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Driving Forces: The Automobile, its Enemies, and the Politics of Mobility
By James Dunn | Brookings Institution Press | 1998
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Organizations >
Bridge Toll Advocacy Project
www.bridgetolls.org
New York
Car Busters
www.carbusters.org
Prague, Czech Republic
Cars Suck
www.cars-suck.org
New York
Critical Mass
www.critical-mass.org
Worldwide
Note: There is no official Critical Mass web site; this is just one of many sites devoted to the ride
Federal Highway Administration
www.fhwa.dot.gov
Washington, D.C.
John Locke Foundation
www.johnlocke.org
Raleigh, North Carolina
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
www.vtpi.org
Victoria, British Columbia
A wealth of information on transportation issues, including a huge annotated bibliography on transportation at www.vtpi.org/bib.xls.
University of California Transportation Center
www.uctc.net
Berkeley, California
Download or order scholarly articles on transportation issues, often at no charge.
World Resources Institute
www.wri.org
Washington, D.C.
Published the influential report "The Going Rate: What It Really Costs to Drive."
Topics > Cost of driving >
"America's Autos on Welfare"
www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/articles/subsidies.asp
Sierra Club | 1996
A summary of the economic analyses of the cost of driving.
"The Annualized Social Cost of Motor Vehicle Use in the U.S., 1990-1991"
www.uctc.net/papers/311.pdf
By Mark Delucchi | Institute of Transportation Studies | 1997
The above link is to an overview of Delucchi's extensive report. For additional sections, see www.uctc.net/papers/papersnumber.html#300.
"The Central Planning Of Lifestyles: Automobility and The Illusion of Full Cost Pricing"
www.cei.org/gencon/025,01606.cfm
By Roy Cordato | The Competitive Enterprise Institute | 1997
Criticizes arguments made by economic analyses that purport to show that autos receive subsidies.
The Elephant in the Bedroom
www.flora.org/afo/elephant-cont.html
By Alvin Spivak and Stanley Hart | Samizdat Press | 1992
Book that purports to show that autos are receiving giant subsidies. The entire book is online
"Saving Energy in U.S. Transportation"
www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1994/9432_n.html
United States Congress, Office of Technology Assessment | July 1994
Full PDF of the article on the cost of driving and other transportation issues. The Office of Technology Assessment is now defunct.
Topics > Libertarianism >
Driving us into the ground
Surrogate feet
Driving wherever? Priceless
Route 66, Inc.?
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