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Title: INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION STUDIES
Accession Number: 00486200
Record Type: Component
Digital Copy: Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Despite their importance to the efficient operation of the economy, many major national transportation policy concerns are neglected or inadequately addressed at the national level. Congestion on intercity highways, public investment in airports, the role of transportation investments in economic competitiveness, and bottlenecks in intermodal transportation are among those concerns meriting a high level of scrutiny. To remedy this situation the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Executive Committee recommended the establishment of an independently funded Institute for Strategic Transportation Studies (ISTS) within TRB that would examine crucial transportation issues and seek solutions to associated problems. ISTS would conduct self-initiated policy studies and disseminate findings to the appropriate groups at the federal, state, and local levels. Efforts to raise funds to support such an institute are just beginning. Why the TRB Executive Committee believes the ISTS is needed and how it proposes to fund this new research initiative are discussed in this article.
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Pagination: p. 21-22
Publication Date: 1989-7
Serial: TRT Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM
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