Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission : transportation for tomorrow.

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• Alternative Title:
  Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission : transportation for tomorrow, volumes 1-3 ; Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission : transportation for tomorrow, December 2007 ; Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission : transportation for tomorrow, December 2007, volumes 1-2
• Corporate Creators:
  National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transportation
  • Policy, legislation and regulation
  • Policy
  • Policy analysis
  • Policy making
  • Transportation policy
  • Economic and social factors
  • Economic factors
  • Economic analysis
  • Economic policy
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• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  President Dwight D. Eisenhower had the foresight ; to understand how a system of Interstate highways ; would transform the Nation. If there was ever a ; time to take a similarly daring look at a broadened ; surface transportation network, it is now! The ; Nation faces challenges similar to those of the ; Eisenhower era. However, the imperative for ; change due to the global economy is even stronger. ; Transportation is a critical engine of the ; Nation’s economy. Investments in the national ; transportation network over the Nation’s ; history, and especially the Interstate Highway ; System during the last half-century, have been instrumental in developing the world’s ; largest economy and most mobile society. ; Transportation is the thread that knits the ; country together, providing the mobility that ; is such an important part of overall quality of ; life and is so deeply embedded in our culture ; and history. Highways, transit, rail, and water ; systems provide unprecedented access to jobs, ; recreation, education, health care, and the many ; other activities that sustain and enrich the lives of ; American families. ; By 2050, the total U.S. population is projected to ; reach 420 million, a 50 percent increase over ; 50 years. This growing society will demand higher ; levels of goods and services, and will rely on the ; transportation system to access them. In turn, this ; will cause travel to grow at an even greater rate ; than the population. As part of an increasingly ; integrated global economy, the U.S. will see ; greater pressures on its international gateways and its international gateways and domestic freight ; distribution network to deliver products and ; materials to where they are needed. The Nation ; is faced with a massive increase in passenger and ; freight travel. ; The Nation’s surface transportation program has ; reached a crossroads. Will it continue to function ; as it has since the completion of the Interstate ; system, pursuing no discernible national interests ; other than the political imperatives of “donor ; State” rights and congressional earmarking? Or ; will it advance concerted actions to confront the ; transportation challenges facing the Nation that ; have reached crisis proportions—the deferred ; maintenance of its basic infrastructure; the ; burgeoning international trade and its impact on ; our road and rail networks; the traffic congestion ; that is crippling metropolitan America; the ; continued carnage on the Nation’s highways; and ; powering cars and trucks with fossil fuels, much of ; which is imported from foreign countries?
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  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18125/dot_18125_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 140.77 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1d30408246d7b826cb0cce5d180bffa1a80004f333ef2a2d22c5c69c55db8410