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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808598603321

Titolo

Taking the high road : a metropolitan agenda for transportation reform / / Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-81333-4

9786610813339

0-8157-9789-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

James A. Johnson metro series

Altri autori (Persone)

KatzBruce

PuentesRobert

Disciplina

388.4/0973

Soggetti

Urban transportation policy - United States

Transportation and state - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1.  Transportation Reform for the Twenty-First Century:  An Overview; 2.  Getting Transportation Right for Metropolitan America; 3.  Fueling Transportation Finance:  A Primer on the Gas Tax; 4.  Improving Efficiency and Equity in Transportation Finance; 5.  Slanted Pavement:  How Ohio's Highway Spending Shortchanges Cities and Suburbs; 6.  Increasing Funding and Accountability for Metropolitan Transportation Decisions; 7.  The Need for Regional Anticongestion Policies

8.  The Long Journey to Work:  A Federal Transportation Policy for Working Families9.  The Mobility Needs of Older Americans:  Implications for Transportation Reauthorization; 10.  Highways and Transit:  Leveling the Playing Field in Federal Transportation Policy; 11.  Protecting America's Highways and Transit Systems against Terrorism; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Examines the challenges facing U.S. cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas in light of the national debate on transportation policy--including finance, decisionmaking, access for the elderly and working poor, and congestion--and provides reform options that speak to leaders at the state, metropolitan, and local levels"--Provided by publisher.