taxes
• Debt
• How do we finance Nevadas highways?
• Alternative financing
• Criteria for evaluating taxes

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Direct User Taxes

• Concept system users pay the tax
• Fixed fees
• Variable fees

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Direct User Taxes
Fixed Fees (costs do not vary with travel)

• Vehicle registration fees
• Vehicle sales tax
• Vehicle property tax

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Direct User Taxes
Variable Fees (costs vary with travel)

• Fuel and oil excise taxes
• Fuel and oil sales tax
• Distance taxes
• Weight-distance taxes
• Rental-car tax
• Transport business tax
• Tire taxes
• Tolls

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Financing Highways
Indirect TaxesTheoretic relationship between tax
source and system use

• Sales tax
• Property tax
• Income tax
• Business tax
• Impact development fees
• Resource severance taxes
• Vehicle insurance surcharges
• Lodging tax
• Right-of-way use permits

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Financing Highways
Debt Financing

• Bonds
• Bank loans

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How do we currently finance Nevadas streets and
highways?
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Highway Taxes in Nevada
Primary Taxes by Level of Government Importance 

• Federal
• State
• Local

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Highway Taxes in Nevada
Federal

• Fuel tax
• Truck trailer sales tax
• Heavy-vehicle use tax
• Tire tax

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Highway Taxes in Nevada
State

• Fuel excise tax
• Registration fees
• Drivers license fees
• Oversize/overweight permits

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Highway Taxes in Nevada
Local

• Fuel excise tax
• Impact/development fees
• Vehicle property tax
• Room tax
• Jet fuel tax
• Sales tax

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Highway Taxes in Nevada
Alternative Financing

• Tolls
• Value pricing
• Government Loans/Guarantees
• Public/Private Partnerships

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Alternative Financing
Tolls

• Electronic
• Transponders (e.g., EZ-Pass)
• License-plate readers
• Value pricing
• Rate varies with congestion
• higher congestion higher cost
• High-occupancy-toll (HOT) lanes
• carpools or other high-occupancy vehicles free
• single-occupancy vehicles toll

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Alternative Financing
Government Loans/Guarantees
Concept spur investment by reducing risk reduce
interest rate through government assurance.

• Instruments
• Secured loans
• Loan guarantees
• Lines or letters of credit
• Full faith and credit transfer
• Federal to state
• Federal state to private sector
• State to private sector

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Alternative Financing
Public/Private Partnerships
Concept spur private-sector investment in
highways provide public with the best value, not
the lowest bid.

• Government loans
• Government guarantees
• Loan or investment payback
• tolls
• traditional sources (e.g., gas tax or
  federal-aid)
• Return on investment
• Level of service (operations and maintenance)
• Real-estate options
• No reasonable offer refused

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What Makes a Good Tax?

• Its paid by someone else.
• It provides enormous utility
• for the guy who didnt pay it.

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What Makes a Good Tax?
Criteria for Evaluating TaxesTypical Concerns

• Adequacy
• Administrative Efficiency
• Equity
• Economic Efficiency
• Evasion and Avoidance
• Feasibility

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Questions/Discussion
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