Title: Metropolitan Transportation Planning: An Abbreviated History of the First 50 Years
Abstract: The urban planning provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962 were pivotal in the transition of the highway program from a rurally oriented, civil engineering–based activity to a new framework that had a major urban component and that was multimodal, interdisciplinary, and involved local officials. The authors present the developments, influences, and workings that have shaped the practice of metropolitan transportation planning.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
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