Romance of the Rails
Why the Passenger Trains We Love Are Not the Transportation We Need
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Word Count
75,000 words, Guess
Page Count
300 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27795485M
- ISBN-139781944424947
- ISBN-101944424946
- OCLC Control Number1023602374
- Library of Congress Control Number2018027907
and 1 more
- Amazon1944424946
Classifications
- LCCHE2751.O86 2018
Description
American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions: from sailing ships to steam ships; 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. O'Toole asks why passenger trains have been singled out -- and whether this policy makes sense. -- adapted from jacket
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