Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

Office of Policy Planning

1. Highway Trust Fund: Pilot Program Could Help Determine the Viability of Mileage Fees for Certain Vehicles - This report examines (1) the benefits and challenges of mileage fee initiatives in the United States and other selected nations, (2) mileage fee rates necessary to replace and supplement current Highway Trust Fund revenues and the effect these fees would have on users' costs, and (3) state DOTs' views on future revenue demands and mileage fees.
2. Transit-Oriented Development in the States - This report summarizes state laws, funding and programs that help build transit-supportive communities, including how states have encouraged affordable housing, employment, economic development and last-mile transit solutions in conjunction with TOD.
3. Falling Apart and Falling Behind - This updated report lays out the economic challenges posed by our ailing infrastructure, provides a comparative look at the smart investments being made by our international competitors, and suggests a series of recommendations for crafting new innovative transportation policies in the U.S. This report frames the state of our infrastructure in terms of the new economic realities of the 21st-century economy and presents the challenges we currently face.
4. Pocket Guide to Transportation 2013 - This report provides a quick reference guide to significant transportation data, covering transportation safety, state of good repair, system use and performance, economic competitiveness, and environmental sustainability.
5. Funding Important Transportation Infrastructure in a Fiscally Constrained Environment - This policy brief seeks to apply the users-pay/users-benefit principles more thoroughly to transportation infrastructure.
6. Assessing the Need for New Transportation Service in Rural Communities - This guide highlights the importance of assessing transportation needs based on demographic trends in rural areas, assessing existing transportation coverage and service gaps, and conducting comprehensive public engagement.