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Financing Surface Transportation in the United States: Forging a Sustainable Future—Now! (2012) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 53-56

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... Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) program.
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... They include highway, toll road, and transit revenue bonds, Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) bonds and Grant Anticipation Notes, TIFIA, PABs, BABs, and availability payments, which are to be provided by a government owner under agreement with a private entity.
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... DOT financing programs is to facilitate a variety of tools and enable credit enhancements that will allow state and local governments to finance projects even in the midst of market disruption. Over the past two decades, the tools created by congressional and public–private partnership activity have enabled different kinds of capital to flow into transportation projects.
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