Romance of the rails : why the passenger trains we love are not the transportation we need /

American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions, from sailing ships to steam ships, from passenger trains and urban rail transit to airplanes and automobiles. Normally, the government has allowed and even encouraged these revolutions, but for some reason the federal government i...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Toole, Randal (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2018]
Subjects:

MARC

Tag First Indicator Second Indicator Subfields
LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 in00004069002
005 20191021075444.0
008 180822t20182018dcuaf b 001 0 eng c
010 |a  2018027907 
020 |a 9781944424947  |q (hardback :  |q alk. paper) 
020 |a 1944424946  |q (hardback :  |q alk. paper) 
020 |z 9781944424954  |q (eISBN) 
035 |a (OCoLC)on1023602374 
040 |a DLC  |e rda  |c DLC  |d UtOrBLW 
043 |a n-us--- 
049 |a TXAM 
050 0 0 |a HE2751  |b .O86 2018 
082 0 0 |a 385/.220973  |2 23 
100 1 |a O'Toole, Randal,  |e author.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85134810 
245 1 0 |a Romance of the rails :  |b why the passenger trains we love are not the transportation we need /  |c Randal O'Toole. 
264 1 |a Washington, D.C. :  |b Cato Institute,  |c [2018] 
264 4 |c ©2018 
300 |a ix, 376 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations ;  |c 24 cm. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a The transcontinental railroads -- The growth of urban transit -- The golden age of passenger trains -- The golden age of rail transit -- The silver age of passenger trains -- The decline of urban rail transit -- The decline of intercity passenger trains -- The municipalization of urban transit -- The nationalization of intercity passenger trains -- American cities rediscover rail transit -- Keeping up with the Joneses -- Rapidly deteriorating transit -- Low-capacity rail -- Streetcars and the economic development hoax -- It would have cost less to buy all the riders priuses -- Why Amtrak is being replaced by intercity buses -- The false promise of high-speed rail -- Passenger rail in America's transportation future. 
520 |a American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions, from sailing ships to steam ships, from passenger trains and urban rail transit to airplanes and automobiles. Normally, the government has allowed and even encouraged these revolutions, but for some reason the federal government is spending billions of dollars trying to preserve and build obsolete rail transit and passenger train lines, including high-speed trains that cost more but are less than half as fast as flying. O'Toole asks why passenger trains have been singled out, and whether this policy makes sense. 
650 0 |a Railroads  |z United States.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111146 
650 0 |a Transportation  |x Passenger traffic  |x Government policy  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Passenger trains  |z United States  |x History. 
945 |b 89482 
947 |a A14850864167 
948 |a cataloged  |b h  |c 2019/7/12  |d c  |e dmitchel  |f 4:00:00 pm 
994 |a 92  |b TXA 
999 f f |s 58133ea4-0e42-30e5-be22-b631c2b476af  |i 1550b98f-5603-31be-9c64-6307219c42b5  |t 0 
952 f f |p normal  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Sterling C. Evans Library  |s Evans stk  |d Evans: Library Stacks  |t 0  |e HE2751 .O86 2018  |h Library of Congress classification  |i unmediated -- volume  |m A14850864167 
998 f f |a HE2751 .O86 2018  |t 0  |l Evans: Library Stacks