URBAN FREEWAYS AND THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM

This 3-part review and evaluatory report sets forth certain relevant information about the traditional elements of the federal highway program, the development of urban freeways in the U.S., and the employment of highway-user taxes as a way of financing highway construction. The second part of the report depicts the legal framework within which the Interstate program operates. It also presents a structured description of the Interstate Program and traces its progress from the 1930's to the present. The evaluation of the program deals with its financing, the utilization of the Trust Fund device, and the recognition of the program's system character. The last section of the report is concerned exclusively with Urban Interstates. The traffic purposes are elucidated which the sponsors of the Urban Interstates perceived they would satisfy. The report then proceeds to give appropriate recognition to the indictment against the Urban Interstates, explores certain general issues which the indictment raises, and then focusses on its most salient counts.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  School of Policy, Planning and Development
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089-0626
• Authors:
  • Schwartz, G T
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 406-51
• Serial:
  • Southern California Law Review
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal aid highways; Financing; Freeways; Highway user taxation; Legal factors; Road construction; Traffic; Urban areas; Urban highways
• Identifier Terms: Highway Trust Fund; Interstate Highway System
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141084
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 1976 12:00AM