Institutional Issues Associated With Metropolitan Transportation
Survey consists of 41 responses from transportation professionals at MPOs, cities, and transit agencies concerning institutional issues associated with metropolitan transportation. Topics/questions include:
- How has the number of public agencies involved in transportation in your metropolitan area changed over the past 20 years?
- What is your opinion about the number of public agencies involved in transportation in your metropolitan area?
- Please indicate the number and types of public agencies involved in transportation in your metropolitan area.
- Please provide your opinion about the following statement: “Mode-specific transportation agencies in metropolitan areas (e.g. transit agencies limited to mostly transit and state DOTs limited to mostly highways) result in funding by mode rather than funding by identified greatest needs.”
- Please provide your opinion about the following statement: “Planning and operating transportation systems in metropolitan areas is complicated by multiple governments and separate agencies to operate each transportation mode.”
- Please provide your opinion about the following statement: “It is difficult for multiple governments and agencies with overlapping and sometimes conflicting authorities to solve regional transportation problems that transcend jurisdictional boundaries.”
- How do you view the amount of coordination regarding cross-jurisdictional transportation issues and projects that are taking place currently (through your MPO or other means) in your metropolitan area?
- Please indicate which type of metropolitan-wide/regional transportation projects have been implemented by your MPO over the past five years.
- Do you believe that your metropolitan area would benefit from a regional/metropolitan transportation agency with taxing/executive authority to provide coordination between different jurisdictions and modes, allowing one organization to plan and provide services for all forms of transportation in the metropolitan area?
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