LAWYERS CONFRONT GROWING COMPLEXITY OF TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION

The Transportation Research Board, in cooperation with the Wyoming State Highway Department, sponsored the Twenty-Second Annual Workshop on Transportation Law, in Jackson, Wyoming, July 24-28, 1983. The workshop was attended by 71 lawyers from 29 states and the District of Columbia. The registrants included representatives from the federal government, principally the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA), and from state attorneys-general offices or departments of transportation. Several other organizations involved in transportation legal matters were also represented. Although the workshop had no single theme, several matters were the subject of intense discussion. One was the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (STAA). Many features of the Act were examined, such as the requirements in procurement concerning "disadvantaged business enterprises," its "Buy America" requirements, its amendment to the Davis-Bacon Act, and its provisions for block grants relating to mass transit. Double-bottom trucks, sanctioned by the Congress in the STAA for interstate and certain designated primary routes, was another subject of considerable discussion. A third area of particular interest at this workshop was the applicability of standards, guidelines, and policies to highways. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Thomas, L W
• Publication Date: 1983-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 27-29
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 108
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826
  • Serial URL: https://doi.org/10.17226/895

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ground transportation; Guidelines; Highway transportation; Impact studies; Laws; Policy; Standards; Trucks; Trucks by weight; Weight; Workshops
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379472
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 30 1983 12:00AM