Funding allocation systems can by tied to growth management goals, so that transportation projects that work towards these goals are given priority for funds. Full-cost analysis, which includes lifecycle costs and quantifies externalities, should be incorporated into such systems.. For example, Rhode Island DOT’s Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) development process has a funding allocation system that prioritizes projects that encourage compact development and penalizes those that encourage sprawl. As a result, the TIP allocates the vast majority of available funding to system management and system preservation projects, and funds very few system expansion projects. Case/Example: Rhode Island DOT’s scoring system. Source/Reference: Governor’s Growth Planning Council, 2001, pp. 7-8.