Flexible Funding And Planning Provisions Of The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act Of 1991 Istea PDF Download

Excerpt from Flexible Funding and Planning Provisions of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Istea): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First and Second Sessions, October 14, 19, 1993; October 6, 1994 Flexibility in the Nation's surface transportation program was a breakthrough of major proportions that demonstrated a realization that transportation needs differ significantly from State to State. In some States, highway improvements remain a priority to pro mote economic development and mobility. In other States, however, the problems of air pollution and con gestion, combined with the sheer cost of construction have made further building of highways difficult, if not impossible. Instead, there is a need to invest in improving transit systems and other alternatives to traditional highway construction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.