Article - 2009: A Defining Year For Transportation in U.S.

The Infrastructuralist, May 11
Author: Deron Lovaas

[A broad-based look at the US transportation funding system, this article is worth a review. It also points out that, unlike Canada, AT is a recognized and funded component of transportation infrastructure planning. -MH]

"2) The New Structure: A set of multimodal (highway, rail, bus, bike/ped, etc.) access programs targeted at the state, metropolitan and local levels; programs which will complete the national system (i.e., bring other modes up to the highway level) including intercity rail, green freight and ports, major transit projects and projects of national significance; priority programs including planning and research, system preservation and renewal, access-independence-and-mobility-management, safety, energy security; and last but not least innovation incentive programs including sustainability challenge grants, a smart communities program, and an active transportation program."