Looking back and moving forward: how to create a legacy of sustainable transportation in an evolving field

In the past twenty years, federal transportation policy and funding initiatives such as Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grants, and most recently the Partnership for Sustainable Communities have opened doors to establishing sustainable transportation policy in the United States. However, the transformative potential of these pieces of legislation has not always resulted in transformative change on the ground. A clear path to actionable sustainable transportation policy requires a change within the local and regional agencies tasked with establishing and implementing the policy. This paper documents the incremental changes in departments of transportation and planning in seven American cities (Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, and Washington D.C.) that have enabled a shift towards sustainable transportation policy. Interviews with key transportation leaders in each city reveal the methods used to implement more sustainable transport and serve as a blueprint for other agencies wishing to create similar changes in their own cities.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the World Road Association – PIARC.
• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

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• Authors:
  • Lethco, T
  • Jaynes, C
  • Khuong, Y
  • Riscica, V
• Conference:
  • 24th World Road Congress
  • Location: Mexico City , Mexico
  • Date: 2011-9-26 to 2011-9-30
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17p
• Monograph Title: 24th World Road Congress Proceedings: Roads for a Better Life: Mobility, Sustainability and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Plan implementation; State departments of transportation; Sustainable transportation; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: Charlotte (North Carolina); Chicago (Illinois); Houston (Texas); Los Angeles (California); New York (New York); Portland (Oregon); Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Policy; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01502276
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 2840602679
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 23 2013 11:06AM