ISTEA: WHERE'S THE BEEF?

After nearly five years, the impact of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) in creating more coordinated national transportation planning, including mass transit, has been less than dramatic. A complex piece of legislation, ISTEA attempts to solve social and environmental problems associated with transportation as well as build roads and transit systems. Under ISTEA, increased mobility is no longer the sole criterion for making a transportation decision. The act acknowledges that how we move people and goods from place to place has a great role in shaping our social and physical environment. Under ISTEA, transportation planners must consider issues such as land use, traffic congestion and air and water quality. The article provides an assessment of what ISTEA has accomplished and what prospects the future holds.

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• Authors:
  • Imhoff, M
• Publication Date: 1996-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 67-72
• Serial:
  • Mass Transit
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Cygnus Publishing, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0364-3484
  • Serial URL: http://www.masstransitmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Federal laws; Intermodal transportation; Policy analysis; Public transit; Social factors; Transportation policy
• Identifier Terms: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: National transportation policies
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00716404
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1996 12:00AM