Building for the Future: Easing California's Transportation Crisis with Tolls and Public-Private Partnerships

This paper presents four case studies from the Los Angeles and San Diego areas of California to make the case for public-private partnerships as a way to fund highways in Orange County, California. It recommends that California enact a public-private partnerships law and a state-of-the-art tolling law. These laws would enable the California Department of Transportation to develop highway infrastructure funded by tolls, and to partner with private enterprise to implement the projects.