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Title: FTA-FHWA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION REVIEWS: PLANNING PRACTICE UNDER INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT AND CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS
Accession Number: 00677622
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA) and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) have changed how metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) conduct transportation planning. The manners in which MPOs and their planning partners are responding to the challenges and opportunities of these acts are evaluated on the basis of comprehensive reviews of transportation planning in nine metropolitan areas. The reviews by FTA and FHWA, with assistance from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Volpe Center, evaluate compliance with federal regulations and policies and increasingly focus on responses to ISTEA and the CAAA as guidance evolves. The acts expect MPOs to provide leadership in defining a regional vision, selecting projects, and improving air quality. To succeed MPOs must overcome a period of diminished resources, technical capabilities, and institutional roles. Particularly in areas with severe air pollution, MPOs must work with other agencies to overcome institutional and technical barriers and identify affordable and politically supportable strategies that meet stringent air quality targets while accomplishing traditional transportation goals. Many MPOs approach ISTEA as a lever to overcome fragmentation and lead regions toward systemwide planning. To realize the promise of ISTEA and CAAA, long-range plans must become strategic, framing and evaluating financially realistic alternatives that can be used to guide elected officials and the public through the hard choices required to balance air quality and transportation concerns. Transportation improvement programs, which often consolidate decisions made outside the MPO process, must demonstrate links to the long-range plan and how projects are selected to accomplish regional objectives.
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: Lyons, William MPagination: p. 23-30
Publication Date: 1994
Serial: ISBN: 0309060729
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: May 8 1995 12:00AM
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