LEADER 03157nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910782801203321 005 20230721004301.0 010 $a1-281-78563-6 010 $a9786611785635 010 $a0-253-00031-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000691360 035 $a(EBL)362711 035 $a(OCoLC)476194193 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000198572 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179112 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198572 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10170359 035 $a(PQKB)11468376 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC362711 035 $a(OCoLC)298145484 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16808 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL362711 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10251409 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL178563 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000691360 100 $a20071226d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMass motorization + mass transit$b[electronic resource] $ean American history and policy analysis /$fDavid W. Jones 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-35152-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMotorization 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. 330 $aMass 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 g 606 $aTransportation, Automotive$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aTransportation, Automotive$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aTransportation, Automotive$xHistory. 615 0$aTransportation, Automotive$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 676 $a388.40973 700 $aJones$b David W.$f1945-$01520024 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782801203321 996 $aMass motorization + mass transit$93758463 997 $aUNINA