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The need for federal transportation policy arose as the United States spread westward in the 19th century. The National Road was funded by the federal government in 1806 to connect the East Coast and the Midwest. The General Survey Act of 1824 authorized surveys to plan transportation routes that were considered to be of national importance ...
A New Deal for Transport: Better for everyone was a white paper published by the United Kingdom government in 1997 setting out the government's transport policy. See also [ edit ]
The British Government's White Paper on Transport [8] marked a change in direction. In the introduction to the White Paper, Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that . We recognise that we cannot simply build our way out of the problems we face. It would be environmentally irresponsible - and would not work.
Roads for Prosperity (often incorrectly called Road to Prosperity) [1] was a controversial white paper published by the Conservative government in the United Kingdom in 1989; detailing the 'largest road building programme for the UK since the Romans' [2] produced in response to rapid increases in car ownership and use over the previous decade.
Parking policy has a strong impact on the transportation mode. Efforts to reduce the amount of space dedicated to parking are diminishing the dependence on cars, encouraging walking, biking, public transit, lowering the cost of housing and increase the amount of housing units that can be built in the city territory.
The New Freedom program was a new formula grant program authorized in SAFETEA-LU to support new public transportation services and public transportation alternatives beyond those required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (42 U.S.C. § 12101 et. seq.). This program was codified at 49 U.S.C. §§ 5316–5317 [12]
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure was formerly known as the Committee on Public Works and Transportation from 1975 to 1994, and the Committee on Public Works between 1947 and 1974.
The publication of Planning Policy Guidance 13 in 1994 (revised in 2001), [4] followed by A New Deal for Transport [5] in 1998 and the white paper Transport Ten Year Plan 2000 [6] again indicated an acceptance that unrestrained growth in road traffic was neither desirable nor feasible.