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Romance of the Rails: Why the Passenger Trains We Love Are Not the Transportation We Need
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Artikel-Nr:
9781944424947
Veröffentl:
2018
Erscheinungsdatum:
26.10.2018
Seiten:
300
Autor:
Randal O’Toole
Gewicht:
726 g
Format:
234x163x33 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
By Randal O'Toole
American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions: from sailing ships to steam ships; from canals to railroads; from steam to Diesels; from horse cars to electric streetcars; from passenger trains and urban rail transit to airplanes and automobiles. Normally, the government has allowed and even encouraged these revolutions, but for some reason the federal government is spending billions of dollars trying to preserve and build obsolete rail transit and passenger train lines, including high-speed trains that cost more but are less than half as fast as flying. In Romance of the Rails, rail fan and transportation policy expert Randal O'Toole asks why passenger trains have been singled out and whether this policy makes sense.