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About this Community of Interest
Transportation Planning and Policy Research
Not only does the
transportation system provide for the mobility of people and goods, it also
influences patterns of growth and economic activity by providing access to communities.
The performance of the system affects public policy concerns like air quality,
environmental resource consumption, social equity, land use, urban growth,
economic development, safety, and security. Thus, transportation planning and policy research is aimed at recognizing
and better understanding the critical links between transportation and other
societal goals to include:
- Developing
strategies for operating, managing, maintaining, and financing the nation’s
transportation system in such a way as to advance the nation’s long-term goals
and vision of the 21st century transportation enterprise.
- Conducting
research on road pricing, congestion management, and other strategies for
making more efficient use of transportation infrastructure.
- Conducting
research on innovative finance, privatization, and public-private partnerships.
- Conducting
research on economic impact of transportation investments and disruptions to
the transportation systems.
- Conducting
research on rural passenger transportation accessibility.
- Conducting
research on economic impacts of transportation security measures.
- Conducting
research to improve the quality of economic data and analytical methodologies
available for transportation policymaking.
- Developing new
forecasting methods for future population and employment growth, including
assessing projected land uses in regions and identifying major growth
corridors.
- Identifying
current and projected future transportation problems and needs and analyzing,
through detailed planning studies, various transportation improvement strategies
to address those needs.
- Developing
long-range plans and short-range programs of alternative capital improvement
and operational strategies for moving people and goods.
- Estimating the
impact of recommended future improvements to the transportation system on
environmental features, including air quality.
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