The objectives of transportation in economic development.

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Outlines the needs and objectives for transportation systems and national transportation policies. Discusses the limitations and proper role for economic analyses in determining goals and optimal uses of transportation. Also examines transportation planning in the United States and the Soviet Union in light of economic development. (Based on a lecture delivered to the Harvard Transportation and Economic Development Seminar, February 1963.) 18 pp.

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The objectives of transportation in economic development. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1963. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2836.html.
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