PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT TURNKEY AND JOINT DEVELOPMENT. WELCOMING REMARKS

The Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works discussed how Tren Urbano reached its current status. He noted the assistance of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in bringing Tren Urbano into reality and indicated the importance of community participation in developing a strong local momentum in support of the project. The Federal Transit Administrator opened by recognizing that nineteen new start projects had received full funding grant agreements since January 1993 and called attention to Federal government policies undergirding its continued commitment to transit. He discussed the importance of comprehensive planning to the success of transit infrastructure investments and the responsiveness of these investments to the common desires of a broad national cross section of urban stakeholders. The importance of deficit reduction and balancing the budget was discussed, along with the increased requirement for federal transit investment effectiveness. He reviewed the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and the Congressional instruction for the FTA to consider the Turnkey Project Development process as a means to save time, reduce project costs, and encourage the development of technology in transit infrastructure projects. He closed by emphasizing that transit infrastructure investments were vital and important to the nation's well being. The Governor of Puerto Rico extended the government's welcome to workshop participants. He reviewed the accomplishments during the previous four years in improving the Commonwealth's infrastructure and introduced plans for the next four years. He concluded with a preview of the presentation which the Commonwealth had planned for the Year 2004 Olympic Site Selection Committee (scheduled to visit Puerto Rico in November 1996).

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• Authors:
  • Pesquera, C I
  • Linton, G J
  • Rossello, P J
• Conference:
  • Workshop on International Transit Turnkey and Joint Development
  • Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Date: 1996-10-15 to 1996-10-19
• Publication Date: 1998-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 16-19
• Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT TURNKEY AND JOINT DEVELOPMENT
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: 483
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal government; Finance; Financing; Infrastructure; International trade; International transportation; Investments; Joint development; Policy; Programming (Planning); Project management; Public participation; Public transit; Workshops
• Identifier Terms: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; Tren Urbano; U.S. Federal Transit Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Projects; Turnkey systems
• Geographic Terms: Puerto Rico
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Policy; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00748226
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 20 1998 12:00AM