Throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe, the development of public-private partnership organisations has promoted enhanced private-sector involvement in transportation programs. Groups called Transportation Management Associations (TMAs) are involved in transportation issues in many different ways. TMAs emerged in the US in the early 1980s as public-private partnership organisations established to design and implement collaborative transportation management strategies addressing traffic congestion, mobility, and/or air quality problems in specific geographic areas. Today, approximately 150 TMAs are in operation, primarily in the US and Canada. Recently, start-up TMAs are also in the development stages in Great Britain (Dyce Area, Scotland) and New Zealand (North Harbour Industrial Area, North Shore City). This paper is intended to provide basic background information on the TMA experience in North America, and to present the lessons learned on TMA strengths and weaknesses from the author’s experience working with TMAs in a wide array of settings throughout North America. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E214666.
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