Private financing of public transportation infrastructure : utilizing public-private partnerships / / edited by Wendell C. Lawther and Lawrence L. Martin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821501103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-4985-0417-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Disciplina: 388.068/1
• Soggetti: Transportation - United States; Privatization - United States; Public-private sector cooperation - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: An introduction to private sector financing of transportation infrastructure / Wendell C. Lawther and Lawrence L. Martin -- Transportation infrastructure financing public private partnerships (P3) : what are they? : how do they work? / Lawrence L. Martin -- State enabling legislation for public private partnerships / Lawrence L. Martin and Joseph Saviak -- Internationally recommended best practices & promising practices in transportation infrastructure financing public private partnerships / Lawrence L. Martin, Wendell C. Lawther, Graeme A. Hodge and Carsten Greve -- Case studies in transportation infrastructure financing public private partnerships / Lawrence L. Martin and Wendell C. Lawther -- Evaluation of public-private partnerships for transportation nfrastructure financing : process & goal achievement / Wendell C. Lawther -- Public private partnerships : transparency and accountability issues / Wendell C. Lawther -- The role of the private sector in effectively educating policymakers and the public about transportation P3S : insights from florida leaders / Joseph Saviak -- Avoiding public private partnership failure: linking transportation infrastructure with economic development / Owen M. Beitsch and Wendell C. Lawther -- Concluding thoughts and questions / Wendell C. Lawther -- Appendix: tools for use in public-private ; partnerships for transportation infrastructure financing / Lawrence L. Martin and Wendell C. Lawther.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the challenges faced by public officials and stakeholders as they consider implementing public-private partnerships as a way of financing repair and construction of transportation infrastructure. Concepts and practices are described, along with analysis that points to the advantages and disadvantages of decisions to be adopted.