Interregional Travel

Interregional Travel
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2016-04-07
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309369657

TRB Special Report 320: Interregional Travel: A New Perspective for Policy Making examines the demand for and supply of interregional transportation in the United States. Major additions to transportation infrastructure, including high-speed rail, are being considered for some of the country’s most heavily traveled 100- to 500-mile corridors. The availability and use of the automobile, airplane, and train for interregional travel are reviewed along with the rejuvenated intercity bus. U.S. interregional corridors and transportation options are contrasted with those in Japan and Europe, where substantial investments have been made in passenger rail. Public investments in new, long-lived transportation infrastructure can be risky because of uncertainty about future demand and the development of new technologies and competing transportation services. Decisionmakers in interregional corridors face the added challenge of having to coordinate investments across multiple jurisdictions. The report recommends actions to reduce this uncertainty and create stronger institutional means for developing the country’s interregional corridors. TR News 303 features an article on Interregional Travel: A New Perspective for Policy Making. A video about the research is now available: At the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2016, a session entitled Interregional Travel: Policymaking from a New Perspective was webcast live. These videos provide an overview of various components of the project. Introduction: Part 1: Overview of Project Scope Part 2: Data and Information Needs Part 3: Intercity Bus Operations Question and Answer Session Presenters: Tom Deen Nancy McGuckin Joe Schweiterman Moderated by: Martin Wachs

My Mark Twain

My Mark Twain
Author: William Dean Howells
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1910
Genre: Authors, American
ISBN:

Reminiscences of Howells' friendship with Mark Twain, followed by criticism of about a dozen of his major works (chiefly book reviews previously published in various periodicals).

America's National Game

America's National Game
Author: Albert Goodwill Spalding
Publisher:
Total Pages: 586
Release: 1911
Genre: Baseball
ISBN:

This book is Albert Spaldings work of "historic facts concerning the beginning, evolution, development and popularity of base ball, with personal reminiscences of its vicissitudes, its victories and its votaries." It is one of the defining books in the early formative years of modern baseball.

A Clash of Cymbals

A Clash of Cymbals
Author: James Blish
Publisher: Arrow
Total Pages: 199
Release: 1974
Genre: Science fiction
ISBN: 9780099086604

Penal and Reformatory Institutions (Classic Reprint)

Penal and Reformatory Institutions (Classic Reprint)
Author: Charles Richmond Henderson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2016-11-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781334300325

Excerpt from Penal and Reformatory Institutions In the paper of Mr. Pettigrove we may trace the evolution of the older prison system and the beginnings of the later reforms, together with the essential facts in regard to the present conditions, especially in the ordinary state prisons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.