OPENING GENERAL SESSION REMARKS OF JOHN W. SNOW

Deregulation dominated the 1980s and with it came increased services and competition. The 1990s may well be dominated by improvements to the transportation infrastructure which is crumbling all around us in many areas. The interrelationships among the various modes of transportation must be brought to the surface and formed into cooperative units providing multimodal services to provide the best means to move both people and goods. Instead of dwelling on needs, priorities should be set and we must use the systems we have more efficiently. User charges need to be expanded, the rail industry, which has been overlooked as the forgotten industry, has experienced a number of improvements and shuold be sought out as an alternative to help alleviate congested highways.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Selected Committee Meeting Papers Presented at the Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in Atlanta, Georgia, October 9-10, 1989.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Snow, J W
• Conference:
  • American Assn of State Hwy & Transp Official Proc
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 15-17

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deregulation; Finance; Financing; Infrastructure; Multimodal transportation; Railroads; User charges
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495423
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM