America's ad-hoc ground, water, and air transportation policies reflect historical trends in national politics, institutional arrangements, and the prevailing national political culture.
An Overview of American Transportation Policy, 1789 to 1956 Highway and Mass Transit Policy, 1956 to 1990 Highway and Mass Transit Policy Today, ISTEA and TEA-21, The Intermodal Solutions Amtrak: Its Struggle for Survival and Respect The Civilian Air Transportation System The Future of American Transportation Policy Bibliography Index
ROBERT JAY DILGER is the Director of the Institute for Public Affairs, West Virginia University, Morgantown.
?Dilger's examination of the development of transportation policy
is an interesting and well-written work that is an important
contribution to the study of transportation policy in the United
States.?-Publius
?This is an excellent, comprehensive, political-science-oriented
examination of the development of US national transportation policy
since the nation's founding....Highly recommended. Public;
academic, upper-division undergraduate and up; and professional
library collections.?-Choice
"Dilger's examination of the development of transportation policy
is an interesting and well-written work that is an important
contribution to the study of transportation policy in the United
States."-Publius
"This is an excellent, comprehensive, political-science-oriented
examination of the development of US national transportation policy
since the nation's founding....Highly recommended. Public;
academic, upper-division undergraduate and up; and professional
library collections."-Choice
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