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Question 1

Federal Transportation Bills

Answer 1

Federal Highway Act of 1916 - funding for major mail routes
Federal Highway Act of 1956 - official creation of interstate system
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 - allowed states to raise speed limit on rural highways
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) 1991 - introduced inter modal
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) 1998
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) 2005 - REQUIRES CMP
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) 2012
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST) 2015

Question 2

Economic Analyses

Answer 2

Economic Base
Location Quotient
Shift-Share
Input-Output

Question 3

Tenement Housing

Answer 3

First Tenement House Act of 1867 - fire escapes & windows
Second Tenement House Act of 1879 (Old Law) - ventilation shaft
NY Tenement House Act of 1901* (New Law) - outward windows in every room, open courtyard, ventilation, indoor toilets, and fire safeguards.

Question 4

Federal Housing

Answer 4

National Housing Act of 1934 - Created FHA & Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. (FSLC)
Housing Act of 1937 (Wagner-Steagall Act) - Subsidizes local housing authorities
Housing Act of 1949 (Taft-Ellender-Wagner) - 800,000 new units, slum clearance & urban renewal
Housing Act of 1954 - 140,000 new units, slum clearance & urban renewal
Housing Act of 1959 - Section 202 allows direct funding of non-profits for housing projects
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 - established HUD
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 - expanded mortgage access & funding for New Towns
Civil Rights Act of 1968/Fair Housing Act -
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 - expanded ceiling on debt guarantees for developments to 500 million
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 - created Section 8 program & CDBG program
Community Reinvestment Act 1977 - prohibits red-lining
HOPE VI 1998 - Public housing revitalization grants

Question 5

Smart Growth

Answer 5

1. Create a range of housing opportunities and choices
2. Walkable neighborhoods
3. Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration
4. Foster distinctive, attractive places with a strong sense of place
5. Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost-effective
6. Mix land uses
7. Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical environmental areas
8. Provide a variety of transportation choices
9. Strengthen and direct development towards existing communities
10. Take advantage of compact building design

Question 6

Fiscal Impact Analysis

Answer 6

1. Per-capita multiplier (simplest and most common)
2. Case Study
3. Service Standard (how many employees req’d)
4. Comparable City
5. Proportional Valuation (non-residential)
6. Employment Anticipation (non-residential)

Question 7

All the early cities and their designer

Answer 7

Pullman, IL - George Pullman (industrial town)
Letchworth, UK - Raymond Unwin (1st UK garden city)
Riverside, IL - Olmsted SR (1st planned community)
Forest Hills, NY - Olmsted JR (garden city)
Welwyn, UK - (2nd UK garden city)
Sunnyside Gardens, NY - Stein & Wright (garden city)
Radburn, NJ - Stein & Wright (garden city)
Broadacre (concept) - Frank Lloyd Wright
Park Forest - Peets, mass suburbia
Levittown, NY - Mass suburbia
Reston, VA - Robert E Simons (RES) - New Town
Mariemont, OH - Emory & Nolen (garden city)
Columbia, MA - Rouse (New Town)
Seaside, FL - Duany & Plater-Zyberk (new urbanism)

Question 8

Time Frames of Plans

Answer 8

Comp Plan - 20 year, 5 year update
CIP - 4-5 years 
Capital Budget - 1 year
TIP /STIP- 4 years
LRTP - 20 year, 5 year update
Consolidated Plan (CDBG) - 5 years, 1 year action plans

Question 9

Rational comp planning process

Answer 9

1. Identifying issues
2. Stating goals
3. Collecting data
4. Preparing the plan
5. Creating implementation plans
6. Evaluating alternatives
7. Adopting a plan
8. Implementing and monitoring the plan