Supertrains: Solutions to America's Transportation Gridlock

ISBN-10
0312064764
ISBN-13
9780312064761
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
406
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
St Martins Press
Author
Joseph Vranich

Description

Describes the world's high speed train systems and how they work, and discusses the political and economic reasons why such systems have not been adopted in the United States

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