Mass motorization + mass transit : an American history and policy analysis /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jones, David W., 1945-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008]
Subjects:	Transportation, Automotive > Government policy > United States > History. Transportation, Automotive > United States > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Motorization in the United States and other industrial nations
Transit's American history, 1880-1929
The Great Depression and the New Deal : a pivotal epoch in U.S. transportation history
World War II and its immediate aftermath : the end of the streetcar era and the beginnings of the freeway era
The interstate and pervasive motorization, 1956-'80
Transit's conversion to public ownership
U.S. motorization since the OPEC embargo
The competitive difficulties of the U.S. automakers
Evolving challenges in an evolved environment
The changing valance of U.S. motorization
The road to sustainable motorization
Motorization and sustainability : history and prospect.