TITLE: How Transit Serves and Benefits U.S. Communities

CIS-NO: 2003-H751-18  
SOURCE: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Apr. 17, 2002  
LENGTH: v+111 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1024-A-01; 1024-B-01  
SUDOC: Y4.T68/2:107-75  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29274-8.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-75. Hearing before the Subcom on Highways and Transportation to examine issues related to and options for alleviating transit system congestion, in light of Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) reauthorization.
 
Supplementary material (p. 41-111) includes witnesses' written statements.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Hwy and transit system improvement needs

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION. HOUSE;  FEDERAL AID TO STATES-TRANSPORTATION; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-TRANSPORTATION; HIGHWAYS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION REGULATION; TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

03-H751-18 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Apr. 17, 2002 p. 3-27, 42-61
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   DORN, JENNIFER L. (Federal Transit Administrator, DOT)
   HECKER, JAYETTA Z. (Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Benefits of public transportation, including relief of traffic congestion; review of DOT difficulties in TEA-21 implementation; recommendations for TEA-21 reauthorization; challenges faced by DOT in implementation of low-income commuter grant program.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Hwy and transit system improvement needs
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; POVERTY; COMMUTING; FEDERAL AID TO TRANSPORTATION
 
 
03-H751-18 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Apr. 17, 2002 p. 27-40, 63-82, 85-90, 95-102
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   MILLAR, WILLIAM (President, American Public Transportation Association)
   MARSICO, DALE J. (President, Community Transportation Association)
   ROPER, JERRY (President and CEO, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce; representing National Business Coalition for Rapid Transit)
   PARKER, JEFFREY A. (President, Jeffrey A. Parker & Associates, Inc)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Effects of TEA-21 transportation programs on public transportation systems in various cities; recommendations for TEA-21 reauthorization; benefits of public transportation, including traffic congestion relief.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Hwy and transit system improvement needs
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION; COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION; NATIONAL BUSINESS COALITION FOR RAPID TRANSIT

LOAD-DATE: June 5, 2003