BALANCING ACT: TRAVELING IN THE CALIFORNIA CORRIDOR

The author looks at a number of issues within the topic of automated highways versus high-speed rail and air travel for California. Presented as a dialogue between two airline passengers, the article covers the issues of costs, accident rates, subsidies, pollution, social costs, air travel costs, revenue sources, gas taxes, and more.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)

  University of California, Berkeley
  2614 Dwight Way, 2nd Floor
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1782
• Authors:
  • Kanafani, A
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 16-21
• Serial:
  • Access
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: University of California Transportation Center (UCTC)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Advanced vehicle control systems; Air travel; Gasoline; High speed rail; Highway corridors; Revenues; Subsidies; Taxation
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00745413
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 5 1998 12:00AM