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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 198?
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN : OCLC:1034553005
Author : United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Highway planning
ISBN : UCBK:C101120435
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted an assessment of broad issues and trends that will shape the future of highway transportation in the United States. This report draws on the findings of 19 working papers prepared during 1987 and 1988, and presents options for meeting the most critical of the Nation's future needs. The report contains an Executive Summary, giving an overview of the report, and seven chapters. Chapter I examines the importance of highway transportation in meeting the Nation's economic and societal needs, discusses national objectives for the highway program and the Federal role in achieving those objectives, and describes past and present governmental roles and responsibilities in the construction and administration of highways. Chapters II and III examine demographic, economic, energy, and technological trends that will affect the future demand for highway transportation. Chapter IV analyzes factors influencing future passenger and freight travel demand, and Chapter V relates the travel demand factors described in earlier chapters to future capital investment requirements for highways. Chapter VI describes program alternatives for meeting future highway requirements and looks at regulatory and other nonconstruction requirements that relate to the operation of highways and the administration of the Federal-aid highway program. Chapter VII examines trends in highway finance and discusses future highway revenue requirements.
Author : Robert W. Poole
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226557601
A transportation expert makes a provocative case for changing the nation’s approach to highways, offering “bold, innovative thinking on infrastructure” (Rick Geddes, Cornell University). Americans spend hours every day sitting in traffic. And the roads they idle on are often rough and potholed, with exits, tunnels, guardrails, and bridges in terrible disrepair. According to transportation expert Robert Poole, this congestion and deterioration are outcomes of the way America manages its highways. Our twentieth-century model overly politicizes highway investment decisions, short-changing maintenance and often investing in projects whose costs exceed their benefits. In Rethinking America’s Highways, Poole examines how our current model of state-owned highways came about and why it is failing to satisfy its customers. He argues for a new model that treats highways themselves as public utilities—like electricity, telephones, and water supply. If highways were provided commercially, Poole argues, people would pay for highways based on how much they used, and the companies would issue revenue bonds to invest in facilities people were willing to pay for. Arguing for highway investments to be motivated by economic rather than political factors, this book makes a carefully-reasoned and well-documented case for a new approach to highways.
Author : Aman Khan,Klaus Becker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351007009
This book presents an in-depth look at US infrastructure and its challenges in the 21st century. While infrastructure has received considerable attention in recent years, much of the discussion has concentrated on physical, economic, or noneconomic conditions. The Trump administration has heightened interest in the topic, promising infrastructure spending during his tenure, yet little demonstrable progress has been made. This book brings together a multi-disciplinary perspective—structural, technological, economic, financial, political, planning, and policy—that has been largely absent in discussions on the subject, to provide a clearer and broader understanding of the challenges facing US infrastructure. The book is divided into three parts: Part I looks at the challenges from a structural, technological, and sustainability perspective; Part II from an economic, productivity, and finance perspective; and Part III from an institutional, security, and political perspective. Written primarily for policy makers, managers, and administrators in public and private organizations, as well as individuals and academics with an interest in the future of US infrastructure, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the US infrastructure problem, its causes and consequences, and suggests timely, specific measures that may be taken at the state, local, and federal levels to improve and better secure our roads, transit, public buildings, economy, and technology.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015075291255
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN : UIUC:30112031916353
Author : Robert W. Poole Jr.
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 022675930X
Americans spend hours every day sitting in traffic. And the roads they idle on are often rough and potholed, their exits, tunnels, guardrails, and bridges in terrible disrepair. According to transportation expert Robert Poole, this congestion and deterioration are outcomes of the way America provides its highways. Our twentieth-century model overly politicizes highway investment decisions, short-changing maintenance and often investing in projects whose costs exceed their benefits. In Rethinking America’s Highways, Poole examines how our current model of state-owned highways came about and why it is failing to satisfy its customers. He argues for a new model that treats highways themselves as public utilities—like electricity, telephones, and water supply. If highways were provided commercially, Poole argues, people would pay for highways based on how much they used, and the companies would issue revenue bonds to invest in facilities people were willing to pay for. Arguing for highway investments to be motivated by economic rather than political factors, this book makes a carefully-reasoned and well-documented case for a new approach to highways that is sure to inform future decisions and policies for U.S. infrastructure.
Author : United States. Department of Transportation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Government publications
ISBN : IND:30000038681692
Provided is an overview of the Nation's transportation system which identifies future investments required to maintain and develop its infrastructure. The contents of this study were used in support of the National Transportation Policy Statement, issued by the Department of Transportation during March 1990. It is organized around a framework in which transportation is viewed as an integral part of our socioeconomic system. The future development of transportation will be influenced by the same factors affecting the rest of the system, namely, demographic changes, the future course of the economy, the energy supply, and preservation of the environment.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015075326614
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111201278
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Highway research
ISBN : MINN:30000011103664
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN : MINN:31951D01109584F
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN : UOM:39015042029036
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Federal aid to transportation
ISBN : UCAL:B5115201
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : UCR:31210024788521
