The Political Economy of Transport Innovations

摘要: Many transportation and telecommunication innovations were proposed over the course of last century. They include new technologies, ways organization to manage these systems. Overall, that adopted have changed way we conduct our affairs, as cost effort associated with overcoming distance plummeted. Yet, many additional options proposed, but never adopted, or only in a very limited modified form. In some cases, first later abandoned. These observations raise question: Why certain been while others not?