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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827366103321

Autore

Winston Clifford <1952->

Titolo

Last exit : privatization and deregulation of the U.S. transportation system / / Clifford Winston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-75285-5

9786612752858

0-8157-0476-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MeyerJohn Robert

Disciplina

388.0973

Soggetti

Transportation - United States

Transportation and state - United States

Transportation - Deregulation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Back to the future to improve U.S. transportation -- Intercity transportation under partial deregulation -- Highways -- Urban transit -- Airports and air traffic control -- Constraints on efficient reforms -- Lessons from deregulation of intercity transportation -- Theory and evidence on the economic effects of privatization -- Privatization experiments -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"Proposes experiments in deregulating and privatizing the country's transportation systems to rid them of inefficiencies and significantly improve their performance in moving goods and people around the United States; the book covers roads, airports and airport traffic control, mass transit, intercity buses and railway networks"--Provided by publisher.