To Price or Not to Price: Determining the Future of Road Financing in an Era of Climate Change
Date: June 29, 2023
Author(s): Rachel Seiberg
Abstract
American transportation finance has relied on federal funding from the Highway Trust Fund, namely through the gas tax, as its main revenue source for transportation projects. However, the diminishing purchasing power of the gas tax has forced states to increasingly turn to alternative forms of transportation funding for state and local projects.
About the Project
This capstone project was completed in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Master of Urban & Regional Planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.