The Urban Transportation Problem
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At the crossroads of economics, engineering, and urban policy, The Urban Transportation Problem presents a landmark investigation into one of the most pressing challenges facing mid-twentieth-century American cities: how to move people efficiently, equitably, and economically through rapidly expanding metropolitan areas. The authors — economists J. R. Meyer and J. F. Kain, alongside transportation specialist M. Wohl — dissect the competing claims of highways versus mass transit, arguing with rigorous empirical analysis that the choice between modes of transport is far more nuanced than the era's dominant policy debates acknowledged. Through detailed cost-benefit frameworks and careful examination of urban land use patterns, the work challenges conventional assumptions and instructs planners and policymakers on the true economic trade-offs embedded in transportation investment decisions. A foundational text in the field of urban economics and transportation planning, this volume illustrates how infrastructure choices shape — and are shaped by — broader forces of suburbanisation, racial segregation, and fiscal politics. Meyer, Kain, and Wohl write with the precision of social scientists and the urgency of reformers, producing a study that is both a rigorous academic treatise and a pointed policy argument. Published by Harvard University Press, the book remains a touchstone for anyone seeking to understand why American cities look the way they do — and how the decisions made in the postwar decades continue to define the urban landscape today.
Author: J. R. Meyer, J. F. Kain, M. Wohl
Format: Paperback
Genre: Transport & automotive
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of economics, engineering, and urban policy, The Urban Transportation Problem presents a landmark investigation into one of the most pressing challenges facing mid-twentieth-century American cities: how to move people efficiently, equitably, and economically through rapidly expanding metropolitan areas. The authors — economists J. R. Meyer and J. F. Kain, alongside transportation specialist M. Wohl — dissect the competing claims of highways versus mass transit, arguing with rigorous empirical analysis that the choice between modes of transport is far more nuanced than the era's dominant policy debates acknowledged. Through detailed cost-benefit frameworks and careful examination of urban land use patterns, the work challenges conventional assumptions and instructs planners and policymakers on the true economic trade-offs embedded in transportation investment decisions. A foundational text in the field of urban economics and transportation planning, this volume illustrates how infrastructure choices shape — and are shaped by — broader forces of suburbanisation, racial segregation, and fiscal politics. Meyer, Kain, and Wohl write with the precision of social scientists and the urgency of reformers, producing a study that is both a rigorous academic treatise and a pointed policy argument. Published by Harvard University Press, the book remains a touchstone for anyone seeking to understand why American cities look the way they do — and how the decisions made in the postwar decades continue to define the urban landscape today.