Nowhere in all of North America is the competition for passenger travel more intense than in the 450-mile-long Northeast Corridor. In "The Battle for Transportation Supremacy," author Lawrence Walsh examines the struggles of transportation companies during the past 170 years as they aimed to be the leader and considers how that leadership is tough to attain and tougher still to hold on to.

This study discusses how the southern half of this corridor-New York City to Washington, DC-is dominated by passenger rail travel, although the commercial airlines, buses, and even rental planes and...

Nowhere in all of North America is the competition for passenger travel more intense than in the 450-mile-long Northeast Corridor. In "The Battle for Transportation Supremacy," author Lawrence Walsh examines the struggles of transportation companies during the past 170 years as they aimed to be the leader and considers how that leadership is tough to attain and tougher still to hold on to.

This study discusses how the southern half of this corridor-New York City to Washington, DC-is dominated by passenger rail travel, although the commercial airlines, buses, and even rental planes and...