International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
Digital Financing Model for Bridges in Washington State
Publication: International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
ABSTRACT
Bridge owners face aging physical assets and increasing traffic demand resulting from urbanization and emerging autonomous freight and vehicles. The available public funding however can hardly keep up with the needs. The State of Washington has identified needed repairs on 6,080 bridges at an estimated cost of $9.2B. An innovative approach is proposed to transform how bridge assets in Washington State could be managed and financed using efficient and digital (tokenized) financing models. The informational inefficiencies derived from bridge traffic, structural health monitoring, historical repairs, and upgrades, coupled to remote sensing data from drones and satellites can be valued and priced, either as cash flows or equity value. These, in turn, are integrated into efficient financial instruments, including tokenization, to lower transaction cost and risks, and to overcome the limitation of small project size. This paper describes the framework of digitization, bridge performance analytics, and data market in the context of innovative financing, risks and uniqueness of Washington State transportation development.
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International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
Pages: 300 - 308
Editor: Guohui Zhang, Ph.D., University of Hawaii
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8316-9
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Published online: Aug 31, 2020
Published in print: Aug 31, 2020
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