Local governments were encouraged by the Interstate Highway program to construct new highways through developed neighborhoods. The availability of 100 percent federal-state aid considered local political systems in favor of letting it be done. A change is advocated in national policy to offer much wider scope for the in a use of side-payments and for the expression of local values in transportation planning. The following steps are discussed that merit consideration to; 1) Adapt federal urban transportation policy to the varying priorities of the nation's diverse urban areas and socioeconomic groups, and 2) maximize political support for urban transportation investment by: 1) Improving the balance 2) increasing flexibility 3) street use pricing 4) team planning.
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