MOVING AMERICA: New Directions, New Opportunities- A Statement of National Transportation Policy

Date: 
03/1990

US Department of Transportation report released in a White House press conference with President Bush and DOT Secretary  Skinner on March 8, 1990.

All Step 2

Report details an address given by President Bush and Secretary Skinner of the DOT on changes to be made to further national tranportation policy .

 

pp. 3-11 Step 3

"Policy Summary"- deals with ways in which the US must act in order to maintain its place at the vanguard of transportation efficiency and technology (especially subpoints 2 & 3).

 

pp. 14-15 Step 7

"Innovations in Management and Financing" and "A Vigorous Private Sector"- call for integration of state, local, and private sector funds to bolster transportation costs.

 

pp. 19-20 Step 7

"Provide Adequate Financing for Transportation"

 

pp. 20-22 Step 3

"Improve Competitiveness and Efficiency in Our Transportation Industries"

 

pp. 27 Step 8

"The Public Private Partnership in Transportation"

 

pp. 49-51 Overall

"Federal Railoroad Reform," "Standardization of Container Sizes and Handling Processes"- includes federal policy in place at the time of publication

 

pp. 68-73 Step 4, subpoints dealing with 'the environment' and 'community'

"Protect the Environment and the Quality of Life"- deals with federal transportation policy as it relates to environmental quality, response to the threat of oil spills, conservation fo energy resources, issues of access and mobility, and the quality of travel in the country.

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