The authors wish to thank the many people who assisted in the development and production of this report. Members of the Transportation Funding Partnership Committee supervised project activities and were instrumental in defining the scope and content of the report. Special thanks are due Senator Bruce Starr, Oregon, who chaired the committee. Members of the NCSL Transportation Standing Committee also contributed to the report. Melissa Savage and Angie Drumm of NCSL assisted in writing portions of the report.
We are grateful to several organizations that contributed funds to underwrite this effort including the Foundation for State Legislatures, AAA, the American Public Transportation Association, Carter & Burgess, and PBS&J.
Thoughtful written comments that helped improve the final product were provided by Delegate Carol Petzold, Maryland; Helen Sramek, AAA; Carla Perez, Carter & Burgess; Susan Perry, American Public Transportation Association; Casey Gheen and Mark Florian, Goldman Sachs; and Arturo Perez and Bert Waisanen, NCSL.
Several state legislative staff provided information on their state's transportation funding system, including: Janet Adkins, Oregon Committee Services Office; Michelle Alishahi, Kansas Legislative Research Department; Margaret Amundson, Minnesota Transportation Committee Administrator; Kurt Eichin, Florida Senate Committee on Transportation; Jason Gelender, Colorado Legislative Legal Services; Mike Groesch, Washington Senate Transportation Committee, Mary Beth Mellick, Iowa Legislative Services Agency; John Williams, Minnesota House Research Department; and Stephen Witte, Missouri.
NCSL staff who assisted in various ways include Caroline Carlson, Brad George, and Linda Tassin. We are grateful to Leann Stelzer of NCSL who edited the report and Scott Liddell of SL Format Design who formatted the report.