| The Issue:
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1999 (ISTEA) established progressive programs that
provided communities with more transportation choices such
as transit, pedestrian and bicycle facilities. The six year
ISTEA bill expired in 1997 and was reauthorized.
SAFETEA-LU
In 2005, Congress passed and the President
signed the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). SAFETEA-LU establishes
federal transportation policy and funding for the next five
years. It continues programs, including transportation enhancements
and recreation trails, and creates new ones, such as Safe
Routes to Schools, that are especially relevant to landscape
architects. The American Society of Landscape Architects will
be monitoring implementation of the law and working to ensure
that our transportation system becomes more sustainable, safe,
and diverse. Learn more>
ASLA Policies:
Legislation:
The new federal transportation law—SAFETEA-LU—continues
programs and creates new ones that are especially relevant
to landscape architects. ASLA staff have summarized key provisions
in the following document.
Download the summary (pdf format).
Please keep the following in mind when using
it:
Staff have summarized provisions that are
often lengthy and technical. In some cases, specific provisions
or key sentences in the law are included verbatim and found
in quotation marks. Consult the law itself, your State DoT
or the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for clarification
or more specific and detailed information about any provision.
The complete text of SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59) is available
at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/publaw/109publ.html.
The summary includes specific references
to existing law contained in the United States Code (for
example 23 USC 206). The U.S. Code is available at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/uscode/.
With respect to citations, the first number identifies the
title, "USC" is an abbreviation of United States
Code, and the final number refers to the section. The citation
above is for Title 23, section 206.
The summary also includes references to
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (for example 23 CFR
771). The CFR contains detailed regulations issued by federal
departments and agencies. Those regulations are available
at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/.
These citations follow the same convention as the U.S. Code—the
first number is the title and the second is the section.
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