Transportation

Question 1

Rivers and Harbors (1882)

Answer 1

Funding which also promoted competetion between modes

Question 2

Inland Waterway Commission (1907)

Answer 2

President Roosevelt establishes Commission to encourage multipurpose planning in waterway development: navigation, power, irrigation, flood control, water supply.

Question 3

Federal Aid Highway (1916)

Answer 3

First Federal Funding

Question 4

Federal Aid Highway (1921)

Answer 4

National Highway System

Question 5

National Interstate and Defense Highways (1956)

Answer 5

Established Interstate Highway system (41,000 miles) to link state capitals and cities over 50k

Question 6

Federal Aid Highway (1962)

Answer 6

Established Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs); Required highway projects in Metro areas to be based on cooperative, comprehensive and continuing planning process

Question 7

Section 4(f) (1966)

Answer 7

Section of DOT Act provides protection to parkland, wildlife refuges, and other preservation-worthy resources in building national roads. Unlike parkland and wildlife refuges, privately owned historic sites as well as those in public ownership are protected

Question 8

Highway (1973)

Answer 8

Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP); funding for Mass Transit projects

Question 9

Surface Transportation Assistance (1982)

Answer 9

added 5 cents to gas tax (first since 1961), focus on highways and bridges, 1 cent was for public transit; Section 165 Buy America Act; Section 411-12 National Truck Network

Question 10

Surface Transportation & Uniform Relocation Assistance (1987)

Answer 10

Allowed 65 mph speed limit; allowed percentage of funds for highway planning; vetoed by Reagan because of ‘pork’ spending but congress overrode the veto

Question 11

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency (1991)

Answer 11

(ISTEA) Transportation Enhancements (TE) program; Required 3-year Transportation Improvement Programs (TIP); 20-year LR Plan; Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ); Flexible funds for higway alternatives; National Scenic Byways Program (NSBP); social equity - equal emphasis on all modes

Question 12

National Highway System Designation (1995)

Answer 12

required as a part of ISTEA, designated the Interstate Highway system and other roads important to the nation’s defense and mobility (160,955 miles); included connections to intermodal terminals (198 ports, 207 airports, 307 transit, 82 bus, 190 rail, 37 ferry, 58 pipeline and 20 multipurpose passenger)

Question 13

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998)

Answer 13

(TEA-21) Congestion Management System (CMS), Earmarks, TIPs to be regional; Transportation and Community and System Preservation Pilot Program (TCSP)

Question 14

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, & Efficient Transportation; a Legacy for Users (2005)

Answer 14

(SAFETEA-LU) Highway Safety Improvement Program; balanced federal allocation across states (reduce donor states - get at least 90%); PPP, congestion pricing; safe routes to schools (SRTS) program

Question 15

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (2012)

Answer 15

(MAP 21) eliminated earmarks, consolidated programs, established performance measures

Question 16

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (2015)

Answer 16

(FAST) continues MAP-21 programs, established National Freight Program, accelerates project delivery