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49 U.S.C. § 5501 — National Intermodal Transportation System policy

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49 U.S.C. § 5501 — National Intermodal Transportation System policy

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**(a) General.—** It is the policy of the United States Government to develop a National Intermodal Transportation System that is economically efficient and environmentally sound, provides the foundation for the United States to compete in the global economy, and will move individuals and property in an energy efficient way. **(b) System Characteristics.—** (1) The National Intermodal Transportation System shall consist of all forms of transportation in a unified, interconnected manner, including the transportation systems of the future, to reduce energy consumption and air pollution while promoting economic development and supporting the United States’ preeminent position in international commerce. (2) The National Intermodal Transportation System shall include a National Highway System consisting of the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways and those principal arterial roads that are essential for interstate and regional commerce and travel, national defense, intermodal transfer facilities, and international commerce and border crossings. (3) The National Intermodal Transportation System shall include significant improvements in public transportation necessary to achieve national goals for improved air quality, energy conservation, international competitiveness, and mobility for elderly individuals, individuals with disabilities, and economically disadvantaged individuals in urban and rural areas of the United States. (4) The National Intermodal Transportation System shall provide improved access to ports and airports, the Nation’s link to commerce. (5) The National Intermodal Transportation System shall give special emphasis to the contributions of the transportation sectors to increased productivity growth. Social benefits must be considered with particular attention to the external benefits of reduced air pollution, reduced traffic congestion, and other aspects of the quality of life in the United States. (6) The National Intermodal Transportation System must be operated and maintained with insistent attention to the concepts of innovation, competition, energy efficiency, productivity, growth, and accountability. Practices that resulted in the lengthy and overly costly construction of the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways must be confronted and stopped. (7) The National Intermodal Transportation System shall be adapted to “intelligent vehicles”, “magnetic levitation systems”, and other new technologies, wherever feasible and economical, with benefit cost estimates given special emphasis on safety considerations and techniques for cost allocation. (8) When appropriate, the National Intermodal Transportation System will be financed, as regards Government apportionments and reimbursements, by the Highway Trust Fund. Financial assistance will be provided to State and local governments and their instrumentalities to help carry out national goals related to mobility for elderly individuals, individuals with disabilities, and economically disadvantaged individuals. (9) The National Intermodal Transportation System must be the centerpiece of a national investment commitment to create the new wealth of the United States for the 21st century. **(c) Distribution and Posting.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall distribute copies of the policy in subsections (a) and (b) of this section to each employee of the Department of Transportation and ensure that the policy is posted in all offices of the Department.

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49 U.S.C. § 101 — Purpose

**(a)** The national objectives of general welfare, economic growth and stability, and security of the United States require the development of transportation policies and programs that contribute to providing fast, safe, efficient, and convenient transportation at the lowest cost consistent with those and other national objectives, including the efficient use and conservation of the resources of the United States. **(b)** A Department of Transportation is necessary in the public interest and to— (1) ensure the coordinated and effective administration of the transportation programs of the United States Government; (2) make easier the development and improvement of coordinated transportation service to be provided by private enterprise to the greatest extent feasible; (3) encourage cooperation of Federal, State, and local governments, carriers, labor, and other interested persons to achieve transportation objectives; (4) stimulate technological advances in transportation, through research and development or otherwise; (5) provide general leadership in identifying and solving transportation problems; and (6) develop and recommend to the President and Congress transportation policies and programs to achieve transportation objectives considering the needs of the public, users, carriers, industry, labor, and national defense.

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49 U.S.C. § 5501 — National Intermodal Transportation Sys-

Page 379 TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION § 5501 ized area divided by the sum of populations of all urbanized areas in the State. Amounts ap- portioned to each urbanized area shall be added to amounts apportioned to that urban- ized area under section 5336, and made avail- able for grants under section 5307. (Added Pub. L. 109–59, title III, § 3038(a), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1636; amended Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title III, § 3030(f), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1497.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 5338, referred to in subsec. (b), was amended generally by Pub. L. 117–58, div. C, § 30017, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 912. As amended, section 5338(a)(2)(N), which was probably intended instead of the reference in the original to ‘‘section 5338(b)(2)(N)’’, no longer relates to allocations of funds to carry out this section, but such provision can be found elsewhere in section 5338. AMENDMENTS 2015—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–94 added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘Of the amounts made available for each fiscal year under section 5338(b)(2)(M), the Sec- retary shall apportion— ‘‘(1) 50 percent to States and urbanized areas in ac- cordance with subsection (c); and ‘‘(2) 50 percent to States and urbanized areas in ac- cordance with subsection (d).’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2015 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 114–94 effective Oct. 1, 2015, see section 1003 of Pub. L. 114–94, set out as a note under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. CHAPTER 55—INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL Sec. 5501. National Intermodal Transportation System policy. [5502. Repealed.] [5503. Repealed.] 5504. Model intermodal transportation plan

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