Since the early 1990s, federal transportation laws have slowly
started to level the playing field between highway and alternative
transportation strategies, as well as between older and newer
communities. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
of 1991 and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century made
substantial changes in transportation practices. These laws
devolved greater responsibility for planning and implementation to
urban development organizations and introduced more flexibility in
the spending of federal highway and transit funds. They also
created a series of special programs to carry out important
national objectives, and they tightened the linkages between
transportation spending and issues such as metropolitan air
quality. Taking the High Road examines the most pressing
transportation challenges facing American cities, suburbs, and
metropolitan areas. The authors focus on the central issues in the
ongoing debate and deliberations about the nation's transportation
policy. They go beyond the federal debate, however, to lay out an
agenda for reform that responds directly to those responsible for
putting these policies into practice -leaders at the state,
metropolitan, and local levels. This book presents public officials
with options for reform. Hoping to build upon the progress and
momentum of earlier transportation laws, it ensures a better
understanding of the problems and provides policymakers,
journalists, and the public with a comprehensive guide to the
numerous issues that must be addressed. Topics include: A
wide-ranging policy framework that addresses the reauthorization
debate An examination of transportation finance and how it affects
cities and suburbs An analysis of metropolitan decisionmaking in
transportation The challenges of transportation access for working
families and the elderly The problems of increasing traffic
congestion and the lack of adequate alternatives Contributors
include: Scott Bernstein (Center for Neighborhood Technology),
Edward Biemborn (University of Wisconsin), Evelyn Blumenberg
(UCLA), John Brennan (Cleveland State University), Anthony Downs
(Brookings), Billie K. Geyer (Cleveland State), Edward W. Hill
(Cleveland State), Arnold Howitt (Harvard University), Kevin E.
O'Brien (Cleveland State), Ryan Prince (Brookings), Claudette Robey
(Cleveland State), Sandra Rosenbloom (University of Arizona),
Thomas Sanchez (Virginia Tech), Martin Wachs (University of
California, Berkeley), and Margy Waller (Brookings).
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