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From the earliest days of the nation, the issue of how to provide for an effective transportation network was a vexing one. Many of the nation’s founders recognized the need for an effective transportation system to help knit the disparate colonies into a cohesive nation, and to promote commerce.
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Prassas, E.S., Roess, R.P. (2013). History of Transportation Finance in the U.S.. In: Engineering Economics and Finance for Transportation Infrastructure. Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38580-3_6
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