DECISION MAKING PROCESSES GOVERNING FEDERAL EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES

Federal allocations for highways, waterways, and maritime subsidies are declining relative to urban public transit, and Coast Guard navigation related expenditures. Environmental considerations and obvious failure in the case of maritime subsidies appear to be the major reasons. Airport and airway allocations will be subject to the same negative forces. The next massive transportation program to appear in the federal budget other than urban public transit is likely to involve the national railway system. The big question here is how the money will be handed out. Economists and planners so far appear to have had little interest or impact in this difficult and crucial area of public decision making.

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  Amsterdam,   Netherlands  1043 NX
• Authors:
  • Burns, R E
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 147-164
• Serial:
  • Transportation (Netherlands)
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
  • ISSN: 0049-4488

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Competition; Financing; Highways; Mode choice; Policy; Railroads; Urban transportation; Water transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Marine Transportation; Policy; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00071788
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 20 1976 12:00AM