The Transportation Experience: Policy, Planning, and DeploymentWhile much of the transportation systems in Europe and the United States are mature (if not senescent), the rest of the world is still planning, developing, and deploying new systems. The accomplishments and mistakes of places like the United Kingdom and the United States, then, can teach us lessons that may be applied to places where transportation remains nascent or adolescent. The Transportation Experience seeks to understand the genesis of transportation policy in America and the UK, along with the roles that this policy plays as systems are innovated, deployed, and reach maturity, and how policies might be improved. |
Contents
1 | |
Life Cycle of the Railroads Looking Back for Lessons from the Railroad Experience | 67 |
The Modal Experiences Looking Back and Looking Around | 125 |
Complementary Experiences Perspectives on Inputs and Outputs | 237 |
The Creating Experiences | 325 |
Conclusion | 395 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
activities agencies airline airports Alameda Corridor areas AT&T auto Automated Highway System automobile began behavior building canals cars century chapter cities communications competition congestion construction corvée costs debate deployed deployment deregulation discussion Dulles Greenway early economic economies of scale efficiency emerged energy engineering example facilities federal Figure freeway freight funding growth high-speed rail HOV lanes improvements increased industry innovation interest Interstate Commerce Commission investment issue labor land locomotive market niches mature modes operations organizations passenger percent planning ports problems production programs projects question rail railroads ramp meters regulation result River role routes ships situation social SS Great Eastern standards steam Stockton and Darlington streetcars things today’s toll roads traffic transit transportation experience transportation systems trucks turnpike U.S. Army United UTPS vehicles