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Article: Evaluating the Potential Impact of Interstate Highway Rights-of-Way Commercialization on Economic Activity at Interchanges.
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- Transportation Journal
- Article date:
- December 22, 1999
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Debate over interstate highway commercialization began with the enactment of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 and the accompanying Revenue Act. This legislation established the Highway Trust Fund with the purpose of constructing the interstate highway system (IHS). [1] Legislators were faced with the decision on where commercialization should and should not occur on this developing system of interstate highways. At the program's inception, legislators decided those businesses at the interchanges could best serve the needs of motorists, so they specifically prohibited the commercial development of the IHS rights-of-way. [2] This status has remained unchanged over the ...
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