THE ROLE OF HIGHWAYS IN FUTURE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

A new and unique requirement was established by the 1963 Federal Aid Highway Act: all federally aided highway projects in metropolitan areas of more than 50,000 population must be developed in accordance with comprehensive area wide transportation planning processes assuring that the needs of other transportation modes are fully considered. The article recognizes the dominance of the highway transportation which is supported by the data that show that in intercity travel last year, 80% of all the miles of travel were made on a highway. The ways of shifting some parts of the transportation load to other modes are explored.