Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1955
GPTKB entity
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legislation
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| gptkbp:addressed |
traffic congestion
national mobility needs |
| gptkbp:administrativeDivision |
gptkb:Federal_Highway_Administration
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| gptkbp:amends |
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1954
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
urban planning
|
| gptkbp:contributedTo |
economic growth
national infrastructure improvements |
| gptkbp:controversy |
Senate
|
| gptkbp:criticism |
environmental impact
|
| gptkbp:developsStrategiesFor |
highway construction
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:encouraged |
regional development
public-private partnerships in transportation |
| gptkbp:established |
criteria for federal highway funding
federal funding formulas for highways |
| gptkbp:funding |
$175 million
federal gasoline tax |
| gptkbp:goal |
improve national defense and mobility
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1955
|
| gptkbp:impact |
increased federal funding for highways
expansion_of_the_U.S._highway_network |
| gptkbp:influenced |
land use planning.
transportation engineering practices federal transportation funding policies future highway legislation transportation_policy_in_the_United_States |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:National_Interstate_and_Defense_Highways_Act_of_1956
post-World_War_II_economic_expansion |
| gptkbp:introduced |
gptkb:House_of_Representatives
|
| gptkbp:ledTo |
increased federal oversight of highways
improvements in road safety increased suburbanization creation_of_the_Interstate_System |
| gptkbp:mandates |
funding for highway construction and maintenance
|
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Highway Revenue Act of 1956
|
| gptkbp:operates |
state governments
|
| gptkbp:partOf |
U.S._transportation_policy
|
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1944
|
| gptkbp:promoted |
interstate commerce
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
fund_the_construction_of_the_Interstate_Highway_System
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Interstate_Highway_System
transportation infrastructure automobile_culture_in_the_U.S. |
| gptkbp:requires |
state matching funds
|
| gptkbp:signature |
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
August 2, 1955 |
| gptkbp:significance |
established a federal-state partnership for highway funding
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1968
|
| gptkbp:supported |
economic development initiatives
rural access to highways |
| gptkbp:supportedBy |
automobile industry
|
| gptkbp:targets |
urban and rural highways
|
| gptkbp:updates |
federal_highway_grants
|
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
August 2, 1955
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