BREAKING OUT FOR TRANSPORTATION PROGRESS: POLICY RESPONSES TO INVESTMENT STALEMATE

Recent literature has given extensive treatment to the infrastructure problems in the U.S., including that faced by our transportation facilities. The thrust of this paper is that such problems are often the result of a stalemate in the policy-making process. Three cases are described to illustrate this stalemate: (1) Pennsylvania DOT in the later 1970s; (2) locks and dams on the U.S. inland waterways; and (3) the Interstate Highway System and related policies on vehicular size, payloads, and user charges. Drawing from these cases, a simple model of infrastructure investment process is presented. Key inputs to this process are improved management, high ethical standards, greater attention to public perception, and creative involvement in the political process.

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• Authors:
  • Larson, T D
  • Rao, K Ramachandra
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 141-149
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 18A
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Infrastructure; Investments; Management; Policy; Policy making; Politics; Public participation; Transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393618
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 520
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 29 1985 12:00AM