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by Richard F. Weingroff
The idea of a system of national highways is almost as old as the Good Roads Movement of the 1890's. One of the early advocates was Charles Henry Davis, an enthusiastic good roads man whose central idea went from being ahead of...
By Richard F. Weingroff
Former Secretary of Transportation William T. Coleman, Jr., passed away on March 31, 2017. He served as Secretary from March 1975 to January 1977.
Born in Philadelphia, Coleman was an attorney who worked with Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP...
Alan S. Boyd 1922 - 2020
By Richard F. Weingroff
The idea of a network of superhighways was discussed long before the Interstate System came about. Often, the vision was of a single straight-as-an-arrow toll transcontinental superhighway, or a network of such highways, and wide right-of-ways...
By Richard F. Weingroff
By Richard F. Weingroff
By Richard F. Weingroff
By Richard F. Weingroff
By Richard F. Weingroff
By Richard Weingroff