Graduate course development : transportation policy and politics.

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Transportation policy and politics
• Creators:
  Lindquist, Eric
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A & M University. Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy
• Corporate Contributors:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transportation policy
  • Politics
  • Graduate study
  • Transportation--Study and teaching (Graduate)
  • Transportation and state--United States
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/09/167176-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A & M University. Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy
• Abstract:
  Transportation, public policy, and politics are inextricably linked and have been, in the United States, from ; at least 1956, with the birth of the federal highway system and the Interstate Highway Act, if not earlier. ; Much of the transportation system we enjoy today is paid for by public funds—which in and of itself ; invokes a political process. From the 1956 Act to the present day debate on the latest federal transportation ; reauthorization effort, the effort to solve the transportation problems in this country has been a political ; process. As this report was being drafted, for example, the future of the latest federal transportation ; reauthorization, originally scheduled for debate this spring and summer has been put on hold by the Obama ; Administration as a result of political maneuvering. It is anticipated that the formal reauthorization will be ; put off for 18 months, while the current authorization will be extended through temporary measures. In ; spite of these linkages there are few graduate level courses that systematically explore the dynamic ; interaction of transportation, policy, and politics. The objective of this project was to address this situation ; and assess the potential for such a course at Texas A&M University (TAMU). We conducted content ; analysis of existing course syllabi at other universities, implemented an internet survey, and found a ; significant level of interest in providing such a course. A draft syllabus is included, as are reference lists ; and summaries of similar courses being offered elsewhere.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  10727
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16800/dot_16800_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 324.27 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:27979e8cd64e484a03bbd985513e0ec7e70b53cb48fecbed02cb99db59110889