Transportation Planning on Trial [[electronic resource] ] : The Clean Air Act and Travel Forecasting

• Autore: Garrett Mark
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 388.041
• Soggetto topico: Air -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- United States; Transportation -- United States -- Planning; Transportation and state -- United States; Transportation, Automotive -- Environmental aspects -- United States; Transportation, Automotive -- Law and legislation -- United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: WachsMartin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Evolution of Travel Demand Models; The Clean Air Act; ISTEA; Air Quality/Transportation Linkages; Chapter 2 - The Bay Area Lawsuit; The Bay Area Air Quality Plan; Court Ruling on Liability Issues; Summary; Chapter 3 - The Metropolitan Transportation Commission's New Conformity Assessment Procedures; The Transportation-Land Use Connection; MTC's MTCFCAST Computer Model; Deficiencies in the Modeling Process; Injunction against Highway Projects; Revised Conformity Assessment Procedures; Court Ruling on Revised Conformity Assessment ; ConclusionChapter 4 - Implementing the Transportation Contingency Plan; Delaying Highway Projects; Remedying RFP Shortfalls; The ""2131"" TCMs; The Adequacy of the Contingency Measures; The Effect of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments; Court Ruling on Contingency Plan; MTC's Regional CO Compliance Response; Chapter 5 - Analysis and Conclusions; The Meaning of the Court Ruling for Transportation Planning and Modeling; An Agenda for Transportation and Air Quality Analysis; Conclusion; Appendix A: Conformity Assessment; Appendix B: Contingency Plan; About the Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: After a decade-long shift in emphasis in regional transportation planning, steadily impacted by politics and planning commissions, environmental impact studies, and national, state and local legislation, the authors interpret and explain the meaning of the transportation planning process in the United States today. The book focuses on the interrelations between federal legislation, the judicial process and transportation planning, particularly in light of two important landmark federal acts - The Clean Air Act of 1990 and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. The reperc
• Titolo autorizzato: Transportation Planning on Trial
• ISBN: 1-4833-2759-0; 1-4522-4828-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910480540503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II