The Drive for Dollars
How Fiscal Politics Shaped Urban Freeways and Transformed American Cities
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 24 April 2023
- ISBN 9780197601525
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 233x157x22 mm
- Weight 558 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 16 maps; 7 b/w photographs; 5 b/w illustrations; 20 graphs 298
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Short description:
In The Drive for Dollars, Jeffrey R. Brown, Eric A. Morris, and Brian D. Taylor tell the largely misunderstood story of how freeways became the centerpiece of US urban transportation systems, and the crucial, though usually overlooked, role of fiscal politics in bringing them about. With the nation's transportation finance system at a crossroads, this book sheds light on how we can best fund and plan transportation in the future. The authors offer a way forward that will spread the financial burden more equitably, provide travelers with better mobility, build more appealing communities, and safeguard the planet.
MoreLong description:
The story of the interplay between finance, freeways, and urban form in the 20th century and their enduring impact on American cities and neighborhoods in the 21st.
American cities are distinct from almost all others in the degree to which freeways and freeway travel dominate urban landscapes. In The Drive for Dollars, Brian D. Taylor, Eric A. Morris, and Jeffrey R. Brown tell the largely misunderstood story of how freeways became the centerpiece of U.S. urban transportation systems, and the crucial, though usually overlooked, role of fiscal politics in bringing freeways about. The authors chronicle how the ways that we both raise and spend transportation revenue have shaped our transportation system and the lives of those who use it, from the era before the automobile to the present day. They focus on how the development of one revolutionary type of road--the freeway--was inextricably intertwined with money. With the nation's transportation finance system at a crossroads today, this book sheds light on how we can best fund and plan transportation in the future. The authors draw on these lessons to offer ways forward to pay for transportation more equitably, provide travelers with better mobility, and increase environmental sustainability and urban livability.
Without understanding how they were funded and financed, it is difficult to understand the impact of the vast nation's network of roads, streets, and freeways. In The Drive for Dollars, the authors clearly describe how money was the catalyst that brought the grand plans to life, both for good and bad." -Robert Puentes, President and CEO, Eno Center for Transportation
Table of Contents:
Preface
Part I Overview and Introduction
Chapter 1: Cities, Cars, and Freeways
Chapter 2: Urban and Rural Road Planning and Finance Before the Automobile
Part II Planning and Financing Roads for Autos Before Freeways
Chapter 3: Planning and Paying for Streets in Cities in the Pre-Freeway Automobile Era
Chapter 4: Planning and Paying for Highways Between Cities in the Pre-Freeway Era
Part III Planning and Finance in the Early Freeway Era
Chapter 5: Planning Highways in Cities in the Pre-Interstate Era
Chapter 6: Planning and Financing Highways Between Cities in the Pre-Interstate Era
Chapter 7: Financing Freeways in the Postwar Era
Part IV The Interstate Era and Its Enduring Legacy
Chapter 8: The Rise of the Interstate Era
Chapter 9: The Fall of the Interstate Era
Chapter 10: Turning Back the Clock: Finance and Planning in the Post-Freeway Era
Chapter 11: Conclusion: Groping for a Post-Freeway Consensus
References
Notes
Index
