Transportation Planning on Trial: The Clean Air ACT and Travel Forecasting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803973534)

After a decade-long shift in emphasis in regional transportation planning, steadily impacted by politics and planning commissions, environmental impact studies, and national, state and local legislation, the authors interpret and explain the meaning of the transportation planning process in the United States today. The book focuses on the interrelations between federal legislation, the judicial process and transportation planning, particularly in light of two important landmark federal acts - The Clean Air Act of 1990 and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. The repercussions of these Acts have caused planners throughout the US to be much more circumspect about commitments they include in transportation plans and tr

Author: Mark Garrett, Martin Wachs
ISBN-10: 0803973535
ISBN-13: 9780803973534
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Language: English
Published: 05/20/1996
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.00w x 0.62d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2005 pg. 1784