Mass motorization + mass transit : an American history and policy analysis / David W. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, David W., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation, Automotive--United States--History.

Transportation, Automotive.

Transportation, Automotive--Government policy--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Mass motorization and mass transit

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mass Motorization and Mass Transit 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 g

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-78563-6

9786611785635

0-253-00031-9

OCLC:

476194193