Paved Roads & Public Money

Connecticut Transportation in the Age of Internal Combustion

Richard DeLuca

• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9780819573049
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Paved Roads & Public Money describes the evolution of transportation systems in modern Connecticut. It is the second book in a two-volume study that begins with the bicycle craze of the 1880s, and ends with the efforts of the Malloy and Lamont administrations to revitalize Connecticut transportation in the twenty-first century. The story includes aviation, highways, bridges, ferries, steamboats, canals, railroads, electric trolleys, and water ports in Connecticut and along the multi-state travel corridor from New York to Boston. Drawing on a wide array of primary material, Richard DeLuca examines how land, law, and technology have shaped the state and its transportation systems, giving special attention to the state's two largest transportation monopolies: the New Haven Railroad and the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The book focuses on key events in the development of transportation and legislation. It is arranged chronologically, and by highlighting themes from each period shows the implications of the state's transportation history on current debates about infrastructure and funding. It features 50 illustrations and three appendices: population by geomorphic region, a list of controlled access highways, and a list of notable highway bridges.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction: The Bicycle Leads the Way
• Chapter One: The Early Auto Age
• Chapter Two: Connecticut Takes to the Sky
• Chapter Three: Parkways, Expressways, and Interstates, Part 1
• Chapter Four: Parkways, Expressways, and Interstates, Part 2
• Chapter Five: A Public Monopoly
• Conclusion: A Historical Perspective: 1614–2015
• Appendix A: Population by Geomorphic Region 1900–2000
• Appendix B: Controlled-Access Expressways
• Appendix C: Notable Highway Bridges
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index