03190nam 2200601Ia 450 991045407050332120200520144314.01-281-78563-697866117856350-253-00031-9(CKB)1000000000691360(EBL)362711(OCoLC)476194193(SSID)ssj0000198572(PQKBManifestationID)11179112(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198572(PQKBWorkID)10170359(PQKB)11468376(MiAaPQ)EBC362711(OCoLC)298145484(MdBmJHUP)muse16808(Au-PeEL)EBL362711(CaPaEBR)ebr10251409(CaONFJC)MIL178563(EXLCZ)99100000000069136020071226d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMass motorization + mass transit[electronic resource] an American history and policy analysis /David W. JonesBloomington Indiana University Pressc20081 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-35152-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 gTransportation, AutomotiveUnited StatesHistoryTransportation, AutomotiveGovernment policyUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Transportation, AutomotiveHistory.Transportation, AutomotiveGovernment policyHistory.388.40973Jones David W.1945-975920MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454070503321Mass motorization + mass transit2222341UNINA