ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the range of financing mechanisms that local and state governments must consider adopting to support transportation infrastructure redevelopment and construction using the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area as a case study. It provides the ideas about various current and future sources of transportation infrastructure funding for the Atlanta metropolitan area. The chapter focuses on some of the more innovative, encouraging and profitable funding possibilities for metro Atlanta. It reviews the current funding mechanisms and suggests ways the existing tools could be further refined to help meet the needs of the metro Atlanta region. The chapter also focuses on innovative ways to fund transportation infrastructure in addition to the six longstanding revenue generators that currently attempt to support the metro Atlanta region's transportation infrastructure. It presents general approaches for capturing value in the Atlanta region include transportation utility fees (TUFs) and also land value/split rate taxes.
