TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, AND FINANCE: PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, JULY 19-22, 1992. INTRODUCTION

The Transportation Research Board, in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, and the Washington State Department of Transportation, held a conference in Seattle whose primary purpose was to examine the major characteristics of multimodal planning and programming. This conference introduction discusses the conference purpose, organization, participants, and objectives which were as follows: (1) review the emerging issues affecting planning and programming decisions, e.g., accommodating environmental criteria and implications of the recent clear air and wetlands requirements; (2) assess current and new approaches to programming and planning including institutional and technical aspects; (3) determine the steps required to address emerging issues; and (4) develop a research agenda.