URBAN TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES: EVOLUTION OF FEDERAL POLICY

The findings are presented of two successful conferences which formed the foundation of a unique process of federal rule-making, and the underlying process that culminated in the conferences is discussed. The availablility of new funds for urban mass transportation in 1974 raised complex questions of equitable resource allocation. Reaching answers to these questions involved the developing of concensus on a series of compromise solutions that would best reconcile the competing demands of different claimants. The first conference in February 1975 reached agreement on five principles which dealt with regional multimodal strategy, incremental planning, managing of the existing system, framework for evaluation, and public involvement. Cost effectiveness and usable segments were other areas of Administration's (UMTA) description of the implementation of 1976 was to review the Urban Mass Transportation Administrations (UMTA) description of the implementation of the proposed policy as well as to review on the revised policy on Urban Mass Transportation Investment. A number of related issues were discussed at both conferences. Documents prepared by UMTA as background to the conferences are discussed.

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  • Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Report of conferences held February 23-26, 1975 at Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia, and March 29-April 1, 1976 Hunt Valley, Maryland, and sponsored by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
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• Conference:
  • Conference on Urban Transportation Alternatives: Evolution of Federal Policy
  • Location: Warrenton Virginia, United States
  • Date: 1975-2-23 to 1975-2-26
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 38p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 177
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuter service; Cost effectiveness; Financing; Government funding; Implementation; Light rail transit; Multimodal transportation; Policy; Policy making; Public participation; Public transit; Rapid transit; Regional transportation; Transportation operations; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fund allocations
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies; Substitutes; Transportation administration
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165384
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 29 1981 12:00AM