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Getting There: The Epic Struggle between Road and Rail in the American Century
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June 2, 2016
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ambyr
A high-level overview of more than a hundred years of transportation policy, written in clear if not particularly enthralling prose. This isn't the place to go for in-depth examination of any particular developments or individuals--given the scope, it couldn't be--but it's solid background reading that I think will help put future books into context for me.

I do wish Goddard had spent slightly more time looking at how racial inequalities and transportation policy intersect; while he does address
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