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Title: IMPLEMENTING INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1991: ISSUES AND EARLY FIELD DATA
Accession Number: 00677621
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Implementation issues associated with the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) are examined. In particular it is discussed whether ISTEA is more a truly revolutionary change in policy or a continuation of the status quo. These issues are considered in the context of a legislative battle that did not produce clear winners and losers, in which both sides appeared to have achieved what was important to enable a test of their own hypotheses, and in which each side had an interpretation of what the spirit or the intention of ISTEA is and how it should play out. The result is an experiment testing the viabilities of two world views. One view sees a public policy largely at odds with the real public sentiment on transportation, in which the will of the people has been distorted by federal intervention to favor single-occupancy vehicles and urban sprawl. Given an alternative this view predicts that the public will opt for different behavior and lifestyle changes. The other view sees public policy as largely consonant with abiding public preferences, behaviors, and land-use patterns that are unlikely to change quickly as a result of the flexibility and local focus introduced by ISTEA. The complexity is compounded by the new role of metropolitan planning organizations, especially with regard to requirements for public participation and clean air. Finally, since the expression of public preference is related both to the outcome of the policy experiment and to the ongoing legitimacy of the institutions (including metropolitan planning organizations) charged with its implementation, this participatory framework is critical to understanding the future direction of transportation policy.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1466, Issues in Land Use and Transportation Planning, Models, and Applications. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Accession #: 01401286
Language: English
Authors: Gifford, JonathanMallett, William JTalkington, Scott WPagination: p. 14-22
Publication Date: 1994
Serial: ISBN: 0309060729
Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Research; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: May 8 1995 12:00AM
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