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Beyond gridlock : the future of mobility as the public sees it : a report of 65 forums documenting the views of Americans who use and depend on this nation's surface transportation systems. by Bastarache, Gerald M.(CARDINAL)630825; Highway Users Federation for Safety and Mobility.(CARDINAL)307237; Transportation 2020 Program.Advisory Committee on Highway Policy.;
Executive summary -- 1. Condition of the nation's surface transportation system: Urban traffic -- Urban street conditions -- Rural road conditions -- New highways -- Railroads -- Access to air & water transportation -- Highway safety -- Trucking -- Engineering -- Environmental concerns -- Energy -- Mobility for seniors -- 2. Implications for America's economic future: Economic development -- Importance of highways -- Importance of transit -- Rural road importance -- Recreation demand -- 3. Financing & managing a new national program: Transportation policy -- Transportation planning -- Transportation funding -- Federal role in surface transportation -- Federal finance -- National highway program proposals -- Federal-aid Highway Program -- State & local highway programs -- State & local highway finance -- Research & technology -- Appendices: 1. 2020 Forum schedule -- 2. State survey findings -- 3. Advisory Committee on Highway Policy -- 4. ACHP Steering Committee -- 5. Transportation Alternatives Group.This report summarizes the findings from an unprecedented series of 65 public forums held all across the United States between August 1987 and May 1988. The public forums were conceived as an element of the initial fact-finding stage of Transportation 2020, which itself represents the first ever attempt to develop a national consensus surface transportation policy.
Subjects: Transportation; Transportation, Automotive; Roads; Local transit;
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