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The Right Structure for the Right Incentives: Multimodal Transportation in America�s Growing Megaregions

项目名称：	The Right Structure for the Right Incentives: Multimodal Transportation in America�s Growing Megaregions
摘要：	Most models suggest that American megaregions occupy less than a quarter of its land area, but account for over two thirds of the population and seventy-five percent of the national gross domestic product. In addition, projections show that future population increases and economic growth will be focused within these regions. Current transportation policy remains focused on road building, which harkens back to a decentralized rural America, which no longer reflects developing transportation realities. To account for increasingly dense population within urbanized areas, more frequent intercity travel along megaregion corridors, and disparities in transportation access, state and federal transportation policy and funding criteria should be adapted to encourage innovative, multimodal solutions. To address these issues, this project will conduct a multidisciplinary analysis of transportation policies in the United States and abroad. The project will combine economic, historical, and legal analysis to generate a model of transportation policy which allows different modes of transportation to compete on an even playing field. In doing so, the project seeks to reduce inefficiencies created by policies which favor one mode of transportation over another through an imbalance of subsidies, taxation, or regulation and instead promote flexibility in addressing megaregion transportation issues.
状态：	Completed
资金：	38304
资助组织：	University Transportation Centers Program
管理组织：	University Transportation Centers Program
项目负责人：	Stearns, Amy
执行机构：	Cooperative Mobility for Competitive Megaregions (CM2)
主要研究人员：	Loftus-Otway, Lisa
开始时间：	20170901
预计完成日期：	20180531
实际结束时间：	20180531