TITLE: Relieving Highway Congestion Through Capacity Enhancements and Increased Efficiency

CIS-NO: 2003-H751-22  
SOURCE: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: May 21, 2002  
LENGTH: v+190 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1024-A-01; 1024-B-01  
SUDOC: Y4.T68/2:107-82  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29385-0.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-82. Hearing before the Subcom on Highways and Transportation to examine issues related to and options for alleviating transit system congestion, including proposals for roadway capacity enhancements and transit system management improvements, in light of Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) reauthorization.
 
Supplementary material (p. 62-190) includes witnesses' written statements and submitted statements.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Hwy and transit system improvement needs

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

03-H751-22 TESTIMONY NO: 1     May 21, 2002 p. 7-29, 135-146
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   PETERS, MARY E. (Administrator, FHWA)
 
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
   Examination of FHWA efforts to enhance transit system capacity and efficiency, in light of traffic congestion problems.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Hwy and transit system improvement needs
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
 
 
03-H751-22 TESTIMONY NO: 2     May 21, 2002 p. 30-40, 123-130
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   NJORD, JOHN R. (Executive Director, Utah Department of Transportation; representing American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials)
   RUDDELL, RICHARD L. (General Manager, Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority; representing American Public Transportation Association)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Views on and recommendations for TEA-21 reauthorization, focusing on factors contributing to and strategies to relieve traffic congestion.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Hwy and transit system improvement needs
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS; AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION
 
 
03-H751-22 TESTIMONY NO: 3     May 21, 2002 p. 41-78, 90-117, 147-165, 172-178
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   GLASGOW, L. A. (Treasurer, Glasgow, Inc.; representing Associated General Contractors)
   TOOHEY, MICHAEL J. (Chairman, American Highway Users Alliance)
   CARD, MICHAEL S. (President, Combined Transport, Inc.; representing American Trucking Associations)
   ORSKI, C. KENNETH (Editor/Publisher, Innovation Briefs)
   BAIR, BRENT (Managing Director, Road Commission, Oakland Co.; representing Intelligent Transportation Society)
   MCCORMICK, GENE (Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.; representing American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA))
   REPLOGLE, MICHAEL A. (Transportation Director, Environmental Defense)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Views on capacity enhancements and efficiency improvements needed to alleviate traffic congestion; overview of transit system congestion problems, with recommendations to enhance transit system capacity and management practices; elaboration on factors contributing to transit system congestion problems.
   Explanation of technological innovations designed to address transit congestion problems; need to promote non-driving commuting options; issues related to Federal funding priorities for transit system enhancement programs, in context of TEA-21 reauthorization.
 
INSERTION:
   -- ARTBA, "Blueprint for 2003 Reauthorization of the Federal-Aid Highway and Mass Transit Programs" with graphs (p. 102-117).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Hwy and transit system improvement needs
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS; AMERICAN HIGHWAY USERS ALLIANCE; AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS; INNOVATION BRIEFS; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SOCIETY; AMERICAN ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE; AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COMMUTING; STATISTICAL DATA: COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS

LOAD-DATE: June 5, 2003