Politecnico di Milano
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Asked 13th Apr, 2015
Does anyone know where I can find information about the history of road transport or transport law?
Does anyone know where I can find information about the history of road transport or transport law.Very interesting information on the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan, China would be appreicated
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in the recent book by proff. Garrison W. D., and Levinson D. M “The Transportation Experience – second edition”. 2014. Oxford University Press, New York
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The Ohio State University
If you have access to a good library, I highly recommend a "classic" ... James E. Vance "Capturing the Horizon: The Historical Geography of Transportation." The early chapters on roads (leading to other forms of transport technology) are excellent. Vance's work is detailed and empirical but it has also inspired generalizations.
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Texas A&M University
Check the legal research at the Transportation Research Board http://www.trb.org/Law/Law2.aspx
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Politecnico di Milano
in the recent book by proff. Garrison W. D., and Levinson D. M “The Transportation Experience – second edition”. 2014. Oxford University Press, New York you have some chapter on road transport from the beginning of 19th century to present days.
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Queen's University
You might find something of interest (as I did) in William Plowden, "The motor car and politics,"
Penguin Books, Published: 1973-09-27
ISBN-10: 0140216286 ISBN-13: 9780140216288.
Wishing you success with your work, Gerald Wilde (wildeg@queensu.ca; web: riskhomeostasis.org)
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Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
"the rise and fall of infrastructure" by Grubler is a relevant source of information for your topic. Contains reconstruction of time series on the long run on the evolution of various transport modes.
Clemson University
The Transportation Research Board has standing committees on both subjects.
There are links to all committees at
history
ABG50 Transportation History
ADC50 Historic and Archeological Preservation in Transportation
Law
AL000 Legal Resources Group
AL010 Transportation Law
AL020 Transit and Intermodal Transportation Law
AL030 Contract Law
AL040 Emerging Technology Law
AL050 Environmental Issues in Transportation Law
AL060 Eminent Domain and Land Use
AL070 Tort Liability and Risk Management
ANB40 Traffic Law Enforcement
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University of Technology Sydney
Does the Journal of Transport History (Manchester University Press) give anything useful?
'Ways of the World' by M.G. Lay (ISBN 1 875368 05 1) includes references to the US and miscellaneous examples from around the world. Otherwise, most of my library refers to Britain or Australia.
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