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Research: Minnesota Transportation Finance Database


 
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Visualizations from the Minnesota Transportation Finance Database

The Minnesota Transportation Finance Database provides a comprehensive, objective source of transportation finance information for the highway and transit systems. Created by TPEC researchers in 2014, the database serves as a solid foundation for understanding transportation finance issues in Minnesota. 

The database is composed of annual data from various transportation funding sources—at the federal, state, and local levels—as well as transportation expenditure allocations. It also includes other variables that are relevant for financial analysis such as vehicle miles traveled, lane miles, crash data, fuel consumed, and number of licensed drivers. Data visualization tools allow users to access and easily understand the data. 

Most files have information available up to 2022; several have information up to 2023. In 2024, two new files were added: Minnesota state airport expenditures by funding source and by vendor.