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TEA-21’s Impact: Performance of State Highway Systems 1984-2003

posted on in Economic Growth & Development, Transportation

TEA-211, the federal US transportation program passed in 1998, resulted in a substantial improvement in overall road performance but at considerable cost, according to the 14th annual review of state highways by Professor David T. Hartgen, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Prof. Hartgen is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1973 for Transportation Planning. He is author of over 300 publications in transportation planning and policy, and is the… ...

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