TITLE: Transportation Solutions in a Community Context: The Need for Better Transportation Systems for Everyone

CIS-NO: 2003-H751-30  
SOURCE: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: July 25, 2002  
LENGTH: v+141 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1024-A-01; 1024-B-01  
SUDOC: Y4.T68/2:107-92  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29782-1.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-92. Hearing before the Subcom on Highways and Transportation to examine community-based transportation issues related to reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), which extended and revised Federal aid programs for State and local transportation projects.
 
Supplementary material (p. 33-141) includes witnesses' written statements and submitted statements.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Fed community transportation programs, extension and revision

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

03-H751-30 TESTIMONY NO: 1     July 25, 2002 p. 3-21, 50-84, 104-113
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   O'GARA, MARY J. (Board Member, AARP)
   HELFER, BRYNA (Director, Easter Seals Project ACTION)
   FELL, JAMES C. (Director, Traffic Safety and Enforcement Programs, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation; representing National Research Council)
   KILLINGSWORTH, RICHARD E. (Director, Active Living by Design National Program Office, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina)
   SHAFFER, JOHN (Director, Marketing and Sales, Luray Caverns; representing Travel Industry Association)
   GRIMSHAW, JACKY (Chair, Steering Committee, Surface Transportation Policy Project)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Examination of transportation issues affecting the elderly and people with disabilities, with recommendations for TEA-21 reauthorization; findings of study analyzing risks to children associated with various modes of school transportation, including school buses; recommendations for policies to mitigate risks associated with school travel.
   Explanation of transportation system development issues relevant to tourism industry.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fed community transportation programs, revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AARP; AGED AND AGING; EASTER SEALS PROJECT ACTION; HANDICAPPED; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; SCHOOL BUSES; STUDENTS; SURFACE TRANSPORTATION POLICY PROJECT; TOURIST TRADE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY; TRAVEL; TRAVEL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
 
 
03-H751-30 TESTIMONY NO: 2     July 25, 2002 p. 22-46, 85-103, 121-138
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   MARGOLIN, ELISSA (Executive Director, League of American Bicyclists)
   MAGUIRE, MEG (President, Scenic America)
   LAUGHLIN, KEITH (President, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy)
   CRANDALL, DERRICK A. (President, American Recreation Coalition; also representing Coalition for Recreational Trails)
   MORELAND, EDWARD W. (Vice President, Government Relations, American Motorcyclist Association)
   WYLD, THOMAS C. (Vice President, Government Relations, Motorcycle Riders Foundation)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Examination of community transportation issues relevant to TEA-21 reauthorization; support for role of bicycling in efforts to address community transportation problems, with recommendations to accommodate and promote bicycling; views on priorities for TEA-21 reauthorization, including need to maintain funding for national scenic byways program.
   Support for recreation trails program, including recommendations to expand and extend program with TEA-21 reauthorization; perspectives on TEA-21 reauthorization issues affecting motorcyclists.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fed community transportation programs, revision
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN RECREATION COALITION; BICYCLES; COALITION FOR RECREATIONAL TRAILS; LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS; MOTORCYCLE RIDERS FOUNDATION; MOTORCYCLES; OUTDOOR RECREATION; RAILS-TO-TRAILS CONSERVANCY; SCENIC AMERICA

LOAD-DATE: July 30, 2003