Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962

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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962 is a U.S. law that required comprehensive urban transportation planning as a condition for federal highway funding, shaping modern metropolitan transportation policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
transportation law
aimedAt coordinated regional transportation systems
integrating highways with urban development
appliesTo urbanized areas
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
basedOn federal interest in coordinated urban development
conditionFor federal highway funding
country United States of America
surface form: United States
enforcedBy Bureau of Public Roads NERFINISHED
United States Department of Commerce NERFINISHED
field highway policy
transportation planning
urban planning
hasEffectOn distribution of federal highway grants
planning practices in metropolitan regions
historicalSignificance early federal mandate for urban transportation planning
implementedThrough federal-aid highway program
influenced creation of metropolitan planning organizations
metropolitan transportation policy in the United States
introducedConcept continuing, comprehensive, and cooperative transportation planning
languageOfWork English
legalForm public law
legalStatus in force (as amended)
legislativeBody United States Congress
objective better coordination of land use and transportation
efficient allocation of federal highway funds
partOf Federal-Aid Highway Acts NERFINISHED
policyArea highway funding
metropolitan transportation planning
presidentAtEnactment John F. Kennedy NERFINISHED
regulates planning requirements for federally funded highways
relatedTo Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 NERFINISHED
Highway Trust Fund NERFINISHED
requires comprehensive urban transportation planning
sector surface transportation
signedBy John F. Kennedy NERFINISHED
timePeriod 20th-century United States transportation policy
topic metropolitan planning
urban transportation
yearEnacted 1962

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Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 relatedTo Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962