Modernizing the Nation's Highways: A Statement on National Policy by the Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic DevelopmentFifteen-year-old Roxie cannot get along with her mother, whose slow recovery from a stroke has made home life difficult, and envies her best friend until a crisis of conscience threatens to change that relationship forever. |
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THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM | 1 |
THE NEED FOR HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT | 6 |
DIVIDING THE RESPONSIBILITY | 8 |
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AMORY HOUGHTON balance BEARDSLEY RUML benefits billion BOARD borrowing budget policy Bureau of Public catching up period catching-up CED's cent charges on highway charging highway users CHICAGO CITY Committee believes Committee for Economic COMPANY NEW YORK congestion construction costs CORPORATION NEW YORK costs of highway enues eral estimates Federal gasoline tax Federal government Federal highway Federal motor fuel FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES FORD MOTOR COMPANY FRED LAZARUS gallon HEATHSVILLE HERBERT STEIN highway construction highway expenditures highway financing highway improvement highway needs highway policy highway program highway revenues highway-user charges ILLINOIS improved highways increase Interstate System levied M. J. Rathbone MALCOLM PIRNIE ment miles motor fuel taxes NATION'S HIGHWAYS need for highway OHIO pay-as-you-build PENNSYLVANIA Policy Committee PRESIDENT STANDARD OIL problem Public Roads Research and Policy roads and streets ROBERT HELLER SCOTT PAPER COMPANY spending Statements on National SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS tion traffic vehicle Vice Chairman YOUNG & RUBICAM