Establishment of effective control factors to achieve federal enforcement consistency with the Highway Beautification Act : a final report submitted to Florida Department of Transportation, Right of Way Division.

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• Creators:
  Dulebenets, Maxim A. ; Ozguven, Eren Erman ; Moses, Ren
• Corporate Creators:
  Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ; Florida State University
• Contributors:
  Jessee, Robert
• Corporate Contributors:
  Florida. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Beautification
  • Law enforcement
  • Roadside advertising
  • Standards
  • State departments of transportation Highway Beautification Act
  • outdoor advertising signs
  • outdoor advertising regulations
  • regulatory difficulties
  • regulation consistency
  • baseline standards
• Publication/ Report Number:
  039233
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report, Period Covered: 01/01/2017-10/31/2017
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The Highway Beautification Act, which was enforced in 1965, aims to establish an efficient outdoor advertising control ; (OAC) program for erection and maintenance of the outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices, which are located in a ; close proximity to the National Interstate System. The Highway Beautification Act outlines a set of requirements for specific ; types of advertising sings, including directional and official signs, on-property signs, and new signs in commercial and ; industrial areas consistent with the size, lighting and spacing criteria of the Federal/State agreements. A number of issues, ; associated with the Highway Beautification Act, have arisen over the last years. Those issues include the attitude and ; relationship issues, organizational issues at both State and Federal levels, and substantive issues. In order to identify the most ; critical inconsistencies and regulatory difficulties associated with the Federal OAC program across the nation a ; comprehensive survey was performed among the State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) under this project. The data, ; collected as a result of the conducted survey, were analyzed, and findings were used as the baseline information, ; summarizing the existing practices and issues associated with the Federal OAC program in the United States. A set of ; baseline standards was developed to address the identified regulatory difficulties and inconsistences. Furthermore, a number ; of important criteria, which should be considered throughout the implementation of developed baseline standards, were ; proposed. Findings from this research and the presented baseline standards are expected to improve effectiveness of the ; outdoor advertising across the nation and assist the State DOTs and different stakeholders with resolving the key issues, ; related to the Federal OAC program.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  BE288
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32868/dot_32868_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.29 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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