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Title: INTEGRATION OF INTERMODAL AND MULTIMODAL CONSIDERATIONS INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS
Accession Number: 00795240
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Over the years, numerous conferences and research agendas have focused on creating a truly multimodal transportation system planning and decision-making process. The issue is once again being examined at a time when it might be argued that more progress has been made toward achieving the objective in the past 5 years than in the previous 20 years. However, it is also believed that we are moving into an era in which the imperative for continued progress has never been stronger and that the risk of business as usual has never been greater. Although the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) significantly increased the funding that is available for surface transportation, needs still outstrip resources. Moreover, global economic trends and the need to respond to a range of economic, social, and environmental objectives create strong incentives to find the right balance and mix of modes to serve a wide variety of market segments. However, a range of institutional, financial, policy, and regulatory barriers remain. Gaps in data and limitations of analytic methods constrain our ability to define and evaluate system choices. The challenge is to define a research agenda that can reduce these constraints and that can accelerate the progress that has been observed over the past several years.
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Monograph Accession #: 00795237
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Neumann, L APagination: p. 72-85
Publication Date: 2000
Conference:
Refocusing Transportation Planning for the 21st Century
Location:
Washington, D.C., February 7-10, 1999; Irvine, Cal ISBN: 0309071232
Media Type: Digital/other
Features: References
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Research; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jul 7 2000 12:00AM
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