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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE (110–3) HEARING BEFORETHE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT OFTHE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JANUARY 24, 2007 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 34–775 PDF WASHINGTON : 2007 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:59 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\DOCS\34775.TXT HTRANS1 PsN: JASON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota, Chairman NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia JOHN L. MICA, Florida PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon DON YOUNG, Alaska JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina Columbia JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee JERROLD NADLER, New York WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland CORRINE BROWN, Florida VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan BOB FILNER, California STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD, JERRY MORAN, Kansas California GARY G. MILLER, California ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California HENRY E. BROWN, JR., South Carolina LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania BRIAN BAIRD, Washington SAM GRAVES, Missouri RICK LARSEN, Washington BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas JULIA CARSON, Indiana SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York JIM GERLACH, Pennsylvania MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida BRIAN HIGGINS, New York CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri TED POE, Texas JOHN T. SALAZAR, Colorado DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California CONNIE MACK, Florida DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois JOHN R. ‘RANDY’ KUHL, JR., New York DORIS O. MATSUI, California LYNN A WESTMORELAND, Georgia NICK LAMPSON, Texas CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, JR., Louisiana ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa THELMA D. DRAKE, Virginia JASON ALTMIRE, Pennsylvania MARY FALLIN, Oklahoma TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota VERN BUCHANAN, Florida HEATH SHULER, North Carolina MICHAEL A. ACURI, New York HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona CHRISTOPHER P. CARNEY, Pennsylvania JOHN J. HALL, New York STEVE KAGEN, Wisconsin STEVE COHEN, Tennessee JERRY MCNERNEY, California (II) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:59 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\DOCS\34775.TXT HTRANS1 PsN: JASON SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS, TRANSIT AND PIPELINES PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee JERROLD NADLER, New York DON YOUNG, Alaska JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD, THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin California HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania GARY G. MILLER, California MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts ROBIN HAYES, North Carolina JULIA CARSON, Indiana HENRY E. BROWN, JR., South Carolina TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON, Illinois MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, Maine TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania BRIAN HIGGINS, New York JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii JIM GERLACH, Pennsylvania JASON ALTMIRE, Pennsylvania MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida TIMOTHY J. WALZ, Minnesota CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania HEATH SHULER, North Carolina TED POE, Texas MICHAEL A ARCURI, New York DAVID G. REICHERT, Washington CHRISTOPHER P. CARNEY, Pennsylvania CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, JR., Louisiana JERRY MCNERNEY, California JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio BOB FILNER, California CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland THELMA D. DRAKE, Virginia BRIAN BAIRD, Washington MARY FALLIN, Oklahoma DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois VERN BUCHANAN, Florida DORIS O. MATSUI, California JOHN L. MICA, Florida STEVE COHEN, Tennessee (Ex Officio) ZACHARY T. SPACE, Ohio BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa HARRY E. MITCHELL, Arizona JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota (Ex Officio) (III) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:59 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\DOCS\34775.TXT HTRANS1 PsN: JASON VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:59 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0486 Sfmt 0486 P:\DOCS\34775.TXT HTRANS1 PsN: JASON CONTENTS Page Summary of Subject Matter.................................................................................... vi TESTIMONY Bronzini, Michael S., George Mason University, Dewberry Chair Professor, Fairfax, Virginia ................................................................................................... 43 Heminger, Steve, Executive Director, Metropolitan Transportation Commis- sion, Oakland, California..................................................................................... 34 Lomax, Timothy J., Texas Transportation Institute, Program Manager, Mobil- ity Analysis, College Station, Texas ................................................................... 43 Pisarski, Alan, Private Consultant, Falls Church, Virginia ................................ 43 Schenendorf, Jack, Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C. ....... 34 Schwieterman, Joseph P., Professor, DePaul University, Director, Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, Chicago, Illinois ............................... 43 Shane, Hon. Jeffrey N., U.S. Department of Transportation, Under Secretary for Policy, Washington, D.C., accompanied by Richard Capka, Adminis- trator, Federal Highway Administration ........................................................... 9 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Altmire, Hon. Jason, of Pennsylvania .................................................................... 61 Cummings, Hon. Elijah E., of Maryland ............................................................... 91 Lipinski, Hon. Dan, of Illinois ................................................................................ 107 Matsui, Hon. Doris O., of California ...................................................................... 118 Mitchell, Harry E., of Arizona ................................................................................ 120 Rahall, Hon. Nick J., II, of West Virginia ............................................................. 136 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES Bronzini, Michael S ................................................................................................. 62 Heminger, Steve ...................................................................................................... 97 Lomax, Timothy J. ................................................................................................... 111 Pisarski, Alan ........................................................................................................... 123 Schenendorf, Jack .................................................................................................... 137 Schwieterman, Joseph P ......................................................................................... 148 Shane, Hon. Jeffrey N ............................................................................................. 152 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Bronzini, Michael S., George Mason University, Dewberry Chair Professor, Fairfax, Virginia, report, Transportation Information Assests and Impacts: An Assessment of Needs, J.L. Schofer, T. Lomax, T. Palmerlee, and J. Zmud, Transportation Research Circular E-C109, Transportation Research Board, Data and Information Systems Section, December 2006 ..................... 69 Shane, Hon. Jeffrey N., U.S. Department of Transportation, Under Secretary for Policy, Washington, D.C., Older Drivers Driving Older Cars: A Snapshot analysis of the National Household Travel Survey 2001 .................................. 18 (V) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:59 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\DOCS\34775.TXT HTRANS1 PsN: JASON vi VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:59 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\DOCS\34775.TXT HTRANS1 PsN: JASON 34775.001 vii VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:59 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\DOCS\34775.TXT HTRANS1 PsN: JASON 34775.002 viii VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:59 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\DOCS\34775.TXT HTRANS1 PsN: JASON 34775.003 ix VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:59 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\DOCS\34775.TXT HTRANS1 PsN: JASON 34775.004 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:59 Aug 09, 2007 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\DOCS\34775.TXT HTRANS1 PsN: JASON

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