Tiêu chuẩn quốc tế

• Số hiệu / Standard Number: AASHTO UGCR:2010
• Năm ban hành / Publication date: 2010
• Tình trạng / Status: W - Hết hiệu lực
• Tên tiếng Anh / Title in English: Unlocking Gridlock
• Số trang / Page: 47

Phạm vi áp dụng / Scope of standard

Foreword: In Utah-when the new
14-mile Legacy Parkway north of Salt Lake City opened in late 2008,
motorists saw their commute drop from an average of 44 minutes to
14 minutes.

In Maryland and
Virginia-expansion of the Woodrow Wilson
Bridge from 6 to 12 lanes to relieve a major Interstate system
bottleneck is saving drivers and truckers 40 minutes a
day.

Expanding the ability of the transportation system to meet the
needs of the traveling public is critical to the health of our
economy and the quality of life of our citizens. Meeting future
needs will require a balanced approach, which preserves what has
been built to date, improves system performance, and adds
substantial capacity in highways, transit, freight rail and
intercity passenger rail. Some advocacy groups, however, want to
take the country down a different path. They want to limit new
highway capacity, and shift resources away from highways to transit
and intercity passenger rail. And they want to see this approach
imposed on states from the national level.