NTL Record

Title The New Politics of Clean Air and Transportation
Record ID 49423
Personal Name
Creator
Howitt, Arnold M.; Anderson, Joshua P.; Altshuler, Alan A.
Source 58p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 19970201
Language English
Abstract This report focuses on the Clean Air Act (CAAA) and the State Air Quality Implementation Plan (SIP) and the need for conformity with transportation measures and policies. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) has reinforced Federal regulations of transportation on behalf of air quality. Preliminary results are presented from an ongoing study of implementation of the transportation provisions of CAAA and the air quality provisions of ISTEA to examine how well states and regions are meeting three persistent institutional and political challenges of earlier versions of CAAA: Enhancing organizational capacity in the core agencies - state air quality and transportation agencies and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs)--responsible for carrying out Federal clean air mandates; Creating effective state and regional policies making arenas to frame and assess alternative policy options and make choices; and Securing public consent for clean air policies that are adopted. An initial assessment of how CAAA and ISTEA implementation is affecting state and metropolitan transportation operating policies and investment priorities is also made.
Rosap ID dot:10874
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10874
TRT Terms Air quality management; Commuting; Exhaust gases; Policy; State government; Local government; Traffic control; Highway traffic control; Transportation corridors
General Subjects Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; ISTEA
Classification AGR - IMPACTS - IMPACTS;
AGR - IMPACTS - Environment;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT;
NTL - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - Environment Impacts;
NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Contract Number H7040/HW765
Report Number DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-97-5; FHWA-PD-97-010; PB97-153803
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49400/49423/PB97153803.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository