I-66--a case study

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• Alternative Title:
  I-66, a case study
• Creators:
  Page, John. ; Deasy, Ed.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Interstate highways
  • Highways
  • Interstate 66 (Va. and Washington, D.C.)
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  Virginia. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The Arlington-Fairfax County section of 1-66 is similar to many ; urban highway projects, yet in many ways this project represents a ; milestone in urban transportation planning. 1-66, not unlike many ; others, required non-technical political groups to make difficult, ; technically complex decisions. These decisions took place over a ; long period of time, 1959-1979, during which the information base, as ; well as public attitudes reflected by local governmental poiicies• ; shifted. The decision process encompassed a large number of political ; jurisdictions from the federal level to the community civic associations, ; as well as a wide range of special interest groups varying in ; size from federal departm, ents to environmental action groups. Finally, ; the poliical process when faced with a very controversial decision• ; tried to hide behind its trusted friends; delay, debate and study. ; In spite of all of this, the project and its history are ; The final 1-66 facility, marked by litigation, build and no-build ; decisions and intense adversarial debate, would not be recognized ; by the 1959 highway planner. Some of the many individuals and groups ; which opposed the project claimed that they did not have an impact on ; the final result. Granted, these groups did not stop the project; ; however, the final design was altered dramatically by their opposition. ; 1-66 was conceived and born during the 1950's highway era ; characterized by domestic preoccupation with congestion, the decay ; of the central city and flight to Zhe suburbs, it survived the late ; 1960's and 1970's rebirth of transit age including citizen involvement, ; concern for the environment and the ener• crisis. The project ; survived by adapting and changing its role from a Los Angeles freeway ; to a multi-modal, •traffic managed facility.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16538/dot_16538_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.19 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:19ef491431010e9f095ab88accfbcf377a40b336b8fa2958c9cc8453e96c1622