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... A-1   A P P E N D I X A Literature Review A.1 Interactions Between Federal Funding Apportionment Method and Transferability: Impacts on State Practices Transferability, coupled with the funding apportionment method, has an impact on states' ability and incentive to use federal funds to achieve state goals versus national goals. Under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act)
From page 46...
... A-2 Federal Funding Flexibility: Use of Federal-Aid Highway Fund Transfers by State DOTs distribution method that is targeted to specific goals, the allowable transferability does not really have an effect on the program's ability to achieve national goals. The report continues to comment that: "…if the programs were more targeted and emphasized distributing funding to problem areas, transferability might play a role in a state's ability or incentive to improve a particular problem that has been defined as a national goal, but not as a state goal.
From page 47...
... Literature Review A-3   • Enable transferability from federal program categories with unobligated balances to allow for use of those funds. • Allow for increased flexibility within and transferability between highway and transit program categories.
From page 48...
... A-4 Federal Funding Flexibility: Use of Federal-Aid Highway Fund Transfers by State DOTs Increasing the suballocated amount of STBG funds will expand local governments' authority in how to spend the federal funds, but that limits the amount of funds that states have discretion over. Increasing the amount set aside for off-system bridges will ensure more resources will be directed to improve bridge conditions, which is a key policy goal, but that also means fewer flexible funds that can be invested where states deem most needed based on their circumstances.
From page 49...
... Literature Review A-5   The ITE also recommends new research and training programs that serve specific policy goals; for example: • Establishing strategic research programs for reducing surface transportation fatalities and injuries and for transformational technologies in surface transportation. • Appropriating additional funds for a permanent transportation operations discipline and program at the U.S.
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... A-6 Federal Funding Flexibility: Use of Federal-Aid Highway Fund Transfers by State DOTs A.2.9 Reauthorization Proposals: America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 In August 2019, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee introduced S.2302, America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019.1 Among its provisions are amendments that affect the flexibility and eligible uses of formula funds provided by the Highway Trust Fund. While maintaining the current formula programs, the bill introduced new programmatic features for increased focus on safety (beyond the existing HSIP)
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... Literature Review A-7   adjustments to current accountability provisions contained in previous surface transportation reauthorizations as well as new provisions and reforms that provide both flexibility and increased accountability. Among the provisions of the proposed bill was Sec.

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