Jeffrey R. Brown, Eric A. Morris, and Brian D. Taylor. The Drive for Dollars: How Fiscal Politics Shaped Urban Freeways and Transformed American Cities

presents an extensive investigation into the financial and political realities underlying American urban freeway development.It presents an accurate historical description of how fiscal policies impacted the development of city infrastructure from the early 20th century to the emergence of the Interstate Highway System.By placing fiscal politics at the focal point of that development, the authors demonstrate how financial strategies at the city, state, and federal levels have helmed the course and outcomes of freeway projects. 2The book provides a chronological and thematic analysis of the politics behind freeway funding and development in major U.S. cities, tracing the transition from public transit systems to automobile-based transportation.It begins by examining the landscape of