Federal Transportation Laws and Policies

The Transportation Equity Act for the 21^st Century-- TEA-21

The National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)

Civil Rights Act of 1964 42 USC 2000(d) - 2000(d)1

The Americans with Disabilities Act

The Federal Highway Administration’s Environmental Guidebooks, Volumes I - II

• Volume I, Chapter 1: Air Quality
• Volume II, Chapter 6: The Cumulative and Secondary Impacts of Transportation Projects
• Volume II, Chapter 13: Public Involvement
• Volume II, Chapter 16: Environmental Justice

Trends, statistics, and data bases

Surface Transportation Policy Project

National Transit Database 1995 (Most current edition available)

Public Transit in America: Findings from the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS)

U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract of the US: 1999, Chapter 21: Transportation

Trends in Single Occupant Vehicles and Vehicle Miles of Travel Growth in the US: Final Report (1998)