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Mass Motorization + Mass Transit: An American History and Policy Analysis

Autor Dr Jones, David W.
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 mar 2010
<I>Mass Motorization and Mass Transit</I> examines how the United States became the world's most thoroughly motorized nation and why mass transit has been more displaced in the United States than in any other advanced industrial nation. The book's historical and international perspective provides a uniquely effective framework for understanding both the intensity of U.S. motorization and the difficulties the country will face in moderating its demands on the world's oil supply and reducing the CO2 emissions generated by motor vehicles. No other book offers as comprehensive a history of mass transit, mass motorization, highway development, and suburbanization or provides as penetrating an analysis of the historical differences between motorization in the United States and that of other advanced industrial nations.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253221711
ISBN-10: 0253221714
Pagini: 268
Ilustrații: 2 b&w illustrations 1 map
Dimensiuni: 155 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Indiana University Press

Cuprins

List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; <B>Part 1. </B>U.S. Motorization in International Context; 1. Motorization in the United States and Other Industrial Nations; <B>Part 2.</B> U.S. Motorization in Historical Context; 2. Transit's American History, 18801929; 3. The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Pivotal Epoch in U.S. Transportation History; 4. World War II and Its Immediate Aftermath: The End of the Streetcar Era and the Beginnings of the Freeway Era; 5. The Interstate and Pervasive Motorization, 195680; 6. Transit's Conversion to Public Ownership; 7. U.S. Motorization since the OPEC Embargo; 8. The Competitive Difficulties of the U.S. Automakers; <B>Part 3.</B> Evolving Challenges in an Evolved Environment; 9. The Changing Valance of U.S. Motorization; 10. The Road to Sustainable Motorization; 11. Motorization and Sustainability: History and ProspectGlossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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"Jones documents well the politics of postwar efforts by big city mayors to obtain federal aid for rail systems. . . . He provides good evidence for transit's very limited potential to solve the pressing problems of congestion, energy use, and global warming. . . . Highly recommended." <I>Choice</I><BR><BR>"In this sweeping history of urban transportation modernization and post-modernization in the United States, David Jones debunks popular explanations for the decline of mass transit and the rise of mass motorization. . . . offers a solid foundation for debating alternative theses that seek to account for technological change." Gregory Thompson, <I>Technology and Culture</I>, Vol. 50 July 2009<BR><BR>"Jones does a great job of dispelling myths that many of us hold about the advent of the automobile and the decline of public transit in the United States." —<I>About.com Public Transport</I><BR><BR>
"Jones documents well the politics of postwar efforts by big city mayors to obtain federal aid for rail systems... He provides good evidence for transit's very limited potential to solve the pressing problems of congestion, energy use, and global warming... Highly recommended." Choice "In this sweeping history of urban transportation modernization and post-modernization in the United States, David Jones debunks popular explanations for the decline of mass transit and the rise of mass motorization... offers a solid foundation for debating alternative theses that seek to account for technological change." Gregory Thompson, Technology and Culture, Vol. 50 July 2009 "Jones does a great job of dispelling myths that many of us hold about the advent of the automobile and the decline of public transit in the United States." - About.com Public Transport

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A brilliant analysis of the troubled history and uncertain future of mass transit