In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

TABLES Table 1.1. Intensity of motorization in the G-7 nations in 2000 4 Table 1.2. Motor vehicles per $billion GNP in 2000 5 Table 1.3. Contribution of trucks to motorization in the United States and other G-7 nations in 2000 5 Table 1.4. Most thoroughly motorized nations in 2000 6 Table 1.5. Per capita ridership of streetcars and subways in the United States and Europe, 1890, 1901, and 1909 9 Table 1.6. Per capita ridership of mass transit in the United States and Europe, 1909 and 1990 10 Table 1.7. U.S. leadership in GDP per capita, 1905 12 Table 1.8. U.S. dominance in the world economy of the 1920s 12 Table 1.9. G-7 motorization levels in 1925 and 1950 12 Table 1.10. GDP and motorization trends in the G-7 nations, 1913–50 17 Table 1.11. G-7 motorization levels and differentials in 1950 17 Table 1.12. Incremental motorization in the G-7 nations, 1950–75 18 Table 1.13. Mass motorization in the G-7 nations: Threshold years and time lags vs. the United States and Canada 18 Table 1.14. Incremental motorization in the G-7 nations, 1975–2000 21 Table 1.15. First and second tiers of global motorization in 2000 25 Table 2.1. Indexing of consumer prices vs. streetcar expenses and revenues, 1916–20 35 Table 2.2. Indicators of U.S. streetcar industry performance 36 Table 2.3. Streetcar industry’s net operating revenues, 1912–28 38 Table 2.4. Transit’s ridership gains and losses by size of city, 1921–28 38 Table 2.5. Share of downtown trips made by mass transit 54 x ⴗ TABLES Table 3.1. Changing modal mix of transit ridership, 1926–40 62 Table 4.1. Transit’s ridership losses after World War II 98 Table 5.1. Urban freeway mileage in place in 1956, 1980, and 2000 111 Table 5.2. Timing of all U.S. motorization 113 Table 5.3. U.S. and Canadian increases in motorization and GDP per head, 1957–87 114 Table 5.4. Motor vehicles per 1,000 population in the G-7 nations, 1956 and 2000 114 Table 5.5. Per capita trends of U.S. GDP, vehicle registrations, and VMT 115 Table 5.6. Scaling the presence of cars, trucks, and transit in the United States 126 Table 5.7. Delays in the nation’s most congested cities in 2002 130 Table 5.8. Traffic delays and fuel wasted in Los Angeles and other large cities in 2002 131 Table 5.9. Suburban employment shares in U.S. metropolitan areas in 1982 133 Table 6.1. Transit rides per capita in peacetime, 1907–2000 139 Table 6.2. Black percentage of the 1960 population in U.S. cities that were major transit markets 141 Table 6.3. Congressional actions in the evolution of federal transit policy 144 Table 6.4. Transit rides and rides per capita, 1972–2001 145 Table 6.5. U.S. workers using transit for the journey to work 146 Table 6.6. Regional population shares in the United States, 1920–2000 148 Table 6.7. Most populous metropolitan areas in 1920 and 2000 149 Table 6.8. Metropolitan areas experiencing large increases in transit commuting 151 Table 6.9. Metropolitan areas experiencing large declines in transit commuting 152 Table 6.10. Transit’s samemode ridership and operating costs, 1964 and 2001 164 Table 6.11. Trends of five transit indicators, 1990–2000 165 Table 7.1. U.S. passenger car production volumes, 1973–2003 175 Table 7.2. U.S. truck and SUV production volumes, 1973–2003 176 Table 7.3. Increasing intensity of U.S. motorization, 1960–2000 178 Table 7.4. Increase in miles of freeway, vehicle registrations, and VMT 179 Table 7.5. An index of cohorts of U.S. motorization, 1950–2000 180 Table 7.6. Capital outlays for U.S. highway construction, 1960–2000 183 Table 10.1. Tax-inclusive gasoline prices in G-7 nations in 2001 210 ...

Share