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原文传递 Guidebook for Identifying, Measuring, and Mitigating Environmental Justice Impacts of Toll Roads.

题名：	Guidebook for Identifying, Measuring, and Mitigating Environmental Justice Impacts of Toll Roads.
作者：	prozzi, j. victoria, i. torres, g. walton, c. m. prozzi, j.
关键词：	highway construction, financing, modernization, highway maintenance, evaluation, mobility, accessibility, travel time, texas
摘要：	Highway funding constraints in recent years have resulted in the financing of new roads and the modernization of existing roads through investments that will be recovered by toll charges. In Texas, toll equity and Regional Mobility Authorities (RMAs) are voter-approved financial tools to leverage limited state transportation funds. Potential benefits for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) include savings as RMAs take responsibility for developing infrastructure projects, reduced maintenance expenditures associated with reduced traffic on department facilities, and additional revenue sources (TxDOT, Regional Mobility Authorities: Proposed Preamble). On December 16, 2003, the Texas Transportation Commission thus unanimously approved a policy that directed the TxDOT, RMAs, private developers, counties, and regional toll authorities to evaluate the feasibility of tolling all controlled-access mobility projects in any phase of development or construction (TxDOT, 2004). This directive applied to the following: new facilities, increased capacity (for example, adding frontage roads to existing main lanes), the conversion of existing non-toll roads to toll roads, and the conversion of planned non-toll roads to toll roads. This action fulfills the requirements of Texas House Bill 3588 passed during the 78th Legislature in May of 2003 (Krusee, 2003), but it has also raised some questions about environmental justice (EJ) and how that relates to tolling. Toll roads aiming at ensuring mobility, accessibility, and increased travel times may have unintended consequences. / Supplementary Notes: See also PB2008-105108. Sponsored by Texas Dept. of Transportation, Austin. Research and Technology Implementation Office. and Federal Highway Administration, Austin, TX. Texas Div. / Availability Note: Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, 22161, USA.
总页数：	u0809；58p
报告类型：	科技报告