Innovative infrastructure financing mechanisms for smart growth /

This report looks at the potential for infrastructure financing mechanisms to contribute to smart growth. The financing mechanisms we examined may help accomplish this in several ways: by raising funds for infrastructure (e.g., transit) that supports smart growth, by influencing the location or type of growth proposed by developers, or by influencing the location and travel decisions of residents or communters. Each of the mechanisms has its advantages and disadvantages, success factors and barriers to success and may be applicable in specific circumstances. The report examines all of these issues in the context of specific case studies and draws some more general conclusions as to which mechanisms appear to have the most promise in Canada.