Enhanced Planning Review of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area

FTA and FHWA have initiated a series of joint Enhanced Planning Reviews (EPRs) to assess the impact of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) on the planning processes conducted by the transportation agencies serving metropolitan areas. The EPRs are also intended to determine the effects of planning on metropolitan investment processes. The EPR for the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area included a federal site visit on 12-16 June 1995. At the conclusion of the visit, the federal team presented preliminary observations and recommendations to the local agencies taking part in the review. This Final Report describes the EPR in detail, and it provides the summary conclusions as well as a complete set of the observations and recommendations.\n