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This report synthesizes the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of a series of task reports that address how to overcome institutional barriers to the deployment of Intelligent Transportation Services (ITS), specifically addressing Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) and Advanced Traffic Information Systems (ATIS). The study identifies institutional barriers to deploying these systems, examines the deployment of other industries' products and services, reviews the spectrum of potential institutional and procurement models, and looks at the potential role of franchising for ATMS and ATIS deployment.

This report details the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) response to the major 1994 earthquake in southern California. It documents the policy response to the earthquake, synthesizes the evaluative impressions of individuals involved in formulating and implementing those policies, and distills the potential lessons and unresolved issues that will be of value for future disaster response. Also discussed is HUD's rapid development of three new policies for emergency relief—the Section 8 Emergency Certificate Program, the Mobility Program, and the HELP Program. An appendix presents a content analysis that examines the role played by five local newspapers played in shaping, documenting, and influencing HUD's efforts.

The starting point for developing a housing strategy is a systematic analysis of the local housing market. This report analyzes housing conditions and needs in five prototype jurisdictions using 1990 Census data contained in the CHAS database. Its purpose is threefold: First, it illustrates a range of housing market conditions and needs. Second, it illustrates ways in which communities may describe and analyze their local markets. Finally, by using metropolitan areas as prototypes, it stresses the needs of looking at the entire housing market to understand the causes of problems and to develop strategies for addressing them.

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