MetroFuture would supplement traditional transportation
revenue sources with tolling, congestion pricing, impact fees, value capture tools, and other innovative approaches to leverage private capital. Long-range transportation plans and annual programs would be constrained by realistic financial assumptions; fewer projects would be paid for by borrowing from anticipated future revenues.

Under the current tax and tolling system, road users do not pay for themselves. Massachusetts pays for 52% of its highway system with bonds; only 15% is paid for by gas tax revenue (48th nationally) and 6.5 % through tolls.

Objectives:

• The region will complete 95% of maintenance targets annually.
• 95% of roadway maintenance and transit maintenance funding will be allocated according to the priorities of a comprehensive transportation asset management system.
• There will a steady decrease in the MBTA debt service costs.
• A growing share of transportation funding in the region will come from user fees and value capture tools.