IT'S ABOUT LIFESTYLE AND GROWTH : AMERICA'S CONGESTION CRISIS PART III - FREEDOM TO MOVE

This article, the third in a series on congestion, compares the transportation challenges of todayhomeland security, economic productivity, safety and traffic congestion-with those of fifty years ago when President Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid Highway Act. It examines lifestyle issueshousing, growth, and planningas it influences congestion. It also looks at the pros and cons of the smart growth approach, and uses the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project, a 7.5-mile corridor project that will connect Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, as a template for the congestion challenge. This article also includes responses from a dozen associations on what they would like to see in TEA-3.

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• Corporate Authors:

  James Informational Media, Incorporated

  2720 South River Road, Suite 126
  Des Plaines, IL  United States  60018-
• Authors:
  • Consdorf, A
• Publication Date: 2003-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 36-44
• Serial:
  • Better Roads
  • Volume: 73
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: James Informational Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0006-0208
  • Serial URL: http://www.betterroads.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction scheduling; Environmental impacts; Government funding; Population movements; Smart growth; Suburbs; Traffic congestion; Transportation policy
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00942706
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 2 2003 12:00AM