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What component of infrastructure is provided by the government? Local and federal pay for and enforce laws in highways The motor carrier industry started... around World War I, when converted automobiles were used for pickup and delivery in local areas The interstate system of highways deve...

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BA 215: Transportation Principles
(Exam 2 Questions and Answers
(100% Pass))
What component of infrastructure is provided by the government?


✓ Local and federal pay for and enforce laws in highways




The motor carrier industry started...


✓ around World War I, when converted automobiles were used for

pickup and delivery in local areas




The interstate system of highways developed from...


✓ the 1950s to 1991




Motor carriers steadily replaced...


✓ railroads as the mode of choice for freight transportation




Main advantage of trucking over railroad


✓ Accessibility (first and last mile)




Dominant mode of freight transportation today

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✓ Motor Carrier Industry




Federal Road Act of 1916


✓ provided funds to states to assist in road improvements and was

followed by the Federal Highway Act of 1921 which provided funding

for a paved, two-lane interstate highway system




Total road mileage in the U.S.


✓ 4,170,000 (2019)




Prior to the turn of the 20th century...


✓ the U.S. Highway System was virtually non-existent









The National Highway System


✓ Approximately 163,000 miles (256,000 kilometers) of roadway important

to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility




Common U.S. Road Signs

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Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA)


✓ Organized the National Highway System (NHS) into five distinct

components:

✓ 1. Interstates

✓ 2. Other Principle Arterials

✓ 3. Strategic Highway Network

✓ 4. Major Strategic Highway Network Connectors

✓ 5. Intermodal Connectors




Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956


✓ created the Interstate Highway act signed into law by President Dwight

D. Eisenhower




About 91,000 miles of important arterial highways...


✓ serve interstate and interregional travel




Strategic Highway Corridor Network (STRAHNET)




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✓ Identified by the Department of Defense in cooperation with DOT; it

totals 61,044 miles and includes the InterstateSystem as well as an

additional 15,668 miles of other important public highways




Major Strategic Highway Network Connectors


✓ They consist of more than 1,800 miles of roads linking major military

installations and other defense-related facilities to the STRAHNET

corridors




Intermodal Connectors


✓ Provide access between major intermodal facilities and the other four

subsystems of the NHS




In 1914


✓ There were less than 15,000 miles of paved highways in the U.S.




1935 Motor Carrier Act


✓ brought trucking under federal regulations




Logbook rules




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