| Description |
1 online resource (243 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Transportation and state -- United States
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Transportation -- United States -- Planning
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Transportation, Automotive -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Air -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- United States
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Transportation, Automotive -- Environmental aspects -- United States
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Traffic estimation -- United States
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Air -- Pollution -- Law and legislation
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Traffic estimation
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Transportation and state
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Transportation, Automotive -- Environmental aspects
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Transportation, Automotive -- Law and legislation
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Transportation -- Planning
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wachs, Martin
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| ISBN |
9781452248288 |
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1452248281 |
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