The
Surface Transportation Act (
US) of
1987 was the first
transportation bill of the post-interstate era. It nominally gave power to apportion money to the
Secretary of Transportation[?]. Most noticeably it allowed states to raise the
speed limit to 65 miles per hour (105 km/h) on rural interstate
highways.
It was followed by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act[?] of 1991.