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Going Nowhere: The Dimensions of the Transportation Problem in the U.S.

Robert Puentes
Robert Puentes is the Vice President and Director of Brookings Metro.
Robert Puentes Vice President and Director - Brookings Metro

October 15, 2007

As part of the plenary session at the Inaugural William O. Lipinski Symposium on Transportation Policy in Chicago, Robert Puentes discusses urgency of transportation accessibility, connectivity, and mobility issues that affecting the prosperity and vitality of the nation and its metropolitan areas. He highlights several critical flaws in current U.S. transportation policy today and offers a broad framework for a new transportation agenda.