Surface Transportation
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Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation and Water Infrastructure
CBO assesses whether public-private partnerships have resulted in projects being built more quickly or at a lower cost for taxpayers. CBO also examines whether partnerships that include private financing sped up project financing.
- Presentation
Federal Highway Spending and Revenues
Presentation by Sheila Campbell, an analyst in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, at the Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting.
- Report
Alternatives for Modernizing the Navy’s Sealift Force
CBO estimates that the Navy’s plan to modernize and operate its sealift ships over the next 30 years would cost roughly $39 billion. In this report, CBO explores four alternatives that would vary in cost from $34 billion to $40 billion.
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Issues and Options for a Tax on Vehicle Miles Traveled by Commercial Trucks
CBO examines choices lawmakers would face in establishing a federal tax on the miles traveled by commercial trucks—including choices about the tax base, rate structure, and implementation methods—and illustrates how such a tax might affect the federal budget.
- Cost Estimate
S. 1833, Restore the Harmony Way Bridge Act
As reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on June 19, 2019
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Federal Investment, 1962 to 2018
In 2018, the federal government spent $492 billion on investment—for physical capital, education and training, and research and development—which represented 12 percent of federal spending and 2 percent of GDP.
- Presentation
Federal Grants to State and Local Governments for Investment
Presentation by Sheila Campbell, an analyst in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, to the National Federation of Municipal Analysts on January 31, 2019.
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Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2019 to 2028
CBO periodically issues a volume of options—this year’s installment presents 121—that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues. CBO’s website allows users to filter options by topic, date, and other categories.
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Federal Support for Financing State and Local Transportation and Water Infrastructure
Sixty percent of state and local investment in transportation and water infrastructure is financed using tools that impose costs on the federal government: tax-exempt bonds, tax credit bonds, state banks, and direct federal credit programs.
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Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1956 to 2017
In 2017, spending by federal, state, and local governments for transportation and water infrastructure totaled $441 billion. This slide deck updates information that CBO released in 2015.