摘要: |
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is conducting the most extensive outreach in its 103-year history. In all, some 80,000 km will be covered, and hundreds of meetings will be held with thousands of people who use, construct, maintain, and manage the nation's transportation system. The "road tours" began in early 1994, when FHWA chief Rodney E. Slater, inspired by the then proposed National Highway System (NHS), set out to tell the country that highways and roads were about more than concrete, asphalt, and steel; they are about people and the quality of the lives they lead. Administrator Slater and his team have responded to the needs they have heard expressed and observed during these tours with changed procedures and regulations, as well as innovative financial procedures that have helped advance stalled projects throughout the country. The road tours will continue through 1996 as a means of focusing on implementation of the NHS and identifying best practices as reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) approaches. |