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UNINA9910808598603321 |
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Titolo |
Taking the high road : a metropolitan agenda for transportation reform / / Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes, editors |
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Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-81333-4 |
9786610813339 |
0-8157-9789-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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Collana |
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James A. Johnson metro series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Urban transportation policy - United States |
Transportation and state - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Transportation Reform for the Twenty-First Century: An Overview; 2. Getting Transportation Right for Metropolitan America; 3. Fueling Transportation Finance: A Primer on the Gas Tax; 4. Improving Efficiency and Equity in Transportation Finance; 5. Slanted Pavement: How Ohio's Highway Spending Shortchanges Cities and Suburbs; 6. Increasing Funding and Accountability for Metropolitan Transportation Decisions; 7. The Need for Regional Anticongestion Policies |
8. The Long Journey to Work: A Federal Transportation Policy for Working Families9. The Mobility Needs of Older Americans: Implications for Transportation Reauthorization; 10. Highways and Transit: Leveling the Playing Field in Federal Transportation Policy; 11. Protecting America's Highways and Transit Systems against Terrorism; Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Examines the challenges facing U.S. cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas in light of the national debate on transportation policy--including finance, decisionmaking, access for the elderly and working poor, and congestion--and provides reform options that speak to leaders at the state, metropolitan, and local levels"--Provided by publisher. |
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