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Automobility References & Experts

The following reports and books are useful references on the benefits of the automobile and why it has become the dominant form of transport in the U.S.

Cars, Women, and Minorities, by Alan Pisarski.

Driving Forces: The Automobile, Its Enemies, and the Politics of Mobility, by James Dunn, Brookings Institution, 1998 (can be read on line).

Commuting in America II, by Alan Pisarski, Eno Transportation Foundation, 1996.