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Title: REINVENTING PLANNING UNDER ISTEA: MPOS AND STATE DOTS: ISTEA'S IMPACT
Accession Number: 00674218
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The federal government depends on the 50 state departments of transportation (state DOTs) and 340 metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to help achieve its surface transportation goals. Both types of organizations have existed for many years, evolving gradually to meet changing needs and circumstances; now they are on the threshold of fundamental change because of the enactment of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and its implementing regulations. ISTEA envisions not only that each state DOT and MPO will change in many fundamental ways but also that they will become more closely linked. This article discusses the new three-part philosophy regarding ISTEA that is driving the need for change, which is that the nation's transportation decision making should be (a) decentralized, (b) more friendly to the environment, and (c) more responsive to the needs of increasingly diverse populations and businesses. Also discussed are the geographic and institutional complications; pre-ISTEA state DOTs and MPOs; and meeting the institutional challenges of ISTEA.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: McDowell, B DPagination: p. 6-9, 29
Publication Date: 1994-11
Serial: Features: Figures
(1)
; References
(5)
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Feb 2 1995 12:00AM
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