http://www.wbur.org/2009/05/29/dukakis-t-ridealong Boston's NPR News Source Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.wbur.org/2009/05/29/dukakis-t-ridealong/comment-page-1#comment-4746 Paul Zagaeski Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:33:05 +0000 http://bottomline.wbur.org/?p=810#comment-4746 In his 1971 book "Rites of Way", Alan Lupo dissected the politics of local transportation and the complex process to create large transportation solutions. I don't think much has changed. Local politicians and local special interest groups, combined with corporate lobbying and governmental restrictions, creates such a muddle of competing interests, it takes a miracle of negotiation to reach acceptable compromises. Many European cities have overcome "tribal conflicts" and created modern, efficient public transport systems. Perhaps there are lessons in those successes. In his 1971 book “Rites of Way”, Alan Lupo dissected the politics of local transportation and the complex process to create large transportation solutions. I don’t think much has changed. Local politicians and local special interest groups, combined with corporate lobbying and governmental restrictions, creates such a muddle of competing interests, it takes a miracle of negotiation to reach acceptable compromises. Many European cities have overcome “tribal conflicts” and created modern, efficient public transport systems. Perhaps there are lessons in those successes.

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