Category: Event

  • Regional Financial Officials Peer Exchange: Southern States – November 21-22, 2019 (Invitation Only)

    This event took place November 21-22, 2019 in Little Rock, AR (Invitation Only). Event Description This customized exchange brought together professionals from Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas to discuss common issues, compare best practices, and engage in a facilitated dialogue about programming and funds management. Materials

  • 2019 State Legislative Initiatives in Transportation Infrastructure Funding and Finance

    This event took place October 16, 2019. Event Description This BATIC Institute webinar explored how over the past several years many state legislatures have enacted, or are actively considering, proposals to increase funding or provide additional financing for transportation infrastructure. This webinar discussed common themes and new proposals seen in recent legislation and featured two state…

  • Advance Construction

    This event was held September 18, 2019. Event Description Almost all state DOTs have used advance construction (AC) to assist them in advancing their programs or specific projects. However, the level of use and the reasons for using AC varies among the states. This webinar discussed the findings of a research brief recently published by the BATIC…

  • Regional Financial Officials Peer Exchange: Harrisburg

    This event took place May 2-3, 2019 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Invitation Only). Event Description This customized exchange brought together financial professionals from the mid-Atlantic region to discuss common issues, compare best practices, and engage in a facilitated dialogue about managing and strengthening their funds management and programming practices. Materials

  • Navigating Public-Private Partnerships and Environmental Review Processes

    This event took place May 1, 2019. Event Description Public Private Partnership (P3) projects often lead to special oversight challenges during the environmental review process required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The use of alternative delivery approaches such as Design-Build (D-B), and Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain (D-B-F-O-M) contracts that introduce private financing can create conflict between optimizing…

  • Road User Charge (RUC) Programs

    This event took place March 27, 2019. Event Description With the improved fuel efficiency in automobiles and the increasing market penetration of electric vehicles, the Highway Trust Fund continuously sees shortfalls in its fuel tax revenues every year. This is exacerbated when the fuel tax rates are not indexed to inflation. Some states responded to this…

  • Regional Financial Officials Peer Exchange: Oklahoma City

    This event took place March 7-8, 2019 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Invitation Only). Event Description The purpose of this customized exchange was to bring together financial professionals from Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma to discuss common issues, compare best practices, and engage in a facilitated dialogue about managing and strengthening their funds management and programming practices. Materials

  • Public Engagement Strategies for State DOTs: Dashboards

    This event was held February 20, 2019. Webinar Video Event Description Communicating project delivery and financial performance are critical components to building public support for the work of State Departments of Transportation (DOTs). How do State DOTs effectively inform the public of projects and progress with projects? How do they build a common language within their…

  • Value Capture

    This event took place December 12, 2018. Webinar Video Materials Agenda (PDF) Webinar Presentation (PDF) Webinar Q&A (PDF) Other Materials EDC-5 Value Capture Sessions Project Profiles Factsheets Value Capture Resources Event Description This webinar covered value capture mechanisms as a set of public financing tools that “capture” increases in property values and tax revenues resulting from public investments in…

  • Regional Financial Officials Peer Exchange: Illinois

    This event took place December 6-7, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois (Invitation Only). Event Description This customized exchange provided an opportunity for Illinois, Colorado, North Carolina, Virginia, and Minnesota to discuss common issues, compare best practices, and engage in a facilitated dialogue about programming and funds management. The objective was to develop internal capacity by providing an opportunity…