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A 5 page summation and analysis of Jane Holtz Kay's book 'Asphalt Nation.' In this book, Kay addresses the trend away from the auto-dominated public policy that has shaped the American landscape since the invention of the Model T. She argues that the time has come to move away from auto-centered transportation. No additional sources cited.
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indicate whether or not public policy would continue the nations dependence on the automobile and keep paving over the land with asphalt, or decide on a new direction (2). Kay,
with a journalist sense of inquiry, decided to visit two conventions. One was sponsored by the advocates for an auto-free America and the other was sponsored by the American Society
of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Transportation Engineers, i.e. the people who design, and build highways. The anti-auto people had their convention in Greenwich Village. It was laid
back and payment of a $35 conference fee was optional. The highway engineers had theirs in Secaucus, New Jersey at a suite at the Howard Johnsons and everything was suits
and ties and stamp checked registration. Yet, the message, surprisingly, at both conferences was virtually the same. There was the same concern over congestion; the same concern for the environment;
even the same "evangelical" tone as they suggested similar solutions in the form of "balanced transportation" (6). In other words, Kay proposes that the "consensus of support for the auto
age (is) fraying" (6). She then goes on to show how the "auto age" developed, how it caused many of the nations current problems with environmental degradation and urban decay,
and why it must, therefore, be abandoned. Kay first addresses the effect that Americas reliance on the automobile has had on the landscape, and on the lives of US
citizenry. This section details the all-too-familiar experiences of bumper to bumper traffic and the effects of pollution on the landscape and human health. In the chapter entitled the "cost
of the car culture," Kay details not only the billions that are spent on highways, and cars, but also what is lost in terms of man-hours through time spent in
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