This manual has been prepared to guide Bureau of Public Roads field offices, the States, and local governments in preparing estimates of needs on consistently defined functional systems using uniform procedures. The objective of the study is to provide reliable data upon which consideration of future highway financing and responsibility can be based.

This comprehensive text examines the evolution of urban transportation planning in the United States, from early developments in highway planning in the 1930s to today’s concerns over sustainable development, security, and pollution control.