"This book is a synthetic work of unique scope. It is the breadth of scope that, above everything else, sets it apart from all other syntheses... Mom has synthesized the scholarship of seven countries, with some relevant inclusion of about seven more...A trained engineer, a credentialed student of literature, and a policy expert with a long association with a national department of transportation, have equipped him with] a breadth of expertise that has made him] a pioneer of mobility studies, which rescues the history of transportation from narrower studies of artifacts and politics to...