Taking the high road : a metropolitan agenda for transportation reform / Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Katz, Bruce.

Puentes, Robert.

Series:

James A. Johnson metro series.

James A. Johnson metro series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban transportation policy--United States.

Urban transportation policy.

Transportation and state--United States.

Transportation and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Examines the challenges facing U.S. cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas in light of the national debate on transportation policy--including finance, decisionmaking, access for the elderly and working poor, and congestion--and provides reform options that speak to leaders at the state, metropolitan, and local levels"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Transportation Reform for the Twenty-First Century: An Overview; 2. Getting Transportation Right for Metropolitan America; 3. Fueling Transportation Finance: A Primer on the Gas Tax; 4. Improving Efficiency and Equity in Transportation Finance; 5. Slanted Pavement: How Ohio's Highway Spending Shortchanges Cities and Suburbs; 6. Increasing Funding and Accountability for Metropolitan Transportation Decisions; 7. The Need for Regional Anticongestion Policies

8. The Long Journey to Work: A Federal Transportation Policy for Working Families9. The Mobility Needs of Older Americans: Implications for Transportation Reauthorization; 10. Highways and Transit: Leveling the Playing Field in Federal Transportation Policy; 11. Protecting America's Highways and Transit Systems against Terrorism; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610813339

9781280813337

1280813334

9780815797890

0815797893

OCLC:

475992867