Response of Small Urbanized Area MPOs to ISTEA
Response of Small Urbanized Area MPOs to ISTEA

Author: Montie G. Wade

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9780309061087

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This synthesis will be of interest to officials and staff of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) representing regional communities of less than 200,000 population. It will also be of interest to state and local highway and transit agencies, administrators, and elected officials. Other officials, such as state legislators and officials in environmental agencies who interact with the MPOs will also have an interest in this synthesis. It presents information on changes that MPOs in smaller urbanized areas have made in response to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). The adjustments in policy and practice in developing transportation plans and programs for the agency and the new requirements necessitated by ISTEA are described. With the advent of ISTEA, many of these small MPOs initiated changes in their role within the region and in the transportation planning process applied to carry out this role. Based on a limited sample of small MPOs, the types of changes in policy, procedure, staffing, intergovernmental relations, resource allocation, and training are discussed in this report of the Transportation Research Board. The issues associated with the changes are also highlighted. The techniques (models) that have been applied are described.

Urban Transportation
Urban Transportation

Author: DIANE Publishing Company

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1996-12

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 0788135821

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Discusses the experiences of Metropolitan Planning Organizations' (MPO's) in implementing the planning requirements of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, and examines the extent to which U.S. urban areas comply with the Act's planning requirements. Recommends that the U.S. Secretary of Transportation develop standard reporting formats for assessing and reporting on the MPO's compliance with the planning requirements so that the Dept. can identify any deficiencies, and the extent to which the MPO's have made progress in implementing the requirements.

Travel Demand Management and Public Policy
Travel Demand Management and Public Policy

Author: Eric Ferguson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-01-31

Total Pages: 533

ISBN-13: 1351791540

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This title was first published in 2000: Describes policy innovations in transportation system management, planning and operations in the US that explicitly address interactions between transportation demands and travel behaviour in a mixed economy. The author shows how travel demand and management programmes function in the context of transportation supply and demand, investment, technology, pricing, management and marketing policies and procedures, with examples of voluntary, market-based and regulatory approaches to transportation and activity system management and institutional change. The author describes a variety of evaluation methods and models designed specifically for TDM programmes, and how these can be used to better inform decision-makers and other stockholders in the process of transportation policy formulation. TDM programmes have serious potential to increase the efficiency of a wide variety of transportation systems. Institutional obstacles are likely to prevent full implementation in the near future, but partial efforts are underway and likely to continue and succeed, under proper circumstances.