Strategies for Achieving New Revenue Sources

The National Capital Region needs additional revenues and new revenue sources in order to support its critically needed future transportation programs and projects. The vast majority of available future transportation revenues will be devoted to the maintenance and operations of the current transit and highway systems. Many unfunded but desirable projects cannot be included in the CLRP under the funding constraints.

The region must continue to examine new sources of possible future funding and identify the critical steps needed to achieve more adequate funding for the unfunded maintenance, rehabilitation, and expansion needs of the transportation system.

The Analysis of Resources for the 2010 Financially Constrained Long-Range Transportation Plan for the Washington Region provides in-depth analysis of several topics related to achieving new revenue sources, including: