Author

Contributions

  • Bruce Katz (Editor) - Contributor
  • Robert Puentes (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2005-08-01 - Brookings Institution Press

Language

English

Word Count

82,750 words, Guess

Page Count

331 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005012191
  • LibraryThing6294667
  • Goodreads1312917

Classifications

  • LCCHE308 .T35 2005

Description

"Examines the challenges facing U.S. cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas in light of the national debate on transportation policy--including finance, decisionmaking, access for the elderly and working poor, and congestion--and provides reform options that speak to leaders at the state, metropolitan, and local levels"--Provided by publisher.

First Sentence

In 1956 President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act, creating the Interstate Highway Program, the largest public works program in our nation's history.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Taking the High Road: A Metropolitan Agenda for Transportation ReformPaperbackBrookings Institution Press2005-08-01

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