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Subtitle: privatization and deregulation of the U.S. transportation system
By: Clifford Winston
Contributors: Meyer, John Robert
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780815704737
Description: "Proposes experiments in deregulating and privatizing the country's transportation systems to rid them of inefficiencies and significantly improve their performance in moving goods and people around the United States; the book covers roads, airports and airport traffic control, mass transit, intercity buses and railway networks"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Back to the future to improve U.S. transportation; title: Intercity transportation under partial deregulation; title: Highways; title: Urban transit; title: Airports and air traffic control; title: Constraints on efficient reforms; title: Lessons from deregulation of intercity transportation; title: Theory and evidence on the economic effects of privatization; title: Privatization experiments; title: Conclusion.