State Fiscal Conditions and Measuring Transportation Investments
Agenda for Discussion Current state fiscal conditions and efforts to close budget gaps Longer-term projections and pressures Measuring Transportation Investments
Budget Gaps: FY2002-FY2013 SOURCE: National Conference of State Legislatures, State Budget Update, November 2010
Budget Gaps As A Share Of General Fund: FY2012
State and Local Long-Term Deficit Source: Government Accountability Office
Not Measuring Up: Overall Rating Source: Pew Center on the States and the Rockefeller Foundation, 2011.
Six Goals for States’ Transportation Systems Safety Jobs and commerce Mobility Access Environmental stewardship Infrastructure preservation
How States Stack Up By Goal Source: Pew Center on the States and the Rockefeller Foundation, 2011.
Policy Options Improve the information—focus on results and make sure performance measures link to concrete goals. Use cost benefit analysis and other economic tools to look at the economic impact of potential transportation projects. Bring performance measurement information more clearly into the appropriations process, so when states are budgeting dollars, they are looking at the information on what those dollars will deliver for the state.
Stateline.org Original reporting on policy and trends
Robert Zahradnik