Full Title: Performance Driven: A New Vision for U.S. Transportation Policy
Author(s): D. Archer (C0-Chair), S. Boehlert(C0-Chair), S. Gorton(C0-Chair), M. Sabo(C0-Chair), et al.
Publisher(s): Bipartisan Policy Center
Publication Date: June 1, 2009
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Description (excerpt):
National transportation policy has lost direction and a clear sense of purpose, threatening substantial costs to our collective prosperity, security, environment, and quality of life. We are recommending bold and comprehensive reform founded on a relatively simple proposition: U.S. transportation policy needs to be more performance-driven, more directly linked to a set of clearly articulated goals, and more accountable for results.
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Two central questions have motivated and guided NTPP’s analytical work and deliberations over the nearly two years since the Project was launched:
- Why and for what purposes should the federal government invest in transportation?
- How can the federal government ensure that any greater investment be wiser investment that effectively advances national purposes?