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Title:

BEYOND THE MILLENNIUM--TRANSPORTATION AND THE ECONOMY

Accession Number:

00486283

Record Type:

Component

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309047021

Abstract:

This is the Keynote Address of the Conference on Long-Range Trends and Requirements for the Nation's Highway and Public Transit Systems. The role of transportation in the nation's economy is discussed, and it is pointed out that one of the keys to being competitive in a global economy lies in the ability to provide safe, efficient, and low-cost transportation for goods and services. The future of the transportation industry is seen to clearly rest with the application of science and technology. Three major thrusts necessary for developing a national strategy for harnessing science and technology for economic growth and ensuring the competitiveness of not just the transportation industry, but all U.S. industry, are presented. They are (1) a regaining of lost competitiveness, (2) a drive to capitalize on technology with the objective of ensuring the creation of new technology and fostering the transfer from scientific discovery to commercialization, and (3) a strengthening of our educational systems across the board, from kindergarten to the 12th grade and at the university level.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Board Special Report 220, A Look Ahead: Year 2020, Proceedings of the Conference on Long-Range Trends and Requirements for the Nation's Highway and Public Transit Systems, June 22-24, 1988, Washington, D.C.

Monograph Title:

A LOOK AHEAD: YEAR 2020

Monograph Accession #:

00486281

Report/Paper Numbers:

HS-040 656

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

White, Robert M

Pagination:

pp 33-39

Publication Date:

1988

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Special Report

Issue Number: 220
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0360-859X

Conference:

Conference on Long-Range Trends and Requirements for the Nation's Highway and Public Transit Systems

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1988-6-22 to 1988-6-24

ISBN:

0-309-04702-1

Media Type:

Print

Identifier Terms:

Transportation 2020

Uncontrolled Terms:

National economy

Subject Areas:

Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Aug 31 1989 12:00AM

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