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Taking the High Road: A Metropolitan Agenda for Transportation Reform

By Bruce Katz; Robert Puentes

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
0815748272, 9780815748274, 9780815797890
Open Library ID
OL8050036M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2083029 bytes)
Pages
331\345
Topic
Technique Transport
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
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Description

Pressing challenges face America's transportation networks, despite the passage of two key pieces of federal legislation in the 1990s that offered a new framework for transportation practices and helped to level the playing field between highway and alternative transportation strategies, as well as between old and new communities. Congestion is a hallmark of many metropolitan areas, while infrastructure is fraying. Working families often face daunting commutes to jobs whether they live in the metropolitan outer fringe or the heart of the city. And transportation funding, rather than creating new jobs and economic activity overall, typically shifts development from one metropolitan area to another. Here, experts in the field of transportation provide ideas for reform that could help state, metropolitan, and local leaders apply practical solutions to our nation's transportation dilemmas.

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