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... M odern economies and lifestyles would not be possible without extensive transportation systems. Yet, even as vital as they are, such systems mostly escape notice except when they do not function as expected.
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... favorable, for the economy, safety, public health, and sustainability. The Executive Committee hopes that this document can serve to sharpen the collective understanding of transportation and its ramifications and encourage the analysis and research that will inform decisions by individual citizens and officials in both the public and private sectors.

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