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- catalog abstract "To its critics, the automobile is a voracious consumer of irreplaceable energy resources, a leading polluter of the environment, and a destroyer of cohesive communities. This book presents the controversial view that, for the vast majority of Americans, the automobile is not the problem, but the solution to transportation needs. While acknowledging the automobile's significant drawbacks, the author refutes much of the shrill rhetoric and doomsday predictions of its opponents. He takes a skeptical look at the major policy initiatives to tax, regulate, and provide alternatives to the automobile, pointing out that any policies designed to remove Americans from their cars without offering them a superior means of mobility are "worse than useless" and doomed to failure. The book offers suggestions and guidelines for politically realistic initiatives that preserve the benefits of the automobile while building public support for policies that will be less harmful for energy use and the environment.".
- catalog contributor b11007743.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "1. The Automobile and Its Enemies: The Making of a Policy Vanguard -- 2. Promoting Highways: Trust Funds and Taxes -- 3. Regulating the Auto Industry: Washington versus Detroit -- 4. Restoring Urban Transit: Between Protection and Rejuvenation -- 5. Intercity Passenger Rail: Subsidies, Speed, and Suspense -- 6. "Rationalizing" Sprawl: Can Access Be Improved by Restricting Mobility? -- 7. Toward a Politics of Mobility: "The Auto, Plus."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-222) and index.".
- catalog description "The book offers suggestions and guidelines for politically realistic initiatives that preserve the benefits of the automobile while building public support for policies that will be less harmful for energy use and the environment.".
- catalog description "This book presents the controversial view that, for the vast majority of Americans, the automobile is not the problem, but the solution to transportation needs. While acknowledging the automobile's significant drawbacks, the author refutes much of the shrill rhetoric and doomsday predictions of its opponents. He takes a skeptical look at the major policy initiatives to tax, regulate, and provide alternatives to the automobile, pointing out that any policies designed to remove Americans from their cars without offering them a superior means of mobility are "worse than useless" and doomed to failure.".
- catalog description "To its critics, the automobile is a voracious consumer of irreplaceable energy resources, a leading polluter of the environment, and a destroyer of cohesive communities.".
- catalog extent "x, 230 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Driving forces.".
- catalog identifier "0815719639 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0815719647 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Driving forces.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "Driving forces.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "388.3/21/0973 21".
- catalog subject "HE5623 .D86 1998".
- catalog subject "Local transit Government policy United States.".
- catalog subject "Transportation and state United States.".
- catalog subject "Transportation, Automotive Government policy United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Automobile and Its Enemies: The Making of a Policy Vanguard -- 2. Promoting Highways: Trust Funds and Taxes -- 3. Regulating the Auto Industry: Washington versus Detroit -- 4. Restoring Urban Transit: Between Protection and Rejuvenation -- 5. Intercity Passenger Rail: Subsidies, Speed, and Suspense -- 6. "Rationalizing" Sprawl: Can Access Be Improved by Restricting Mobility? -- 7. Toward a Politics of Mobility: "The Auto, Plus."".
- catalog title "Driving forces : the automobile, its enemies, and the politics of mobility / James A. Dunn, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".