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Assessing the recent reformulation of United States passenger rail policy

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This article reviews the prospects for major change in United States transportation policy based on initial experience with the Obama administration’s launch of a high-speed intercity passenger train program. Public policy theory suggests that such paradigmatic change requires a mix of both powering through new goals and puzzling over how to attain them. Pursuit of the Obama administration’s high-speed rail policy agenda to date suggests that when the power to initiate policy goals is much greater than the capacity to achieve them, then political conflict over implementation will become a constraint on policy paradigm shift.

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  • Perl, Anthony, 2012. "Assessing the recent reformulation of United States passenger rail policy," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 271-281.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:22:y:2012:i:c:p:271-281
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.01.010
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    1. Culver, Gregg, 2016. "End of the line: The spatial framing of high-speed rail in Wisconsin," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 70-76.

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