New Transportation Concepts for a New Century

New Transportation Concepts for a New Century
Author: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
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Total Pages: 144
Release: 1989
Genre: Transportation
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This report contains the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recommendations on the direction of the future federal surface transportation program and for a national transportation policy. The report was prepared under the guidance of the AASHTO Task Force on a Consensus Transportation Program. The individual chapters of this report detail AASHTO's transportation program recommendations for aviation; highways and public transportation; railroads; water; and research, development, and technology transfer. Implementation of these programs is considered vital if America is to have the multimodal transportation network needed to match the challenge of the 21st Century.

The Federal-aid Highway Program

The Federal-aid Highway Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Transportation
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Total Pages: 1016
Release: 1985
Genre: Federal aid to transportation
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National Transportation Strategic Planning Study

National Transportation Strategic Planning Study
Author: United States. Department of Transportation
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Total Pages: 552
Release: 1990
Genre: Government publications
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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.