Proposed 1972 Highway Legislation

Proposed 1972 Highway Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1132
Release: 1972
Genre: Federal aid to transportation
ISBN:

Federal-aid Highway Act of 1962

Federal-aid Highway Act of 1962
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1961
Genre: Roads
ISBN:

Interstate

Interstate
Author: Mark H. Rose
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2012-03-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1572337834

This new, expanded edition brings the story of the Interstates into the twenty-first century. It includes an account of the destruction of homes, businesses, and communities as the urban expressways of the highway network destroyed large portions of the nation’s central cities. Mohl and Rose analyze the subsequent urban freeway revolts, when citizen protest groups battled highway builders in San Francisco, Baltimore, Memphis, New Orleans, Washington, DC, and other cities. Their detailed research in the archival records of the Bureau of Public Roads, the Federal Highway Administration, and the U.S. Department of Transportation brings to light significant evidence of federal action to tame the spreading freeway revolts, curb the authority of state highway engineers, and promote the devolution of transportation decision making to the state and regional level. They analyze the passage of congressional legislation in the 1990s, especially the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), that initiated a major shift of Highway Trust Fund dollars to mass transit and light rail, as well as to hiking trails and bike lanes. Mohl and Rose conclude with the surprising popularity of the recent freeway teardown movement, an effort to replace deteriorating, environmentally damaging, and sometimes dangerous elevated expressway segments through the inner cities. Sometimes led by former anti-highway activists of the 1960s and 1970s, teardown movements aim to restore the urban street grid, provide space for new streetcar lines, and promote urban revitalization efforts. This revised edition continues to be marked by accessible writing and solid research by two well-known scholars.

The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978

The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978
Author: United States. Federal Highway Administration. Program Coordination Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1979
Genre: Federal aid to transportation
ISBN: