Better Integrating Travel Choices into Future Urban Mobility Systems: The Day the Highways Stood Still
This exchange between a scientist and an alien in the 2008 remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still summarizes the dilemma that is facing urban transportation today and that will continue to be a major issue in determining our ability to create a sustainable future. Many engineers and technologists think that they have the answers, while the crux of the matter lies in another popular quote provided by Walt Kelly in his April 1970 Earth Day comic strip Pogo: “We have met the enemy and they is us.”
URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN THE UNITED STATES: AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
This book reviews the historical development of the U.S. urban transportation planning process from its beginnings in early highway and transit planning to its current focus on intermodal connectivity, sustainable development, and broad participation in the planning process. The focus is on key events in the evolution of urban transportation planning, including developments in technical procedures, philosophy, processes, and institutions. The book takes a multimodal perspective, aiming to provide a balanced view among a number of subject areas including federal legislation; relevant federal regulations and policies; highway and transit concerns; energy, safety, and environmental issues; technological developments; transportation service alternatives; and national transportation studies and data resources.
Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Comparative Growth In Compensation For Postal And Other Federal Employees Since 1970
The Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration should inform the Congress of the options being considered for maintaining an assured launch capability for defense and civil missions and the key assumptions, costs, and risks associated with each option. The Secretary of Defense should also provide the Congress information on the total cost of Defense participation in the Space Transportation System program.