Federal Transportation Policy And The Role Of Metropolitan Planning Organizations In California
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Federal Transportation Policy And The Role Of Metropolitan Planning Organizations In California
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Author : Paul George Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
Release Date : 1997
Federal Transportation Policy And The Role Of Metropolitan Planning Organizations In California written by Paul George Lewis and has been published by Public Policy Instit. of CA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Federal aid to transportation categories.
Best Practices In Metropolitan Transportation Planning
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Author : Reid Ewing
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-06-27
Best Practices In Metropolitan Transportation Planning written by Reid Ewing and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-27 with Architecture categories.
Planning at a metropolitan scale is important for effective management of urban growth, transportation systems, air quality, and watershed and green-spaces. It is fundamental to efforts to promote social justice and equity. Best Practices in Metropolitan Transportation Planning shows how the most innovative metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in the United States are addressing these issues using their mandates to improve transportation networks while pursuing emerging sustainability goals at the same time. As both a policy analysis and a practical how-to guide, this book presents cutting-edge original research on the role accessibility plays - and should play - in transportation planning, tracks how existing plans have sought to balance competing priorities using scenario planning and other strategies, assesses the results of various efforts to reduce automobile dependence in cities, and explains how to make planning documents more powerful and effective. In highlighting the most innovative practices implemented by MPOs, regional planning councils, city and county planning departments and state departments of transportation, this book aims to influence other planning organizations, as well as influence federal and state policy discussions and legislation.
Metropolitan Transportation Planning In Institutional Perspective
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Author : Gian-Claudia Sciara
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Metropolitan Transportation Planning In Institutional Perspective written by Gian-Claudia Sciara and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Regional Sustainability Planning By Metropolitan Planning Organizations
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Author : Elisa Barbour
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Regional Sustainability Planning By Metropolitan Planning Organizations written by Elisa Barbour and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.
In recent decades, many Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) - federally mandated transportation planning agencies in urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more - have become active sustainability planners, integrating their regional transportation plans with land use strategies, and addressing wider impacts upon the regional economy, social equity, and natural environment. MPOs have taken up this stance to address mandated responsibilities that have widened over time, such as for addressing air quality problems and incorporating public and stakeholder input, and as a re-interpretation of their main traditional responsibility, namely to manage transport mobility within regions. Facing a tightening vise of environmental and fiscal constraints, these MPOs have focused on improving accessibility, rather than mobility, through coordinated transport-land use strategies to improve "location efficiency," for example, through promoting infill, mixed-use development located near transit stations. Because this approach requires closer coordination of land use and transportation planning than traditionally pursued, these MPOs have become more activist agencies in working with local governments and their land use policymaking authority. Their work provides a basis for slow but steady advancement of a new sustainability paradigm for transport policy. MPOs, however, face a severe disjuncture between the forces compelling them to advance sustainability goals, on the one hand, and institutional barriers that severely inhibit their ability to accomplish them, on the other. Long-standing governing arrangements in the US federal system sever authority over the elements of growth management that many MPOs now seek to integrate more fully. Constituted mainly as voluntary associations of local governments, MPOs lack independent authority; they control few resources autonomously, and provide instead a coordinating role for long-range transportation investment planning. In spite of the obstacles, some MPOs are experimenting with institutional innovations to integrate transportation and land use planning more effectively, providing a major contribution to sustainability policymaking, which depends on developing new and effective modes of governance for public goods management across all sectors of the economy, including for transportation and land use. Thus, MPOs are at the center of both opportunities and obstacles for advancing sustainable planning practices in the US. This dissertation evaluates how conflicting dynamics of path dependent institutional arrangements for growth management affect sustainability planning by MPOs. It provides a historical institutionalist account of the evolving role and planning strategies of MPOs since their inception in the 1970s, considering why and how some MPOs have begun to address sustainability concerns, and the opportunities and obstacles they face. It theorizes MPO planning practices in connection to concepts from the sustainability planning literature(s), in order to identify characteristics that distinguish MPO sustainability planning from more traditional practice. Using operational measures developed for the purpose, the incidence of sustainability planning by large MPOs across the US is assessed, and factors capable of predicting which MPOs take up sustainability planning techniques are evaluated. Then, findings from an in-depth case study of MPO planning in California are presented - a state where the largest MPOs have been sustainability leaders for more than a decade, and where the state government has recently adopted policy measures to support their efforts. Ultimately, prospects for MPO sustainability planning in California, and by extension elsewhere, are seen to depend substantially upon policy support from the state level, because state governments control land use authority under the US Constitution, and they shape the laws and programs - from fiscal policies such as redevelopment and taxing authority, to planning requirements, affordable housing programs, transit operating funds, and more - that frame local land use decisions more than any other level of government. However, as the California case study shows, striking the right balance between state-level and regional authority for managing "smart growth" programs can be problematic. The work contributes to urban planning and sustainability literatures, because little in-depth attention has been paid by scholars to MPOs as sustainability planners. This lack of attention is unfortunate because the regional scale is critical in sustainability planning, given the many inter-connections among policies for the built environment that play out at that scale. At the same time, because this dissertation focuses especially on MPO institutional and decision-making dynamics, the research makes a contribution to literatures on federalism, multi-level governance, and policy formation and change. In particular, the research addresses questions raised by scholars in those fields about how collaborative governance in multi-level frameworks can help support sustainability.
