Watch here Wednesday 21st at 1 pm EDT

Posted By John Latta On April 20, 2010 @ 3:20 pm In News & Analysis | No Comments

Not right here but at the Transportation TV window below us on this screen.

Why? Because you see this event live: AASHTO release of a report on “livability”, an increasingly important factor in future funding and construction work.

In an effort to set the stage for sound policy decisions, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is releasing a new report, The Road to Livability.

transportation authorization legislation.multiyearWashington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation has indicated that livability is among the Administration’s top considerations for future transportation funding. Soon it will be up to Congress to determine how “livability” will fit into the next

The report shows how road-related investments as well as improvements to transit, walking and biking can improve the standard of living, the environment, and quality of life for all communities, rural, suburban and urban.

WHO: John Horsley, executive director, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

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