Transportation Planning on Trial : the Clean Air Act and Travel Forecasting.

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 Unit...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garrett, Dr. Mark
Otros Autores: Wachs, Martin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1996.
Temas:
Transportation and state > United States.
Transportation > United States > Planning.
Transportation, Automotive > Law and legislation > United States.
Air > Pollution > Law and legislation > United States.
Transportation, Automotive > Environmental aspects > United States.
Traffic estimation > United States.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Transport > États-Unis > Planification.
Transports routiers > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Circulation > Estimation > États-Unis.
Air > Pollution > Law and legislation
Traffic estimation
Transportation and state
Transportation, Automotive > Environmental aspects
Transportation, Automotive > Law and legislation
Transportation > Planning
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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