Final Report
The Commission released its report on January 15, 2008. The full text of Volumes 1 and 2 are available on the Commission’s Web Site, http://www.transportationfortomorrow.org.
The report concludes that the current surface transportation program in the United States should not be reauthorized in its current form. Instead, the report recommends development of a new Federal Compact focusing objectives of genuine national interest. The key elements of that compact would be:
- A strong federal role in surface transportation that will evolve to meet the national interest;
- Increased expenditures from all levels of government and the private sector to compensate for past investment failures while addressing significant increases in future demand;
- A commitment to make more effective use of taxpayers’ funds for the national interest;
- Federal funding that is performance-based and focused on cost-beneficial outcomes with accountability for the full range of economic, environmental, and social costs and benefits of investments; and
- Far-reaching program reform to eliminate waste and delays in federally-funded program delivery.
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