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America is a consumption addicted commuter nation, but our once beloved transportation infrastructure is suffering from years of neglect jeopardizing this way of life. Public administration seems to have all but abandoned the subject and, thus, transportation policies and the implementation of those policies are seriously flawed. This article explores the progression of transportation policy in the United States as it relates to our federal system of governance. The focus is on the nexus of control and how this control could be shifted locally due to freight planning requirements of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act. It also discusses the expanded role in freight planning for localities and the private sector outlined in the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014. It emphasizes the growing significance of public administrators in implementing complex, multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional policy and calls on them to embrace this expanded role.

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legislation policy regulatory issues management practices infrastructure development and land-use planning economy

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Ending Transportation Neglect in America

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