LEGACY OF A LANDMARK: ISTEA AFTER 10 YEARS

When the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) was signed into law, it was hailed as a turning point in the history of surface transportation in the U.S. ISTEA was seen as landmark legislation that would launch the U.S. into the post-interstate era. Instead of focusing only on highway transportation, ISTEA emphasized intermodalism--the seamless linking of highway, rail, air, and marine transport--and included several provisions designed erode barriers that had separated modes of transport in legislation and practice for many years. ISTEA transformed the relationship between the federal government and states and localities in terms of funding transportation projects, and also restructured the Federal-Aid Highway Program. This article discusses these and other accomplishments to date of the ISTEA, and also looks at the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century as a successor to the ISTEA.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/01novdec/legacy.cfm
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586080
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Schweppe, E
• Publication Date: 2001-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 2-6
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 65
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal aid highways; Federal laws; Government funding; Highway transportation; Intermodal transportation; Laws and legislation; Multimodal transportation; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Federal Aid Highway Act; Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00824796
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 4 2002 12:00AM