This section discusses the rationale for transportation agencies to consider developing and/or financing needed surface transportation projects using alternative approaches that have the potential to provide greater value than traditional approaches in the public interest. It begins by listing the key issues driving public sponsors or these projects to consider public-private partnerships as an alternative to the traditional approaches of design-bid-build project delivery and "pay-as-you-go" financing. It also provides an assessment framework for augmenting the traditional project development approach with a broader array of delivery and financing options.