Information Needs To Support State And Local Transportation Decision Making Into The 21st Century
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Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
language : en
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Release Date : 1997
Information Needs To Support State And Local Transportation Decision Making Into The 21st Century written by National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board and has been published by Transportation Research Board this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Transportation categories.
The conference provided an opportunity for participants to (a) identify the types of data that are critical for planning and policy analysis; (b) identify data-collection requirements; (c) discuss the appropriate roles of and relationships among federal, state, and local agencies in the context of data collection and dissemination; and (d) review the impact of technological advances on data collection and dissemination. The invitation-only conference included participants from state departments of transportation (DOTs), metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and federal agencies providing broad representation of the transportation planning and policy communities. Significant effort was made to include a full spectrum of policy, management, and front-line analysts who have extensive experience in answering policy questions, supporting the planning process, and responding to federal reporting requirements.
Regional Transportation Plan Guidelines
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Author : California Transportation Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Regional Transportation Plan Guidelines written by California Transportation Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Regional planning categories.
Findings And Conclusions On State Regional And Local Roles And Responsibilities In Transportation
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Author : California. Transportation Board
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Findings And Conclusions On State Regional And Local Roles And Responsibilities In Transportation written by California. Transportation Board and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Regional planning categories.
Stronger Federal Direction Needed To Promote Better Use Of Present Urban Transportation Systems
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Author : United States. General Accounting Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Stronger Federal Direction Needed To Promote Better Use Of Present Urban Transportation Systems written by United States. General Accounting Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Local transit categories.
Taking The High Road
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Author : Bruce Katz
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2006-05-25
Taking The High Road written by Bruce Katz and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-25 with Business & Economics categories.
Since the early 1990s, federal transportation laws have slowly started to level the playing field between highway and alternative transportation strategies, as well as between older and newer communities. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century made substantial changes in transportation practices. These laws devolved greater responsibility for planning and implementation to urban development organizations and introduced more flexibility in the spending of federal highway and transit funds. They also created a series of special programs to carry out important national objectives, and they tightened the linkages between transportation spending and issues such as metropolitan air quality. Taking the High Road examines the most pressing transportation challenges facing American cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas. The authors focus on the central issues in the ongoing debate and deliberations about the nation's transportation policy. They go beyond the federal debate, however, to lay out an agenda for reform that responds directly to those responsible for putting these policies into practice—leaders at the state, metropolitan, and local levels. This book presents public officials with options for reform. Hoping to build upon the progress and momentum of earlier transportation laws, it ensures a better understanding of the problems and provides policymakers, journalists, and the public with a comprehensive guide to the numerous issues that must be addressed. Topics include • A wide-ranging policy framework that addresses the reauthorization debate • An examination of transportation finance and how it affects cities and suburbs • An analysis of metropolitan decisionmaking in transportation • The challenges of transportation access for working families and the elderly • The problems of increasing traffic congestion and the lack of adequate alternatives Contributors include Scot
Metropolitan Growth Planning In California 1900 2000
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Author : Elisa Barbour
language : en
Publisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
Release Date : 2002
Metropolitan Growth Planning In California 1900 2000 written by Elisa Barbour and has been published by Public Policy Instit. of CA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Cities and towns categories.