Download or read book Revenue Sources for Financing Virginia s Highways written by Charles W. Cambell and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revenue Sources for Financing Virginia s Highway Program written by Linda Ritter and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revenue Sources for Financing Transportation Safety Activities in Virginia written by Clinton H. Simpson and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senate Bill 85, an action of the 1978 General Assembly, amended the Code of Virginia to provide, in part, that the Division of Highway Safety be succeeded by the newly created Department of Transportation Safety effective July 1, 1978. In its Declaration of Policy, section 33.1-390, the amended Code states that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to "investigate, evaluate and promote the safe movement of people and property by all modes highway, railway, waterway, airway, and mass transit." This report reviews possible sources of revenue for the support of safety activities in all of the above transportation modes except highway. It also identifies the Virginia agencies that are receiving these funds, or that are eligible to receive them, and the means by which the Virginia Department of Transportation Safety could interact with these agencies in the conduct of a statewide transportation safety program.
Download or read book Revenue Sources for Financing Transportation Safety Activities in Virginia written by John Gleeson and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Local Government Funding and Financing of Roads written by Peter B. Ohlms and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several Virginia localities have used local funding and financing sources to build new roads or complete major street improvement projects when state and/or federal funding was not available. Many others have combined local funding sources with state and/or federal funds to accelerate a project of importance to the locality. The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to determine the extent to which local governments have completed road projects under Virginia statutes that enable various types of funding and financing tools and to document lessons some localities learned in the process; and (2) to identify examples of locally generated funding sources from other states not currently used in Virginia that could be promising for road projects. To achieve the first purpose, case studies and a survey were used to gather the necessary information. To achieve the second purpose, a literature review was conducted. Different localities had different enabling factors that led to their decisions to apply local funds to road projects. Enabling factors that were evident from the case studies included the following: - high growth rates and the resultant increases in tax receipts; - regional medical centers associated with substantial ancillary land development; - local government staff with experience managing road construction projects; - a combination of future-focused transportation plans and negotiation during the land development process; - a record of success with similar projects; - collaboration with universities and other local governments; - careful budgeting and saving. Examples of locally generated funding sources from other states that are not widely used in Virginia include transportation utility fees, local motor fuel taxes, mileage-based user fees, special property taxes on non-residential parking spaces, a tax per employee, concurrency, availability payment public-private partnerships, and various types of special districts. In addition to identifying the enabling factors listed, the study concludes that Virginias local governments have become major funding sources for road improvements of local importance. This role intensified as state funding levels decreased before Virginia's 2013 transportation funding revisions, but some localities said that they could not sustain this trend over the long term. Even so, localities have an interest in using local dollars to advance local priority projects. The study recommends that the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research and the Virginia Department of Transportations Local Assistance Division (1) develop a road show summarizing the findings from the case studies conducted in this study, with a focus on options for local funding that other localities might find useful and (2) enhance an existing annual workshop that focuses on local project administration to add consideration of innovative local funding tools currently in use by jurisdictions outside Virginia.
Download or read book Potential Revenue Sources for Virginia s Transportation Safety Programs written by Patricia Froning and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fearful that inflation and the gradual erosion of federal support for highway safety programs were undermining Virginia's historic position of national leadership in highway safety; management directed a study of potential sources of new revenue for the programs. The project reported here employed a five-step process to gather data necessary for the analysis. First, a literature review of studies on alternative revenue sources for financing transportation safety activities was conducted. Second, the Code ofVirginia was studied to identify successful funding mechanisms that are currently being utilized in the Commonwealth. Third, a telephone survey of all states was conducted in an attempt to identify innovative methods of funding that are currently being used elsewhere. Fourth, after analyzing Virginia's current safety funding approach and the results of the national survey, sources of revenue inherently related to highway safety were identified. Fifth, once potential revenue sources were identified through these avenues, each was analyzed and reviewed to project how much revenue could be generated and how it might be allocated. The researcher concludes that there is a need for additional revenue to fund Virginia's highway safety programs. Recommendations are made concerning several viable options, and suggestions are offered concerning both the distribution and use of the funds.
Download or read book The financing of highways in West Virginia with suggestions for reform written by Edmund Jesse Rollo and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revenue Sources for Financing Transportation Safety Activities in Virginia written by Thomas L. Heimbach and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senate Bill 85, an action of the 1978 General Assembly, amended the Code of Virginia to provide, in part, that the Division of Highway Safety be succeeded by the newly created Department of Transportation Safety effective July 1, 1978. In its Declaration of Policy, section 33.1-390, the amended Code states that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to "investigate, evaluate and promote the safe movement of people and property by all modes -- highway, railway, waterway, airway, and mass transit." (emphasis added.) Because gasoline conservation has decreased excise tax revenues, and because the national political climate indicates impending reductions in federal spending, the Virginia Department of Transportation Safety will probably need to explore alternative ways of financing the expanded safety operations mandated by Senate Bill 85. One possible source of new revenues is a surcharge on traffic fines. This measure was mentioned in an earlier report on revenue sources, but the present report discusses the surcharge in greater detail and compares the relative merits of different forms of assessing it.
Download or read book The Virginia Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund written by Daniel D. McGeehan and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the sources of state monies that make up the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund. The report shows that a total of $521,731,812 was collected by five state agencies during fiscal year 1978-1979. The Department of Motor Vehicles collected 91% of the revenue, or approximately $475,782,127; the Department of Highways and Transportation collected 8%, or approximately $41,965,741; .400% (approximately $2,130,927), .360% (approximately $1,833,542), and .004% (approximately $19,475) were collected by the State Corporation Commission, the Court or Commonwealth's Attorney, and the State Police, respectively. The collection mechanisms through which these revenues are channeled and the histories of the sources are also given. A reading of the histories of the revenue sources in light of the information given in the section entitled Virginia Highway and Transportation Commission reveals that, although the responsibilities of the Commission were expanded from highway-related concerns to the much broader realm of transportation in 1974, the sources of revenue which support the activities needed to carry out these responsibilities have not been increased nor has the definition of "user" been expanded. The report points out two actions that resulted in reduced revenues for the Highway Fund. One was the elimination of the Gross Earnings Road Tax on Carriers of Passengers and the other was the broadening of the definition of those persons or operators eligible for refunds from the motor fuel tax to include certain taxicab service in 1974.and, in 1979, carriers of passengers engaged in "regular route service ..."
Download or read book Report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on Highway Financing in Virginia to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia written by Virginia. General Assembly. Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund written by Thomas Daniel and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two basic parts to the report. First, the state sources of revenue for the Highway Fund for the fiscal year 1972-73 are identified to depict the current method of highway funding. (A study of revenues generated on the federal level is not included, since any change in the makeup or structure of the Fund would most probably be effected with the state resources.) The revenues from each of these sources were computed from the reports of the various state agencies involved in their collection. These revenues are compared with the sums which, according to the State Comptroller's report, are actually remitted to the Highway Fund. This first part is presented under the heading "Revenue Sources of the State Highway Construction and Maintenance Fund. 1972-73." The second part of the paper (pages 3-38) describes in detail each revenue source listed in the Comptroller's report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, along with the various steps involved in its collection. In addition, wherever possible, an attempt is made to present a historical perspective of the development of these sources of highway revenues from the birth of the Highway Commission to the present.
Download or read book Value based Investing for Government Infrastructure written by Jack C. High and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highway Needs written by Virginia. Dept. of Highways and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Financing of Highways by Counties and Local Rural Governments written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide to Transportation Funding Options Available to Virginia Jurisdictions written by Audrey K. Moruza and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides a comprehensive summary of practices in Virginia jurisdictions for the purpose of raising local revenue for transportation purposes. To the extent possible, every current practice was located in the Code of Virginia to enable tracking of developments in the statutes and permissions referenced in the report. Transportation districts featuring special in-district taxation for the funding or financing of district transportation projects have a 55-year history in Virginia, with a number of variations approved and rescinded by the Virginia General Assembly over the years. Major transportation districts exist currently on a scale from the multijurisdictional/regional to specific highway corridors, and they scale down to the residential neighborhood at the most local level. Urban settings are conducive to successful regional transportation districts in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. The strategy of tax increment finance areas is practiced widely in urban jurisdictions as well. Not least, Virginia has a long history of tolled highway facilities in urban areas. For jurisdictional control, however, specific legislative permission is required. In more rural areas of Virginia, local transportation funding has been derived from coal and gas extraction, the Virginia Tobacco Commission, and three federal agencies that target communities in relative need. A concentration of such communities has long been identified in southern and southwest Virginia. These funding sources can usually be pooled effectively for local transportation projects. By Dillon’s Rule, Virginia jurisdictions currently have de jure permission under the Code of Virginia to enact several means of local revenue generation for transportation, but they must meet eligibility rules to implement others. Yet the Code of Virginia is a living document with the potential to be changed annually by the Virginia General Assembly, and transportation funding is a perennial subject of intense legislator interest and involvement.
Download or read book Adequacy of the Road Fund written by Patrick C. Mann and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financing Local Roads written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
