Surface transportation : research funding, federal role, and emerging issues

00727354https://doi.org/10.21949/14045531996PDFResearch PaperGAO/RCED-96-233;HS-042 409Ground transportationPublic transitHighway transportationResearchGovernment fundingPublic private partnershipsHighway researchResearch fundingSurface transportationTransit researchTransportation researchUnited StatesUnited States. General Accounting OfficeUnited States. Government Accountability OfficeNTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-RAIL TRANSPORTATIONNTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONNTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATIONNTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSNTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-FundingNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-SurveysUS Transportation CollectionReport provides information on the public and private funding for surfacetransportation research, the transportation community's views on the federalrole for such research and the Department of Transportation's ability to fulfillthat role, and the issues that the transportation community believes theCongress and the Department of Transportation should consider during thereauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.84