OPENING UP SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA'S TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS

The Mon Valley is a collection of small communities fragmented by geology but connected as the Greater Pittsburgh area. The steel industry collapse of the late 1970s brought hardship to this area of Pennsylvania. To attract new industry, however, officials realized the need for new transportation links. This realization led to the Mon-Fayette transportation project--a series of proposed toll roads following the Monongahela River south from Pittsburgh to Interstate 68 near Morgantown, West Virginia. This article describes the ongoing partnering process between project officials, public interest groups, environmentalists, and ordinary citizens. To date, collaboration has improved the planning process, defused the opposition, and advanced the prospects for a major transportation asset.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/19451392
• Corporate Authors:

  American Road & Transportation Builders Association

  ARTBA Building, 1219 28th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20007-3389
• Authors:
  • GRAHAM, J F
  • Shalkowski, J
• Publication Date: 1995-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 20-22
• Serial:
  • Transportation Builder
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Road & Transportation Builders Association
  • ISSN: 1043-4054

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Public information programs; Public policy; Public private partnerships; Redevelopment; Toll roads; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Public interest
• Geographic Terms: Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00714651
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 24 1995 12:00AM