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Traffic Management: Federal Policies to Encourage Low-Cost Approaches Need to Be Strengthened: Pemd-91-26br

Traffic Management: Federal Policies to Encourage Low-Cost Approaches Need to Be Strengthened: Pemd-91-26br

U. S. Government Accountability Office (G

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 1289045038
ISBN13: 9781289045036
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: Jun 27 2013
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.10 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated federal efforts to encourage better management of the nation's highways through the use of low-cost transportation systems management (TSM) techniques, focusing on: (1) federal-aid funding incentives; (2) transportation planning requirements; and (3) technical assistance for innovative TSM practices.
GAO found that: (1) TSM encompasses low-cost techniques for improving the efficiency of surface transportation, including supply management techniques, which include traffic signal coordination and ramp metering, and transportation demand management techniques, which include carpooling and vanpooling; (2) federal efforts to achieve widespread TSM usage have not been fully successful; (3) over the last decade, the actual total expenditures for TSM with federal aid has remained small relative to total allocations; (4) although the federal government has sought to promote better supply and demand management by including certain TSM projects under an incentive provision that included other operational improvements, the provision has not significantly influenced the amount of TSM implemented; (5) transportation planning requirements alone appear to be insufficient to guarantee that TSM and transportation demand management are implemented, due to local reluctance to fully embrace transportation demand management and an uncertain connection between transportation planning and any consequent project funding; (6) federal policy could further support innovative strategies to better manage traffic demand through ongoing technical assistance; and (7) due to 1990 Clean Air Act requirements, the need for technical assistance could increase greatly.

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