Visioning Transportation’s Future: SAFETEA-LU Reauthorization and Beyond

Interest in improving national transportation policy could not come at a better time. The United States is currently undergoing a transformation of dramatic scale and complexity comparable to what it experienced at the beginning of the last century—another period characterized by the radical reshaping of the American landscape. As such, the ability of our nation (or any advanced nation) to grow and prosper and meet the great environmental and social challenges of our time rests largely on the health and vitality of its major cities and metropolitan areas. Unfortunately, our nation's transportation policy does not do this and on net actually undermines these vital places.