Financing Surface Transportation in the United States: Forging a Sustainable Future—Now! (2012) / Chapter Skim
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51 PLENARY SESSION 6 Emerging Issues Steve Van Beek, Eno Transportation Foundation (Moderator) Craig Lentzsch, National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission Anne Canby, Surface Transportation Policy Project The session synthesized the findings from preced-ing sessions in the conference, with forward-looking perspectives provided by a panel of leading policy practitioners.
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We have walled off trust funds and relied on a supply center system that is imploding. Since the passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act in 1991, we have tried to think multimodally, and today our modal and intermodal systems face the challenge of climate change.
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Ms. Canby urged us to think more about managing demand and to consider how to pay for operations and maintenance costs once the infrastructure is built.
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