Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954
GPTKB entity
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legislation
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| gptkbp:addressed |
traffic congestion
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| gptkbp:administrativeDivision |
gptkb:Federal_Highway_Administration
|
| gptkbp:amends |
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1968
|
| gptkbp:contributedTo |
suburbanization
|
| gptkbp:controversy |
gptkb:Congress
Senate |
| gptkbp:createdBy |
gptkb:national_highway_system
highway trust fund |
| gptkbp:criticism |
contributing to urban sprawl
|
| gptkbp:developsStrategiesFor |
highway construction
future highway legislation |
| gptkbp:effectiveDate |
July 1, 1956
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Surface_Transportation_Assistance_Act_of_1982
gptkb:United_States_Congress |
| gptkbp:encouraged |
interstate commerce
|
| gptkbp:established |
federal-state partnership
federal funding criteria interstate highway standards federal_highway_program |
| gptkbp:funding |
$175 million
federal gasoline tax |
| gptkbp:goal |
improve national highway system
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954
|
| gptkbp:impact |
interstate highway system
|
| gptkbp:includes |
rural highways
urban highways |
| gptkbp:influenced |
land use planning
urban planning regional planning transportation infrastructure transportation research transportation funding mechanisms transportation policy debates future transportation legislation transportation planning processes public transportation policies transportation engineering standards |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
Cold War policies
post-World_War_II_economic_expansion |
| gptkbp:introduced |
gptkb:House_of_Representatives
|
| gptkbp:ledTo |
job creation
enhanced mobility increased automobile usage improved road safety increased federal funding for highways increased federal involvement in transportation |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Highway Revenue Act
|
| gptkbp:operates |
state governments
|
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
environmental groups
|
| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1944
|
| gptkbp:promoted |
economic growth
business interests |
| gptkbp:purpose |
funding for highway construction
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
economic development
national defense transportation policy |
| gptkbp:signature |
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
|
| gptkbp:significance |
first major federal funding for highways
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1968
|
| gptkbp:supported |
public works projects
|
| gptkbp:supportedBy |
gptkb:American_Automobile_Association
construction industry |
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1954
|