Transportation Reform for the Twenty-First Century: An Overview

This chapter describes how dramatic changes are increasingly evident as the nation progresses into the twenty-first century. Market and demographic forces are fundamentally reshaping nearly every aspect of American life as the economy continues its shift away from manufacturing towards the service sector. These economic forces, together with major demographic trends—population growth, immigration, aging and internal migration—are radically changing the function of both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas and they are also altering the role and geographic scale of the nation’s transportation policy. The chapters in this book focus on realistic and pragmatic policies to address these changes. Given that they were originally conceived and written before the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) expired, they also serve to illustrate how congressional inaction, mired by partisan bickering, interstate squabbles, and political rancor has dampened the climate for meaningful reform.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://www.brookings.edu/press/Books/2005/takingthehighroad.aspx
• Corporate Authors:

  Brookings Institution

  1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Katz, Bruce
  • Puentes, Robert
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 3-14
• Monograph Title: Taking the High Road. A Metropolitan Agenda for Transportation Reform

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demographics; Manufacturing; Metropolitan areas; Policy making; Political factors; Public transit; Transit operating agencies; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reforms
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01081007
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780815748274
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 26 2007 9:54AM