INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL

From the earliest days the Federal government has played a significant role in the national transportation activities. What has evolved is a parochial view of transportation. The time is rapidly approaching, if it has not already arrived, concludes the author, when the nation can no longer afford the luxury of uncoordinated federal policies and programs in a sector so large and pervasive as transportation. The likely consequences of failing to prepare for a more austere future relate not only to the efficient use of resources, but also to their equitable distribution. With planning, needs can be broadened to include not only the institutions which provide transportation, but also the individuals who must be the ultimate concern.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper is from Transportation in Focus, Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Forum, San Francisco, California, 10-12 October 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Cross (Richard B) Company

  Oxford, Indiana,   United States  47971
• Authors:
  • Shuldiner, P W
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 285-289
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Cross (Richard B) Company
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Competition; Cost effectiveness; Planning; Policy; Transportation modes; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies; National transportation policies
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072724
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Forum
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 9 1975 12:00AM