The equity implications of financing the Nation's Surface Transportation System.

Many of the transportation financing options being considered or implemented at the federal, state, or local levels involve new taxing and debt instruments, direct charges for services, and an active role for private entrepreneurs. The author of this article comments on issues of traditional, interjurisdictional, intergenerational, and inter- and intramodal equity raised by these arrangements and traces out research needs to inform policydecisions.