TRANSPORTATION AND THE ECONOMY, DECEMBER 7-9, 1997, UCLA CONFERENCE CENTER, LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIFORNIA. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS
The 1997 Annual Symposium Series on The Transportation, Land Use, and Environment Connection, sponsored by the UCLA Extension Public Policy Program, took place December 7-9, 1997 at the UCLA Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead, California. The special theme for the conference was Transportation and the Economy. The symposium focused on eight topics. These were: 1. Transportation implications of economic growth and restructuring; 2. Effects of new free trade agreements on international goods movement; 3. Relationships between transportation investments and economic benefits; 4. How transportation investments influence local economic development; 5. Reconciling attainment of air quality standards with major growth in the movement of freight by truck, rail, air, and ship; 6. How economic growth and restructuring are affecting development patterns; 7. Who pays for, and who benefits from transportation investments; and 8. Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) reauthorization and new federal air quality standards as they relate to the economy and transportation.
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Corporate Authors:
UCLA Extension Public Policy Program
University of California, 10995 Le Conte Avenue #613
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Authors:
- Doyle, D G
- Hess, D B
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Conference:
- Transportation and the Economy
- Location: Lake Arrowhead, California
- Date: 1997-12-7 to 1997-12-9
- Publication Date: 1997
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices;
- Pagination: v.p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air cargo; Air quality; Development; Economic benefits; Economic development; Economic growth; Economic impacts; Federal laws; Freight transportation; International trade; Investments; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Shipping; Standards; Trucking; Water transportation
- Identifier Terms: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
- Uncontrolled Terms: Free trade agreements
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00961972
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 23 2003 12:00AM