National Summative Evaluation of the Gas Tax Fund and Public Transit Fund - Table of Contents

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Version: Final, July 3, 2009 (Revised, August 20, 2009)

August 2009

Table of Contents

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1.0 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Description of the Gas Tax and Public Transit Funds
  • 1.2 GTF and PTF Common Features
  • 1.3 GTF Features
  • 1.4 PTF Features
• 2.0 Evaluation Issues and Methodologies
  • 2.1 Context
  • 2.2 Methodologies
  • 2.3 Limitations
• 3.0 Evaluation Findings
  • 3.1 General Findings
  • 3.2 Findings on GTF and PTF Outcomes
  • 3.3 Findings on Efficiency and Economy
• 4.0 Conclusions
• 5.0 Recommendations
  • 5.1 Facilitate sharing of best practices to address the capacity issues of smaller recipients
  • 5.2 Continue to support outcomes reporting
  • 5.3 Continue to support long-term sustainable municipal planning
  • 5.4 Review and simplify the requirement for capital spending commitments
  • 5.5 Improve communication of the program's results
• Appendix 1 – Joint Evaluations
  • Figure 1 - Logic Model, Gas Tax Fund
  • Figure 2 - Logic Model, Public Transit Fund
  • Table 1 - Joint Evaluations, Number of Persons Interviewed, Number of Respondents to Surveys, Number of Case Studies, by Province and Territory
  • Table 2 - Evaluation Matrix
  • Table 3 Gas Tax Program, Accountability and Reporting Framework Summary
• Appendix 2 – National Summative Evaluation Tables
  • Table 1 - Gas Tax Fund, Allocation to the Provinces, Territories and First Nations
  • Table 2 - Gas Tax Fund, Time Limits for Expenditures and/or Commitments, by Province and Territory
  • Table 3 - Gas Tax Fund, Summary of Allocation Formulas, by Province and Territory
  • Table 4 - Gas Tax Fund, Summary of Transfer Conditions of Gas Tax Funds to Local Governments
  • Table 5 - Public Transit Fund, Allocation to the Provinces and Territories
  • Table 6 - Public Transit Fund, Summary of Allocation Formulas, By Province and Territory
  • Table 7 - Gas Tax Fund and Public Transit Fund, Number of Eligible Recipients According to Size
  • Table 8 - Gas Tax Fund, 2005-2008, Funds Spent and Committed, and Allocation, By Province and Territory
  • Table 9 - Public Transit Fund, 2005-2008, Funds Spent and Allocation, By Province and Territory
  • Table 10 - Gas Tax Fund, 2005-2008, Number and Value of Projects per Project Category and by Nature of the Investment
  • Table 11 - Gas Tax Fund and Public Transit Fund, 2005-2008, Number of News Releases and Events, By Province and Territory
  • Table 12 - Gas Tax Fund, 2005-2008, Allocation of Funds and Flow of Funds, by Province and Territory
• Appendix 3 – List of Documents
• Appendix 4 – Management Response

Date modified:

2009-08-20