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Transportation Infrastructure: Reshaping the Federal Role Poses Significant Challenge for Policy Makers

RCED-90-81A Published: Dec 28, 1989. Publicly Released: Dec 28, 1989.
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GAO convened a panel of transportation experts to discuss the future of surface transportation programs, focusing on: (1) a general overview of critical transportation issues; (2) federal-aid highway system preservation and research needs; (3) recasting the federal government's role; and (4) innovative highway financing through the use of tolls.

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