TRB Conference Proceeding 33--Transportation Finance: Meeting the Funding Challenge Today, Shaping Policies for Tomorrow summarizes the Third National Conference on Transportation Finance, held October 2002 in Chicago, Illinois and includes committee findings and recommendations developed largely on the basis of information presented and discussion held at the conference. The conference examined new transportation infrastructure and operations financing mechanisms, their structure, and the benefits and costs of implementing such techniques; and explored the development of additional new funding mechanisms and sources.