Transportation System Funding

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Due to inattention and delay of action, the U. S. transportation system is in a perilous position. You can change that – if you know the issues and where to get the funding.

In this interactive online course we'll focus on the existing funding shortfall and performance issues associated with the United States transportation infrastructure as well as the proposed policy changes for future transportation funding. This course teaches you the current issues (and potential resolutions) facing our transportation infrastructure.

We'll cover:

Funding Issues
Highway Performance
Transit Performance
Freight Movements
Safety
Environmental Impacts

Objectives SME Course Applies to

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:

Explain the difference between the federal and local roadway systems
Discuss the history of the United States transportation system
Define the need for reevaluating how the federal government funds and finances the transportation system
Describe the current issues facing the transportation system
List the guiding principles behind the proposed new funding framework
Name the existing sources of national and local transportation infrastructure funding and revenue
Identify the future potential sources of funding for the transportation system

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Rumanda Young, Ph.D.

Dr. Young is a Registered Landscape Architect (RLA) in the state of Texas and a Certified Planner (AICP). She holds a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture (BLA) from the University of Arkansas, a master’s degree in city and regional planning (MCRP) with environmental planning emphasis from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a Ph.D. in urban planning and public policy. Dr. Young also spent time abroad in Cheltenham, England at the University of Gloucestershire focusing on sustainable development practices, environmental planning, and resource management.

Dr. Young has eight years of private practice experience, six of which working with the firm Carter & Burgess, Inc. She was involved in a variety of work including a wide range of park and recreational planning and design projects. Landscape Architectural experience ranges from preparation of detail site design plans, inventory and analysis documents, park, recreation and open space master plans, city-wide comprehensive plans, interpretive prospectus documents, construction document preparation, and preparation of grant applications and rezoning applications for cities throughout Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

Dr. Young currently works as a Military Master Planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in the Planning, Environmental, and Regulatory Branch. Dr. Young is involved in a variety of work including a wide range of military planning, programming, and design projects. Project Management experience ranges from installation design guides to campus master plans. Projects also focus on the impacts of development on human health and the environment, and improvements through better siting, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of military projects.

Dr. Young is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, School of Architecture. She teaches master’s level landscape architecture design studio course(s).

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