William Garrison is Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. David Levinson is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

The book by Garrison and Levinson can be warmly recommended as a mine of information on US and early UK transportation development in a broadly based historical framework.

• I Wave One ; 1 Steamboat ; 2 Birth of the Railway ; 3 Turnpikes ; II Phase 1 of the Lifecycle ; 4 Inventing and Innovating ; III Wave Two ; 5 Maritime ; 6 Railroads Deployed ; 7 Good Roads ; 8 Transit ; 9 Telegraph ; IV Phase 2 of the Lifecycle ; 10 Magic Bullet ; V Wave Three: ; 11 American Shipping ; 12 Taking Flight ; 13 Railroads Regulated ; 14 Bustitution ; 15 Public Roads ; 16 Urban Planning: Who Controls The Turf? ; 17 Telephone ; VI Phase 3 of the Lifecycle ; 18 Aging ; VII Wave Four: 1939 ; 19 Logistics ; 20 The Jet Age ; 21 Railroads Rationalized ; 22 Interstate ; 23 Recapitalization ; 24 Lord Kelvin's Curse ; VIII Lifecycle Dynamics ; 25 Lifecycle ; 26 Meta-cycles ; 27 Energy and Environment ; 28 Higher-speed rail ; 29 Internet ; 30 Technology: Hard and Soft ; X Beyond the Lifecycle ; 31 Policy ; 32 Speculations ; XI After words: Reections on Transportation Ex- ; periences ; 33 I-35 W ; 34 Design of a Life ; 35 Commencement ; XII End Matter ; 36 Institutions ; 37 Endnotes

William Garrison is Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. David Levinson is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

The book by Garrison and Levinson can be warmly recommended as a mine of information on US and early UK transportation development in a broadly based historical framework.

• I Wave One ; 1 Steamboat ; 2 Birth of the Railway ; 3 Turnpikes ; II Phase 1 of the Lifecycle ; 4 Inventing and Innovating ; III Wave Two ; 5 Maritime ; 6 Railroads Deployed ; 7 Good Roads ; 8 Transit ; 9 Telegraph ; IV Phase 2 of the Lifecycle ; 10 Magic Bullet ; V Wave Three: ; 11 American Shipping ; 12 Taking Flight ; 13 Railroads Regulated ; 14 Bustitution ; 15 Public Roads ; 16 Urban Planning: Who Controls The Turf? ; 17 Telephone ; VI Phase 3 of the Lifecycle ; 18 Aging ; VII Wave Four: 1939 ; 19 Logistics ; 20 The Jet Age ; 21 Railroads Rationalized ; 22 Interstate ; 23 Recapitalization ; 24 Lord Kelvin's Curse ; VIII Lifecycle Dynamics ; 25 Lifecycle ; 26 Meta-cycles ; 27 Energy and Environment ; 28 Higher-speed rail ; 29 Internet ; 30 Technology: Hard and Soft ; X Beyond the Lifecycle ; 31 Policy ; 32 Speculations ; XI After words: Reections on Transportation Ex- ; periences ; 33 I-35 W ; 34 Design of a Life ; 35 Commencement ; XII End Matter ; 36 Institutions ; 37 Endnotes

William Garrison is Emeritus Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. David Levinson is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

The book by Garrison and Levinson can be warmly recommended as a mine of information on US and early UK transportation development in a broadly based historical framework.

• I Wave One ; 1 Steamboat ; 2 Birth of the Railway ; 3 Turnpikes ; II Phase 1 of the Lifecycle ; 4 Inventing and Innovating ; III Wave Two ; 5 Maritime ; 6 Railroads Deployed ; 7 Good Roads ; 8 Transit ; 9 Telegraph ; IV Phase 2 of the Lifecycle ; 10 Magic Bullet ; V Wave Three: ; 11 American Shipping ; 12 Taking Flight ; 13 Railroads Regulated ; 14 Bustitution ; 15 Public Roads ; 16 Urban Planning: Who Controls The Turf? ; 17 Telephone ; VI Phase 3 of the Lifecycle ; 18 Aging ; VII Wave Four: 1939 ; 19 Logistics ; 20 The Jet Age ; 21 Railroads Rationalized ; 22 Interstate ; 23 Recapitalization ; 24 Lord Kelvin's Curse ; VIII Lifecycle Dynamics ; 25 Lifecycle ; 26 Meta-cycles ; 27 Energy and Environment ; 28 Higher-speed rail ; 29 Internet ; 30 Technology: Hard and Soft ; X Beyond the Lifecycle ; 31 Policy ; 32 Speculations ; XI After words: Reections on Transportation Ex- ; periences ; 33 I-35 W ; 34 Design of a Life ; 35 Commencement ; XII End Matter ; 36 Institutions ; 37 Endnotes