Measuring the Achievement of National Urban Transportation Goals and Objectives: The Role of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, November 1978

(1978) Measuring the Achievement of National Urban Transportation Goals and Objectives: The Role of Metropolitan Planning Organizations, November 1978. University of Iowa

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Abstract

The federal government becomes more involved in financing transportation at the state and local governmental levels, both the legislative and executive branches need feedback as to the effectiveness of federal assistance. This is increasingly a concern as the financial assistance now encompasses local transit operating assistance and street and highway maintenance, areas previously a state and local responsibility. As long as the federal government confined its role to grants-in-aid for capital expenditures, the U.S. Department of Transportation could count the number of buses purchased or miles of roadway constructed with federal assistance and report progress to the U.S. Congress.