State and Local Government Officials' Perspectives on Intergovernmental Relationships in Surface Transportation Policy: 1987 and 2001

This article reports results of nationwide surveys of state and local government officials conducted in 2000/2001 concerning their perspectives on intergovernmental relationships in surface transportation. It then compares the survey results with the results from a 1987 survey on the same topic that was conducted by the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Although there was some variation among the categories of state and local government officials surveyed, overall, both state and local government officials report that they are relatively satisfied with intergovernmental relationships in surface transportation and that those relationships have generally improved since 1987.