Urban Transportation Planning In the United States: An Historical Overview: Fifth Edition
Edward Weiner
September 1997
Table of Contents
- Need for Highway Planning
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1934
- Electric Railway Presidents' Conference Committee
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- AASHO Policy on Geometric Design of Rural Highways
- Toll Road Study
- Highway Capacity Manual
- Interregional Highway Report
3. Beginnings of Urban Transportation Planning
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944
- Early Urban Travel Surveys
- Early Transit Planning
- Dawn of Analytical Methods
- AASHO Manual on User Benefit Analysis
- Breakthroughs in Analytical Techniques
- National Committee on Urban Transportation
- Housing Act of 1954
- Pioneering Urban Transportation Studies
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
- Sagamore Conference on Highways and Urban Development
- Housing Act of 1961
4. Urban Transportation Planning Comes of Age
- Joint Report on Urban Mass Transportation
- President Kennedy's Transportation Message
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962
- Hershey Conference on Urban Freeways
- Implementation of the 1962 Federal-Aid Highway Act
- Conventional Urban Travel Forecasting Process
- Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
- Highway Planning Program Manual
- Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964
- Urban Development Simulation Models
- Williamsburg Conference on Highways and Urban Development
5. Improved Intergovernmental Coordination
- Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
- 1966 Amendments to the Urban Mass Transportation Act
- Highway and Motor Vehicle Safety Acts of 1966
- Department of Transportation Act of 1966
- National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
- Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966
- Dartmouth Conference on Urban Development Models
- Reserved Bus Lanes
- National Highway Needs Studies
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968
- "Continuing" Urban Transportation Planning
- Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968
- Bureau of the Budget's Circular No. A-95
6. The Environment And Citizen Involvement
- Citizen Participation and the Two-Hearing Process for Highways
- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
- Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970
- Nationwide Personal Transportation Study
- Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970
- Boston Transportation Planning Review
- Urban Corridor Demonstration Program
- Census Journey-to-Work Surveys
7. Beginnings of Multimodal Urban Transportation Planning
- Urban Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1970
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970
- Conference on Urban Commodity Flow
- Mt. Pocono Conference on Urban Transportation Planning
- DOT Initiatives Toward Planning Unification
- Process Guidelines for Highway Projects
- UMTA's External Operating Manual
- Williamsburg Conference on Urban Travel Forecasting
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973
- Endangered Species Act of 1973
- AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design of Urban Highways
- 1972 and 1974 National Transportation Studies
- National Mass Transportation Assistance Act of 1974
- PLANPAC and UTPS Batteries of Computer Programs
8. Transition to Short-term Planning
- Emergency Energy Legislation
- Service and Methods Demonstration Program
- OTA's Report on Automated Guideway Transit
- Model 13(c) Labor Protection Agreement for Operating Assistance
- Joint Highway-Transit Planning Regulations
- Policy on Major Urban Mass Transportation Investments
- Characteristics of Urban Transportation Systems
- Light Rail Transit
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976
- ITE Trip Generation Report
- Urban System Study
- Road Pricing Demonstration Program
- National Transportation Trends and Choices
- Transit Uniform System of Accounts and Records
- Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977
9. Urban Economic Revitalization
- 1978 National Urban Policy Report
- Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978
- Quick Response Urban Travel Forecasting Techniques
- National Energy Act of 1978
- Council on Environmental Quality's Regulations
- BART Impact Program
- International Conferences on Behavioral Travel Demand
- National Ridesharing Demonstration Program
- Urban Initiatives Program
- Section 504 Regulations on Accessibility for the Handicapped
- National Transportation Policy Study Commission
- Aspen Conference on Future Urban Transportation
- Highway Performance Monitoring System
10. Decentralization of Decisionmaking
- President Reagan's Memorandum on Regulations
- Conferences on Goods Transportation in Urban Areas
- Airlie House Conference on Urban Transportation Planning in the 1980s
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981
- E.O. 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs
- Woods Hole Conference on Future Directions of Urban Public Transportation
- Easton Conference on Travel Analysis Methods for the 1980s
- Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982
- Advent of Microcomputers
- New Urban Transportation Planning Regulations
11. Private Sector Participation
- Paratransit Policy
- Transportation Management Associations
- Revised Major Transit Capital Investment Policy
- Transportation Demand Management
- Private Participation in the Transit Program
- National Transit Performance Reports
- Charter Bus Regulations
- Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987
- National Conference on Transportation Planning Applications
- Smuggler's Notch Conference on Highway Finance
- Revised FHWA/UMTA Environmental Regulation
- Los Angeles' Regulation XV
- National Council on Public Works Improvement
- Transportation 2020
- Williamsburg Conference on Transportation and Economic Development
- National Transportation Strategic Planning Study
- Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems
- Lawsuit Against the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Travel Models
- Geographic Information Systems
- National Maglev Initiative
- Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
- Strategic Planning and Management
- Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990
- Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
- Charlotte Conference on Moving Urban America
- Travel Model Improvement Program
- Livable Communities Initiative
- Energy Policy Act of 1992
- Transportation Implications of Telecommuting
- Metropolitan and Statewide Planning Regulations
- Transportation-Air Quality Conformity Regulations
- Transportation Management Systems
- E.O. 12893 Principles of Federal Infrastructure Investment
- E.O. 12898 on Environmental Justice
- Conference on Institutional Aspects of Metropolitan Transportation Planning
- Implication of Expanding Metropolitan Highway Capacity
- National Highway System Designation Act of 1995
- Major Investment Studies
- National Transportation System
- Making the Land Use, Transportation, Air Quality Connection (LUTRAQ)
Appendices
