DISCUSSION OF RESOURCE PAPER ON WORKSHOP 4: STATE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

General observations and specific comments are made which relate to the resource paper. Adequate funding for transportation and other functional planning must be accompanied by adequate funding for comprehensive planning. The imposition of any national uniform system of procedures and relations that did not take account of the great variations in federal agencies, states and regional agencies, would cause much damage in given instances. Also, the federal government is not internally structured so that agencies work together. Although the private sector increasingly supports the need for growth and development policies at every governmental level, federal funding for comprehensive planning is decreasing. The states have not demonstrated leadership in intergovernmental planning systems (charaterized by 5 tiers: national, multistate, state, substate district, and local). Federal regional councils and inter government agencies have failed to overcome departmental barriers. Differential policies must be internally consistent within a general transportation policy framework at each governmental level begining with the federal government. Responses are also made to resource paper statements related to state general comprehensive policy frameworks, linking of comprehensive statewide planning agencies with central State budget agencies; Office of Management and Budget; multistate regional organizations; the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, umbrella multijurisdictional organizations, the Transportation Research Board, and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.

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  • This report is part of five workshops of a conference, Issues in Statewide Transportation Planning, held February 21-24, 1974 at Williamsburg, Virginia. 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.
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  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Roberts, T H
• Conference:
  • Issues in Statewide Transportation Planning
  • Location: Williamsburg Virginia, United States
  • Date: 1974-2-21 to 1974-2-24
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 242-246
• Monograph Title: ISSUES IN STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 146
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Budgeting; Economic development; Federal government; Intergovernmental relations; Methodology; Police; Private enterprise; Regional government; Regional planning; Regional transportation; Research; State government; State highway departments; States; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: State highway budget; State planning; Transportation research
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Research; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00262435
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 12 1974 12:00AM