| Description |
1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- The Drive for Dollars -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I. OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION -- 1. Cities, Cars, and Freeways -- 2. Urban and Rural Road Planning and Finance before the Automobile -- PART II. PLANNING AND FINANCING ROADS FOR AUTOS BEFORE FREEWAYS -- 3. Planning and Paying for Streets in Cities in the Pre-Freeway Automobile Era -- 4. Planning and Paying for Highways between Cities in the Pre-Freeway Era -- PART III. PLANNING AND FINANCE IN THE EARLY FREEWAY ERA -- 5. Planning Highways in Cities in the Pre-Interstate Era |
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6. Planning and Financing Highways between Cities in the Pre-Interstate Era -- 7. Financing Freeways in the Postwar Era -- PART IV. THE FREEWAY ERA AND ITS ENDURING LEGACY -- 8. The Rise of the Freeway Era -- 9. The Fall of the Freeway Era -- 10. Turning Back the Clock: Finance and Planning in the Post-Freeway Era -- 11. Conclusion: Groping for a Post-Freeway Consensus -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
In The Drive for Dollars, Jeffrey R. Brown, Eric A. Morris, and Brian D. Taylor tell the largely misunderstood story of how freeways became the centerpiece of US urban transportation systems, and the crucial, though usually overlooked, role of fiscal politics in bringing them about. With the nation's transportation finance system at a crossroads, this book sheds light on how we can best fund and plan transportation in the future. The authors offer a way forward that will spread the financial burden more equitably, provide travelers with better mobility, build more appealing communities, and sa |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Urban transportation -- United States -- History
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Urban transportation policy -- United States -- History
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Highway planning -- United States -- History
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Highway planning
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Urban transportation
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Urban transportation policy
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Morris, Eric A
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Brown, Jeffrey R
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| ISBN |
9780197601532 |
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0197601537 |
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