Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure Better Tools Needed for Making Decisions on Using ISTEA Funds Flexibly written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed issues related to the flexible use of Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) funds, focusing on the: (1) extent that states and localities use ISTEA funds to finance highway, mass transit, and nontraditional projects; (2) factors that influence the flexible use of ISTEA funds; and (3) adequacy of analytical tools for making transportation-investment decisions. GAO found that: (1) states' and localities' use of ISTEA funds to finance mass transit projects has been limited; (2) flexible use of ISTEA funds is facilitated by congestion and air quality concerns; (3) state fuel tax restrictions and infrastructure needs hinder the flexible use of ISTEA funds; (4) states will need time to adapt to changes resulting from ISTEA; (5) better tools are needed for making investment decisions; (6) common measures would enhance state and local governments' ability to make modal trade-offs; (7) improved travel demand models are needed to analyze the impacts of transportation projects on air quality; and (8) the travel model improvement program does not adhere to the Department of Transportation's (DOT) policy on coordinating program research with related efforts.

Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transportation Infrastructure: Better Tools Needed for Making Decisions on Using ISTEA Funds Flexibly

Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO discussed the development of integrated transportation systems, focusing on: (1) funding flexibility provisions; (2) the factors that influence the flexible use of funds; (3) the effectiveness of transportation control measures (TCM) in attaining air quality goals; and (4) the adequacy of analytical tools for comparing transportation alternatives and measuring the impact of transportation projects. GAO noted that: (1) states and localities have made limited use of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act's (ISTEA) flexible funding provisions and have focused on congestion mitigation and air quality improvement; (2) the factors that influence the flexible use of ISTEA funds include congestion and air quality concerns, state restrictions on the use of fuel taxes, highway and mass transit infrastructure needs, and slow adaptation to program changes; (3) there is not adequate information available to make reliable projections of the impact of TCM and other transportation measures on air quality; (4) market-based TCM, although more effective than traditional TCM, are more costly and will generate more public resistance; (5) improved data and analytical tools are needed to make overall transportation investment decisions; (6) common measures for comparing transportation alternatives are not available; and (7) state and metropolitan planning organizations' transportation investment decisions are complex and involve the public's increasing reliance on automobiles to meet transportation needs, divergent interests, and acceptance of transportation alternatives.

Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure written by Allen Li and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Abstracts of Reports and Testimony written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Indexes for Abstracts of Reports and Testimony written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transportation Infrastructure written by Susan A. Fleming and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-05 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 required states to develop and implement 6 systems for managing highway pavement, bridges, highway safety, traffic congestion, public transportation facilities and equipment, and intermodal transportation facilities and systems. In 1995, the National Highway System Designation Act made the systems optional. This report identifies: the status of the states' development and implementation of the transportation management systems; how the states expect to use the systems; and the factors that have facilitated or hindered the development and implementation of the systems.

Download or read book Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1996 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Taking the High Road written by Bruce Katz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1990s, federal transportation laws have slowly started to level the playing field between highway and alternative transportation strategies, as well as between older and newer communities. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century made substantial changes in transportation practices. These laws devolved greater responsibility for planning and implementation to urban development organizations and introduced more flexibility in the spending of federal highway and transit funds. They also created a series of special programs to carry out important national objectives, and they tightened the linkages between transportation spending and issues such as metropolitan air quality. Taking the High Road examines the most pressing transportation challenges facing American cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas. The authors focus on the central issues in the ongoing debate and deliberations about the nation's transportation policy. They go beyond the federal debate, however, to lay out an agenda for reform that responds directly to those responsible for putting these policies into practice—leaders at the state, metropolitan, and local levels. This book presents public officials with options for reform. Hoping to build upon the progress and momentum of earlier transportation laws, it ensures a better understanding of the problems and provides policymakers, journalists, and the public with a comprehensive guide to the numerous issues that must be addressed. Topics include • A wide-ranging policy framework that addresses the reauthorization debate • An examination of transportation finance and how it affects cities and suburbs • An analysis of metropolitan decisionmaking in transportation • The challenges of transportation access for working families and the elderly • The problems of increasing traffic congestion and the lack of adequate alternatives Contributors include Scot

Download or read book Institutional Barriers to Intermodal Transportation Policies and Planning in Metropolitan Areas written by Crain & Associates and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents and presents the results of a study of institutional barriers to intermodal transportation policies and planning. Stakeholder interviews, a literature review and a national survey of 421 transit agencies, MPOs, and state DOTs were utilized to identify 13 organizational, interjurisdictional, and resource barriers to intermodal planning. Findings of the study suggest that building community support, adequate funding, education, and leadership commitment are the primary driving forces that can improve intermodal planning practices. Structure, procedure, and leadership provide the decision-making context for intermodal planning, that is, they enable (or restrict) the regional or local decision-making process. Ten context-shaping recommendations are offered. Action planning sessions held in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Austin, Texas; and Queens, New York indicated that a number of attributes can enhance the local intermodal planning process.

Download or read book Modernizing the U S Census written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. census, conducted every 10 years since 1790, faces dramatic new challenges as the country begins its third century. Critics of the 1990 census cited problems of increasingly high costs, continued racial differences in counting the population, and declining public confidence. This volume provides a major review of the traditional U.S. census. Starting from the most basic questions of how data are used and whether they are needed, the volume examines the data that future censuses should provide. It evaluates several radical proposals that have been made for changing the census, as well as other proposals for redesigning the year 2000 census. The book also considers in detail the much-criticized long form, the role of race and ethnic data, and the need for and ways to obtain small-area data between censuses.

Download or read book The Roles Mission and Operation of the U S General Accounting Office written by National Academy of Public Administration and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reports and Testimony written by and published by . This book was released on 1993-10 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Status of Open Recommendations written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: