{"product_id":"9780792382195","title":"Transportation Research, Economics and Policy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTransportation Research, Economics and Policy\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSavage, Ian\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American public has a fascination with railroad wrecks that goes back a long way. One hundred years ago, staged railroad accidents were popular events. At the Iowa State fair in 1896, 89,000 people paid $20 each, at current prices, to see two trains, throttles wide open, collide with each other. \"Head-on Joe\" Connolly made a business out of \"cornfield meets\" holding seventy-three events in thirty-six years. Picture books of train wrecks do good business presumably because a train wreck can guarantee a spectacular destruction of property without the messy loss of life associated with aircraft accidents. A \"train wreck\" has also entered the popular vocabulary in a most unusual way. When political manoeuvering leads to failure to pass the federal budget, and a shutdown is likely of government services, this is widely called a \"train wreck. \" In business and team sports, bumbling and lack of coordination leading to a spectacular and public failure to perform is also called \"causing a train wreck. \" A person or organization who is disorganized may be labelled a \"train wreck. \" It is therefore not surprising that the public perception of the safety of railroads centers on images of twisted metal and burning tank cars, and a general feeling that these events occur quite often. After a series of railroad accidents, such as occurred in the winter of 1996 or the summer of 1997, there are inevitable calls that government \"should do something.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1998-07-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792382195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-5571-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 232\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46312088600716,"sku":"9780792382195","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792382195.jpg?v=1771518011","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792382195","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}