Urbanization and Transport Sustainability Select U.S. Initiatives

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Urbanization and Transport Sustainability- Select
U.S. Initiatives
World Road Association Council Presentation
Jeffrey F. Paniati Federal Highway
Administration Executive Director
Alan Biehler President American Association
State Highway Transportation Officials, Secretar
y Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
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Urbanization and Transport Sustainability U.S.
Initiatives

• Transport Sustainability
• Smart Transportation Design
• National Strategy to Reduce Congestion
• Recycled Materials in Highway Construction

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Realities Facing Us Today
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Urbanization and Transport Sustainability U.S.
Initiatives
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Urbanization and Transport Sustainability U.S.
Initiatives

• Fundamentally, smart transportation is about
  linking land use transportation
  decisions/investments.

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Design that supports Community Vision
SR 179 Sedona, Arizona
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Riverfront Parkway 2000 Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Riverfront Parkway Vision Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Riverfront Parkway 2005 Chattanooga, Tennessee
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National Strategy to Reduce Congestion
Congestion is not a fact of life. We need a new
approach and we need it now. Secretary Norman
Mineta National Press Club May 2006

• Relieve urban congestion.
• Unleash private sector investment resources.
• Promote operational and technological
  improvements.

I am committedto do everything we can to ensure
that our skies, highways, ports, and rails are
free from traffic congestion. Secretary Mary
Peters Swearing-in Ceremony October 2006
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Congestion Pricing Bringing Supply and Demand
into Alignment

• Failure to properly price travel on highways is a
  root cause of congestion.
• Allocating transportation services via pricing is
  more efficient than allocating by delay and it
  reduces congestion.
• Pricing can supply revenues that further
  contribute to reducing congestion providing a
  revenue stream supporting Public Private
  Partnerships (PPPs).

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Relieve Urban Congestion Urban Partners
Seattle
Minneapolis -St. Paul
New York City
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Note NYC was unable to secure tolling
authority and is no longer an Urban Partner.
Miami
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Recycled/Re-Use Materials In Highway Construction

• The U.S. needs to reconstruct much of the
  infrastructure built in the 50s and 60s
• Virgin materials
• are being depleted
• The cost of virgin
• materials is increasing

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FHWA Policy On Recycling and Re-Use Of
Industrial Byproducts

• Recycled materials should get first consideration
• Consider use of recycled materials early in the
  planning/design process
• Economic benefits should be considered in the
  material selection process
• Restricting the use of materials should be
  technically based
• Material should not adversely impact the
  environment and should perform as intended

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States Using Various Recycled Materials in
Pavements
States
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Additional Information

• www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/recycling
• www.rmrc.unh.edu
• www.greenhighways.org
• http//www.tfhrc.gov/hnr20/recycle/waste/index.htm