After a decade-long shift in emphasis in regional transportation planning, steadily impacted by politics and planning commissions, environmental impact studies, and national, state and local legislation, the authors interpret and explain the meaning of the transportation planning process in the United States today. The book focuses on the interrelations between federal legislation, the judicial process and transportation planning, particularly in light of two important landmark federal acts - The Clean Air Act of 1990 and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. The...

Viewing transportation through the lens of current social, economic, and policy aspects, this four-volume reference work explores the topic of transportation across multiple disciplines within the social sciences and related areas, including geography, public policy, business, and economics. The book's articles, all written by experts in the field, seek to answer such questions as: What has been the legacy, not just economically but politically and socially as well, of President Eisenhower's modern interstate highway system in America? With that system and the infrastructure that supports it...

Jake Shepard's normal life changed overnight when he found a mysterious glowing ball of liquid lights in the woods. From the mysterious liquid lights he soon learned that he has amazing abilities, learning what his new found abilities are, Jake decided to keep a journal to record what happened as his life unfolded around him. He discovers how threatening the world can be from people and the known that mostly come out at night. In a bid to try put a stop to the threat that he encounters, he teams up with a secret agency to discover a new Deadlier threat of forgotten creatures that can end the...