THE BATTALION
Page 4 College Station, Texas Wednesday, November 19, 1969
U.S. Highway Chief
Urges Expansion
Of Role of THD
Federal Highway Administra
tor Francis C. Turner suggested
Tuesday the Texas Highway Com
mission’s role be expanded to
include responsibility for city
thoroughfares and all modes of
rubber-tire transportation.
The nation’s top highway of
ficial, a native Texan, made the
recommendation at the 43rd an
nual Highway Short Course here
at Texas A&M. The three-day
session is jointly sponsored by
the Civil Engineering Depart
ment, Texas Transportation In
stitute and the Texas Highway
Department.
“Texas should consider re
defining the role of the Texas
Highway Commission to make it
responsible for policy on all high
way transportation, regardless of
mode and regardless of location
as the designated state highway
system,” Turner said, “giving
them responsibility in the city for
highway-type planning and use
of the system of roads and
streets.”
“This,” he added, “would in
clude buses, trucks and automo
biles—everything rubber-tired.”
Buslines and trucking firms in
Texas are currently regulated by
the Railroad Commission.
Turner, who was reared in Dal
las and graduated from Texas
A&M in 1929, pointed out that
all state highway departments
are required to participate in co
operative planning processes in
urban areas.
“The fact that these are trans
portation studies and not strictly
highway studies is significant,”
the Washington official observed.
Pointing out that Texas is a
leader in development of such
studies, Turner urged highway
officials to take the initiative.
He stressed that highway plan
ners are most qualified persons
to do total transportation plan
ning.
“If we, as highway officials,
do not take the initiative,” Turner
warned, “someone less qualified
will certainly attempt to take the
job.”
“It makes a lot more sense to
expand an already in-being or
ganization like the highway pro
gram and the Highway Commis
sion than to create a new organi
zation,” he reasoned.
The former director of the U. S.
Bureau of Public Roads pointed
out that Texas highway officials
already have a working relation
ship with city officials. He said
Texas is the only state which has
such an extensive relationship
and total coverage.
Turner cited a series of figures
to depict the growth of highway
transportation. He said the vol
ume of highway transportation
in the U. S. is five times greater
than the total of all other modes
combined.
Calling for a coordinated trans
portation plan, he said the de
mand for transportation grows at
about five percent every year—
about twice the rate of popula
tion increase.
“All modes must fit into an
overall transportation system,”
Turner declared.
He reported that a “balanced
cooperation” t h e o ry , implying
that each mode is equal, is being
promoted in some transportation
circles. He scoffed at sudj
proposal, especially the idea t
transportation funds be divi,
equally among the various moj
The federal highway admiJ
trator also warned against Mf
ferring highway funds to ot[f
modes of transportation.
“Highways,” Turner einp||
sized, “provide the overwhelm
portion of transportation set?
today.” He said the percestij
in Texas is higher than the i
tional figure.
He also pointed out that i
other modes are dependent i
highways. Airline passengers,(J
example, must travel the strtt|
and highways to reach the dj
ports.
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