Byways to the Past IX

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Protecting Pennsylvanias Historic Resources

• A Conference on Transportation Heritage, and the
  Environment
• May 15, 2008
• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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Transportation Finance

• Where does the money come from?
• How is it used?

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Transportation Finance

• National 18.4 cpg into Highway Trust Fund
• State registration fees, driver license fees
  and 31.2 cpg into Motor License Fund

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Whats the Problem?
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Energy

• 4 gas is here Detroit Free Press May 8, 2008
• Another record high for crude oil prices US
  News and World Report May 8, 2008
• Texas gas prices set another record high The
  Dallas Morning News May 9, 2008
• With gas at milestone, drivers feeling
  increasingly squeezed - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  April 22, 2008

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Energy

• As gas prices increase,
• ridership on public
• transportation
• and trains increase.

This leads to a decrease in vehicle miles
traveled.
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Energy

• Green Initiatives

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Energy

• New SUV, Minivan fuel standards proposed
  August 23, 2005 MSNBC
• Corporate Average Fuel Economy
• (CAFE) standard set in 1984 27.5 mpg for cars
  and 22.2 for light trucks.
• New rules 35 mpg by 2020 for all cars and light
  trucks.

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Needs
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Needs

• PennDOTs 2006 State of the Interstate Report
• identified an average investment level of
• 1.04 billion on pavement and bridge needs
• Available PennDOT resources 380 million
• PA TFRC reports an annual need of
• 1.7 billion

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Needs

• Freight travel will double over the next 20
  years

FHWA Freight Analysis Framework
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Needs
Global Economy
Safety/ Mobility
Byways to the Past IX Heritage Partnerships
Conference XXX
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Needs

• Needs

Available Funding
Shortfalls National - 50
Billion Pennsylvania - 1.7 Billion
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Whats Next?

• Conclusions
• More
• How to raise it?

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Whats Next?

• State Initiatives
• Tolling

Vehicle Miles Traveled - Oregon
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Next Federal Bill

• Green-TEA
• Energy Goals
• Additional to re-build
• Address Freight Needs
• Mobility
• Redefine Federal Programs/Rules

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Questions That Should Be Asked

• How can funds be generated energy neutral?

• Can local/regional governments make independent
  decisions regarding transportation needs and land
  use (preservation/protection)?

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Questions That Should Be Asked

• Federal/State/Local roles

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How To Stay Involved

• U.S. Department of Transportation www.dot.gov
• Federal Highway Administration www.fhwa.dot.gov
• Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
  www.dot.state.pa.us
• American Association of State Highway and
  Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
  www.transportation.org
• Pennsylvania Highway Information Association
  www.paconstructors.org
• The American Road and Transportation Builders
  Association www.artba.org
• Innovative Finance for Surface Transportation
  www.innovativefinance.org