I INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS

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IINSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS

• Legislative Priorities
• 2003 Surface Transportation Reauthorization

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Introduction

• The Institute of Transportation Engineers
  (ITE) supports a national transportation policy
  that includes long-range goals and clear
  attainable objectives. In order to ensure the
  safety, reliability and security of our
  transportation system, ITE recommends a 10-point
  program for the reauthorized surface
  transportation program.

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Providing a Safe, Reliable and Secure
Transportation System

• Ten - Point Program
• 1. Increase Funding
• 2. Project Streamlining
• 3. Infostructure Development
• 4. Regional Incident Management Programs
• 5. Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Improvement
  (CMAQ) Program

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Providing a Safe, Reliable and Secure
Transportation System

• Ten - Point Program (cont.)
• 6. National Highway System (NHS) Safety Audit
• 7. Performance Reporting
• 8. National Traffic Signal Timing
• 9. Workforce Development
• 10. Research

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SAFETY

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  6,394,000 police-reported accidents occurred in
  2000 2.8 million were intersection-related.
• ITE recommends a balanced approach for improving
  intersection safety through good road design,
  traffic engineering, safety improvement projects
  and data collection/analysis.

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SAFETY

• Support a 20 percent reduction in fatal crashes.
• Mandate and fund a safety audit of the entire
  NHS
• Encourage professional transportation engineering
  leadership and practice
• Invest in safety-improvement projects throughout
  transportation system
• Direct NHTSA and FWHA to develop crash record
  systems and
• Urge transportation agencies to actively use
  traffic engineering practices and ITS
  technologies.

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RELIABILITY

• Reliability requires the efficient and ongoing
  management of both the capacity and operation of
  the transportation system.

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RELIABILITY

• ITE supports the following initiatives for
  improving reliability of the transportation
  system
• Infostructure Development
• Performance Reporting
• Workforce Development
• Contingency Planning
• Project Definitions
• National Traffic Signal Timing
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

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SECURITY

• Significant element of securing the system is
  safeguarding the fluid movement of persons,
  services and goods. This mobility is the
  embodiment of our personal freedom and the
  foundation of our economic system.

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SECURITY

• ITE recommendations
• Provide funds for regional transportation
  security, recovery and incident management
  programs.
• Ensure new control, information and surveillance
  systems are consistent with ITS architecture.
• Urge development of infostructure.
• Require development and implementation of
  emergency preparedness and incident management
  programs.

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Continue the ISTEA and the TEA-21 Success Stories

• Maintain funding firewalls.
• Provide greater decision-making for local and
  regional governments.
• Promote level playing field between different
  modes.

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Continue the ISTEA and the TEA-21 Success Stories

• Simplify and reduce the number of Federal
  spending categories and provide greater
  flexibility for using funds to address the most
  pressing needs in an area.
• Improve transportation-related data collection.
• Emphasize safety and rebuilding infrastructure
  while working to protect the environment.

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Providing Adequate and Predictable Funding
Programs

• ITE proposes the following initiatives
• Use available Highway Trust Fund balances and
  support innovative financing mechanisms to
  increase surface transportation funding.
• Initiate study to review funding mechanisms for
  Highway Trust Fund.
• Provide increased funding and feasibility for
  CMAQ program.

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Providing Adequate and Predictable Funding
Programs

• Expand funding flexibility for operations.
• Advance environmental streamlining.

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Providing an Adequate Educated Workforce

• ITE supports increased funding for programs that
  would expand transportation personnel overall and
  increase gender and ethnic diversity within the
  current future transportation workforce.

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Building for the Future Through Research

• Increase funding for F-SHRP TCRP.
• Initiate study through NAS to identify best
  practices of incorporating operations and safety
  into the planning process.
• Continue to fund the ITS and research and
  deployment program.
• Support findings of Transportation Research
  Boards Special Report 261, The Federal Role in
  Highway Research and Technology.

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CONCLUSION

• ITE supports policies that collectively
  contribute toward maximizing the overall safety,
  reliability and security of persons, services and
  goods on our transportation system.

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I More Information

• To request ITEs
• TEA-21 Reauthorization Proposal,
• contact the
• Government Affairs,
• Council Chapter Services Division at
• ITE Headquarters
• 1099 14th Street NW, Suite 300 West
• Washington, DC 20005-3438 USA
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone]