ABSTRACT
Emergent use of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) for transportation infrastructure in the United States represents the main theme of this chapter. The focus of this chapter is on roadway infrastructure, which currently seems the most dynamic sector in term of PPP adoption in the U.S. The most prominent challenge is related to how to integrate and manage PPPs with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. NEPA takes time and many of the private companies prefer to work on projects that have been already environmentally approved. Another issue is the streamlining of PPPs with the long-range transportation planning of the states; that is how and when PPPs can be considered in the planning process particularly when the plans must identify how the projects will be funded. Starting with the transportation sector, this initiative will harness the potential of private capital to complement government funding.
