American Transportation Policy

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The author maintains that American politics, institutional arrangements, and political culture have prevented the development of a comprehensive, integrated, intermodal transportation policy in the United States. Dilger makes his argument by examining the development of the national governmental authority in both surface and air transportation. Each transportation modehighways/mass transit, Amtrak, and civilian air transportationis examined separately, assessing their development over time and focusing on current controversies, including, but not limited to, the highway versus mass transit funding issue; the recent decentralization of decision making authority on surface transportation policy; Amtrak's viability as an alternative to the automobile; and current antiterrorist policies' effect on transportation policy.

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Dilger's examination of the development of transportation policy is an interesting and well-written work that is an important contribution to the study of transportation policy in the United States.-Publius
This is an excellent, comprehensive, political-science-oriented examination of the development of US national transportation policy since the nation's founding....Highly recommended. Public; academic, upper-division undergraduate and up; and professional library collections.-Choice
"Dilger's examination of the development of transportation policy is an interesting and well-written work that is an important contribution to the study of transportation policy in the United States."-Publius
"This is an excellent, comprehensive, political-science-oriented examination of the development of US national transportation policy since the nation's founding....Highly recommended. Public; academic, upper-division undergraduate and up; and professional library collections."-Choice

Author Bio

ROBERT JAY DILGER is the Director of the Institute for Public Affairs, West Virginia University, Morgantown.