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New departures : rethinking rail passenger policy in the twenty-first-century /
"During the 1990s it became clear that North America was in the middle of a growing transportation crisis. Today the challenge is even more urgent: Gas-guzzling SUVs clog the highways and fuel America's dependence on imported oil. Meanwhile, air travelers face delays, cancellations, and un...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Public policy: the key to rail passenger renewal
- Building on achievement: a "New Model Railroad" for the Twenty-First Century
- Sidetrack: how the North American passenger renewal got delayed by the stalemate over public enterprise legitimacy
- False starts with high speed: state and provincial efforts to leapfrong Amtrak's and VIA'S perennial problems
- Reinventing Amtrak: the drive for commercial self-sufficiency
- Setting up the new model railroad in North America: bringing passenger trains into a transportation policy for the Twenty-First Century
- Afterword.