Guide to the Oakland Transportation Management Association Records 1965-1999
- Repository
- Heinz History Center
- Title
- Oakland Transportation Management Association Records
- Creator
- Oakland Transportation Management Association.
- Collection Number
- MSS 1014
- Extent
- 3 linear feet (3 boxes)
- Date
- 1965-1999
- Abstract
- The Oakland Transportation Management Association (OTMA) is a nonprofit organization that promotes transportation options that reduce congestion, enhance safety, improve air quality, and increase community access in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, Pa. The Oakland Transportation Management Association Records contain reports, studies, and project proposals primarily from the 1990s concerning transportation in southwestern Pennsylvania.
- Language
- The material in this collection is in English.
- Sponsor
- This collection has been made accessible as part of an NHPRC-funded Basic Processing grant.
- Publisher
- Heinz History Center
- Address
- 1212 Smallman St.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
library@heinzhistorycenter.org
URL: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org
History
The Oakland Transportation Management Association (OTMA) is a nonprofit organization that promotes transportation options that reduce congestion, enhance safety, improve air quality, and increase commuity access in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh, Pa. OTMA partners with regional and statewide planning organizations such as the Southwestern Planning Commission (SPC) and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT), as well as with committees and taskforces within the Oakland community in an effort to improve transportation for individuals who visit, live, and work in the Oakland area.
Scope and Content Notes
The Oakland Transportation Management Association Records consist of reports, studies, and project proposals concerning transportation in southwestern Pennsylvania. Most of the materials were issued by other transportation organizations, such as PENNDOT and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission (SPRPC), as well as private transportation management advisory groups and engineering consultants. The records were primarily created in the 1990s and have been arranged according to subject.
Box 1 contains reports, transportation studies, and project proposals for the University of Pittsburgh and the Oakland area.
Box 2 contains reports pertaining to a Mon-Fayette Transportation Project, transportation improvement programs, and SPRPC annual reports and air quality studies.
Box 3 contains reports concerning a zoning project for the City of Pittsburgh (1993), a zoning policy plan for the 14th Ward (1965), and statewide transportation reports concerning commuting patterns and congestion
Conditions Governing Access
None.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in 2008.
Archives accession # 2008.0173
Preferred Citation
Oakland Transportation Management Association Records, 1965-1999, MSS 1014 , Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Processing Information
Preliminary processing by Nick Hartley on 12/20/2013.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.
Subjects
- Oakland Transportation Management Association.
- Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
- Southwestern Planning Commission (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Local transit--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.