As a transportation planner involved in the creation of the Regional Transportation Authority in the mid-1970s, I applaud ...

"One Hundred Years of Railroad Development" is a historical ... and entertaining overview of how railroads transformed transportation in the United States. Blending documentary style with ...

Social Science History 34(2): 171–197 ... Transport investment and the promotion of economic growth. Journal of Transport Geography 9: 209–218. Cavallo, R. 2007. Railway and the Dutch city. In ...

Once railways were established as Britain's newest and fastest communication and transport system ... People were willing to invest in railway stocks and this boosted Britain's economy.