Contributions to the post-World War II History of High-Speed Ground Transport in the United States

Abstract

This Special Issue fills significant gaps in both historiography and the social sciences concerning high-speed ground transport in the United States, specifically with regard to the political, economic, and corporate origins of the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 (hereafter, HSGT Act). This important legislation aimed to develop America’s first very high-speed trains on the Northeast Corridor (hereafter, NEC), thereby to attenuate congestion from excessive use of highways and at airports; and, second, to develop