DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO: 'AUTO, PLUS' MEANS MORE CARS AND MORE SPRAWL

This article is a commentary on an earlier piece in this journal by J. Dunn ("Driving Forces," Winter 2000) that discusses the issue of U.S. dependence on automobile driving as a primary means of transportation. The author of this commentary takes the position that Dunn fails to recognize the social and environmental impacts of this dependence on the automobile and endorses no fundamental changes in U.S. transportation policy. The contention is also made that Dunn's recommendations would abandon the enormous progress made in intermodal transport planning over the past 2 decades.

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  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015047810828?urlappend=%3Bseq=221
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

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• Authors:
  • Pucher, J
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 7-11
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 54
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile driving; Environmental impacts; Highway transportation; Intermodal transportation; Social impacts; Transportation modes; Transportation policy; Urban sprawl
• Uncontrolled Terms: Commentary
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00797659
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 17 2000 12:00AM