Traditional transportation planning and funding practices often favor capital expenditures over maintenance and operations. This encourages jurisdictions to expand transportation system capacity and implement major new projects even when they have inadequate resources to maintain and operate existing facilities, or when incremental improvements to existing facilities and demand management strategies would provide greater economic benefits. “Fix It First” means that transportation planning and funding give top priority to maintenance, operations and incremental improvements to existing transportation facilities, and major capital projects are only implemented if there is adequate additional funds. Source/Reference: VTPI, C; SELC & ELI, 1999, pp. 21.