[...]... governance institutions and transportation modes and organizations in pursuit of the goal The Big Questions of Transportation Policy and Administration 7 of security while retaining the eficiency, accountability, and adaptability we value in transportation systems The Handbook has been undertaken with the belief that there is a new profession of transportation policy and management that is emerging—or perhaps... historic and cultural preservation, rational land use, energy independence, environmental quality, even aesthetics 3 4 Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration • Globalization of the world economy has led to major changes in goods movement and global commerce, but also has increased the risks of terrorist attacks and other threats to transportation systems worldwide Transportation facilities and. .. holds the key to understanding transportation issues The reader is provided a broad range of insights, beginning with overviews of many of the major transportation modes and moving through discussions of transportation policy and transportation management to the inal section on transportation security Authors include practitioners, current and former, as well as scholars and policy analysts The focus... article of faith the need to transcend modal thinking, disciplinary boundaries, the artiicial barriers of public and private sector, policy and administration, strategy and implementation It sees transportation as a subject of great importance in and of itself, and even more so as a contributor to the fundamental needs of society: as an agent of economic prosperity, of individual mobility, of global... of Economics and Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore Jeremy F Plant professor of public administration and public policy, the Pennsylvania State University–Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania Theodore H Poister professor, fepartment of public administration and urban studies, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia Willard Price professor... thesis or vision of transportation, but rather to contribute their best thinking on major aspects of transportation policy and administration The Handbook takes no stand on the contentious issues that often arise in discussions of transportation: which mode of transport should be preferred, should the public or private sector take the lead in making fundamental decisions or running transportation operations,...Contributors John A Anderson Ph.D., associate professor, and director of administration and leadership studies research, department of sociology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Dixon University Center, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Simon P Anderson commonwealth professor, department of economics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Michael T Behney instructor of public affairs, School of Public... the passage of the landmark Intermodal Surface Transportation Eficiency Act (know by its acronym, ISTEA) a short time earlier STPA is an organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge and practice of transportation policy and administration and bringing transportation- related issues to the attention of public administrators and scholars whose primary focus in on general policy and management questions... thought and discussion In such a loosely coupled ield as transportation policy, it may be a good The Big Questions of Transportation Policy and Administration 5 way to bring experts from a wide variety of backgrounds together to think holistically about transportation matters I offer the following “big questions” as among the most fundamental and signiicant: • How can transportation systems of different... market-based and rational-actor alternatives The past is still relevant to understanding the present, even when change has apparently washed away the structures and organizations that failed the test of time 6 Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration The four big questions—how to integrate modes, how and by whom important transportation decisions are made, how best to manage transportation . Gargan 76. Handbook of Global Legal Policy, edited by Stuart S. Nagel 78. Handbook of Global Economic Policy, edited by Stuart S. Nagel 79 . Handbook of Strategic. Golembiewski 82. Handbook of Global Political Policy, edited by Stuart S. Nagel 83. Handbook of Global Technology Policy, edited by Stuart S. Nagel 84. Handbook of