1. See also findings from Oregon Road User Fee Task Force at http://www.oregon.gov/ ODOT/HWY/OIPP/ruftf_reports.shtml.
2. Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, Transportation Finance, Informational Paper 39 (Madison: Legislative Fiscal Bureau, January 2005), 6.
3. National Conference of State Legislatures, Initiatives and Referenda 2002, http://www.ncsl.org/ncsldb/elect98/irsrch.cfm?recid=1185.
4. Washington Legislative Oversight Committee, Transportation Infrastructure Financing Alternatives (Olympia: Legislative Oversight Committee, January 2004), 23.
5. FHWA, Highway Statistics 2003, Motor Fuel Use, http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ ohim/hs03/pdf/mf21.pdf, 2005.
6 . American Road and Transportation Builders Association, State Gas Ta x Report (Washing-ton, D.C.: ARBTA, February 2005), 1; http://www.artba.org/economics_research/current_issues/ ARTBA_State_Gas_Tax_Report_Feb05.pdf#search='state%20gas%20tax%20report.
7. Ibid.
8. Rob Moritz, "TV, Radio Ads for Bond Referendums Begin Airing," Arkansas News Bureau, Nov. 30, 2005.
9. American Road and Transportation Builders Association, State Gas Ta x Developments (Washington, D.C.: ARBTA, November 2005), 3.
10. Ibid.
11. Andrew Garber and Susan Gilmore, "Gas Tax Stays, but Don't Expect Big Road Projects to Get Going Soon," The Seattle Times, Nov. 10, 2005.
12. Puentes and Prince, Fueling Transportation Finance, 10.
13. ARTBA, State Gas Ta x Developments, 2.
14. Washington Legislative Oversight Committee, Transportation Infrastructure Financing Alternative,. (Olympia, Wash.: Washington State Department of Transportation, January 2004), 21.
15. See appendix A.
16. U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation 2004 (Table 3.1) (Washington, D.C.: U.S. DOT, 2005), 3.2.
17. American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials, Innovative Finance Web Site - User Charges, http://www.innovativefinance.org/topics/revenue_sources/ user_charges/tolls/default.asp, accessed March, 2006.
18. David W. Chen, "Bill Would Sell Part of New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Park-way to Investors," New York Times, March 24, 2006.
19. American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials, Innovative Finance Web Site - Other Revenue Source, http://www.innovativefinance.org/topics/revenue_sources/ other_revenue/naming.asp, accessed March 2006.
20. Ibid.
21. David A. Lieb, "McCaskill Says Transportation Tax Districts Proliferating," Associated Press, March 8, 2006.
22. Ariz. Rev. Stat. §9-500.05 (2005).
23. Cal. Gov't. Code §§65864 et seq. (West 2005).
24. Fla. Stat. §§163.3220 - 163.3243 (2005).
25. Hawaii Rev. Stat. §46-121 et seq. (2005).
26. Idaho Code §67-6511A (2005).
27. Md. Ann. Code art. 66B §13.01 (2005).
28. Nev. Rev. Stat. §§278.0201 et seq. (2005).
29. Utah Code Ann. §63-56-502 (2005).
30. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §48:250.4 (West 2005).
31. Geoffrey S. Yarema, "Getting Ready for Post-Reauthorization: New Tools for Transportation Procurement and Financing" (presentation at National Conference of State Legislatures Fall Forum, Washington, D.C.: Dec. 11, 2003).
32. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §48:251 (West 2005).
33. Kan. Stat. Ann. §12-609 (West 2005).
34. Federal Highway Administration, Report to Congress on Public-Private Partnerships, (Washington, D.C: FHWA, December 2004), 10; found at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ reports/pppdec2004/#2a.
35. Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. §28-7561 et seq. (2005).
36. See American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials Innovative Finance website at http://www.innovativefinance.org/topics/finance_mechanisms/bonding/ bonds_hybrid.asp.
37. The initial project threshold amounts established in 1998 were $100 million and $30 million for ITS.
38. Federal Highway Administration, "GARVEE Issues on the Rise," Innovative Finance Quarterly 11, no. 1 (Fall 2005), 5.
39. Ibid.
40. Found at http://www.innovativefinance.org/topics/finance_mechanisms/bonding/ bonds_gans.asp.
42. See http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovativefinance/brochure/manageme.htm.
43. See http:www.innovativefinance.org/topics/federal_aid?advance_construction/ default.asp.