Transportation Knowledge Networks A Management Strategy for the 21st Century -- Special Report 284 (2006) / Chapter Skim
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4 Funding Options
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The chapter ends with a brief section on next steps. FUNDING CHARACTERISTICS The committee's review of other national libraries and networks of information service providers revealed several characteristics of their funding that appear to contribute to their successful operation: · Continuity of funding: Sustained funding is probably the single most important characteristic for successful provision of information ser vices.
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· Stakeholder buy-in: Ownership of a transportation information man agement system by the major stakeholders is critical to successful oper ation, and such ownership can best be guaranteed through financial support. Federal funds are commonly used to leverage state, local, and even private support to finance a wide range of transportation pro grams;transportationinformationmanagementshouldbenodifferent.
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disposition unless separate budget authority State State Planning and Research funds Set-aside or earmark Title I state grants Contribution to multiyear pooled-fund project Other state funds Reimbursable grant expense University funds University Transportation Center funds Set-aside or earmark Other university funds Contribution to multiyear pooled-fund project Tax on individual research projects for information support Other funds Transit agencies, metropolitan planning Contribution to multiyear pooled-fund project organizations, local governments, Other gifting arrangement private companies
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Another alternative is to investigate the feasibility of using Title I Federal-Aid Highway grants received by each state. Information services 2For example, the pooled-fund project on Transportation Library Connectivity described in Chap ter 1 could be expanded or a new project started to provide additional state and university fund ing for network development.
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libraries. At present, 52 UTCs receive federal funding under Title V of the newly reauthorized surface transportation legislation, and 10 universities are funded under Title III (Public Transportation)
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Required matching funds would be used, to the extent possible, within the regions where the funds were raised to support individual TKN activities, projects, and services. The committee recommends a federal grant program of $3 million to $5 million for the first 3 years, growing to a total program of $7.5 million to $13 million in subsequent years when federal funding for network development would be leveraged with required local matching funds.
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grant $3 million $5 million annually $13 million annually in federal annually to in federal funding for expand the funding for expanded grant program- expansion of program to federal and critical programs support nonfederal activities of the funding federal TKN and to start and expand the regional TKNs State/ None $2.5 million to local match $5 million annually in state, university, local, private, and in-kind matching funds to support and operate the regional TKNs
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The committee estimates that a fully functioning TKN could cost a minimum of $500,000 annually to support such functions and services as collection coordination and development, reference services for regional users, and professional capacity building for members. The total annual funding required for the TKNs would depend, of course, on the total number of regional networks and the functions and 5 Pilot grants from NTL for MTKN cost approximately $150,000 annually, but the Midwest region had a strong existing transportation library infrastructure and active professionals who already knew one another.
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NEXT STEPS Toimplementtheproposedtransportationinformationmanagementsystem, the committee recommends the following next steps. First, a followon project should be funded through the National Cooperative Highway Research Program to develop a business plan, including details of proposed functions and funding for both the TKNs and the coordinating structure.Thiseffortshouldallowsufficienttimetobuildstakeholdersupport and approach potential funders and stakeholders (e.g., USDOT, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the Council of University Transportation Centers, the American Public Transit Association, the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations)
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82 Transportation Knowledge Networks: A Management Strategy for the 21st Century community of librarians and information professionals will step forward, as they have in the past, to see that a long-overdue institutional structure and sustained funding are put in place to serve the information needs of the transportation sector well into the 21st century. REFERENCE Rosen, H
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