Jim Oberstar Lecture: The Seeds of Our 21st Century Transportation Network
From EBBC:
By
Robert Prinz
8:51 PM PDT on October 14, 2012
From EBBC:
2012-2013 Matsui Lecturer: The Honorable James Oberstar, Member of Congress 1975-2011
“The Seeds of Our 21st Century Transportation Network: A Retrospective of Sixty Years of Policymaking”
One of the country’s leading transportation policymakers examines the history of infrastructure policy in the United States.
This event is cosponsored with the Institute of Transportation Studies.
Register online at http://politics.berkeley.edu/lecturer.php.
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