Urban Transportation Planning in the United States: History, Policy, and Practice

Preface.- Introduction.- Early Highway Planning.- Roots of Urban Transportation Planning.- Launching the Interstate Highway Program.- Urban Transportation Planning Comes Of Age.- Improving Intergovernmental Coordination.- Rising Concern for the Environment and Citizen Involvement.- Beginnings of Multimodal Urban Transportation Planning.- Transition to Short Term Planning.- Emphasizing Urban Economic Revitalization.- Decentralization of Decision-making.- Promoting Private Sector Participation.- The Need for Strategic Planning.- The Growth of Sustainable Development.- Expanding Participatory.- Moving Towards Performance Based Planning.- Concern for Climate Change.- Era of Constrained Resources.- Infrastructure Resilience.- Challenge of Funding.- Concluding Remarks.- Appendices.- List of Abbreviations.- References