Anti-City And Anti-Suburb Transportation Patterns

This paper examines the spatial pattern of transportation in Ohio and compares them to indicators of transportation demand and need.

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March 25, 2003, 8:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"In Ohio, and some other states, state transportation dollars flow to localities on the basis of neither of these standards for revenue distribution. The result in Ohio is a spatially skewed pattern of state transportation spending that is essentially anti-city and even anti-suburb. In effect, funds are diverted away from the very places that struggle with the greatest transportation needs and pay the most in gas taxes...This paper examines the geographic pattern of state transportation spending in Ohio between 1980 and 1998. In particular, it examines the spatial patterns the location of state transportation finance and spending--including current highway contracts, gas tax collections, and vehicle registration tax revenues--and compares them to indicators of transportation demand and need."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Slanted Pavement: How Ohio's Highway Spending Shortchanges Cities and Suburbs

Monday, March 24, 2003 in The Brookings Institution

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