The Texas transportation system faces challenges like never before. Demand on the system is outpacing available revenue, and factors like inflation, a growing population, an aging infrastructure and more fuel-efficient vehicles are pushing current funding sources to their limits.
A healthy and reliable transportation system is critical for Texas, now and in the future. However, solving the state's current funding problems will require a multi-level approach, with all Texans involved in the planning process. Therefore, TxDOT has developed a Statewide Funding Brochure that outlines the needs of highway and road funding in the state in order to kick-start the discussion.
Note: The tables below list the source material for data found within the Statewide Funding Brochure.
Transportation Needs and Costs
| Data | Author | Source |
| 2030 needs | 2030 Committee | Texas Transportation Needs Report. Feb. 2009. |
| 2035 needs | TxDOT Transportation Planning and Programming Division | Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan. 2010 Report. 2010. |
| Revenue projections | Association of Texas Metropolitan Planning Organizations | Presentation to the Texas Transportation Commission. May 28, 2009. |
| Costs to taxpayers |
2030 Committee |
Texas Transportation Needs Report, “It’s About Time: Investing in Transportation to Keep Texas Economically Competitive.” March 2011 |
| Estimated Construction and Maintenance Needs map | Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University | Referenced in the Texas Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan 2035 - Executive Summary. Nov. 2010. |
| Texas Population Growth chart, 1970-2030 | Center for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research and Education | The Texas Challenge in the Twenty-First Century: Implications of Population Change for the Future of Texas. Dec. 2002. |
| Highway Contracts |
TxDOT Finance Division |
April 2012 Cash Forecast |
What Are the Challenges?
| Data | Author | Source |
| Texas population growth in the 1990s | TxDOT Transportation Planning and Programming Division |
Texas Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan 2035 - Chapter 2. November 2010. |
| VMT increase | TxDOT Transportation Planning and Programming Division | Texas Statewide Long-Range Transportation Plan 2035 - Chapter 2. November 2010. |
| Fuel efficiency | The White House | The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. July 29, 2011 |
| Inflation | TxDOT Finance Division |
TxDOT 2014-2015 Legislative Appropriations Request. Aug. 30, 2012. |
| Federal funding issues | Congressional Budget Office |
CBO Report, "The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022." January 2012. |
| Construction and Maintenance Purchasing Power graphic | TxDOT Construction Division | June 2012 Highway Cost Index, 12 month average. |
So What's the Discussion?
| Data | Author | Source |
| Vehicle Registration Fees | Texas Department of Motor Vehicles |
Information provided by the Texas Dept. of Motor Vehicles to the Texas House Appropriations Subcommittee on Articles VI, VII and VIII and the Subcommittee on Funding, July 9, 2012. |
| Index or increase the motor fuel tax | Dye Management Group, Inc. | Findings and Analysis: Texas Transportation Funding Challenge. Updated April 2009. |
| Other possibilities | Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | 2012-2013 Certification Revenue Estimate. December 2011 |
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