Planes, trains, automobiles, and rising fuel costs greet holiday travelers at the start of the nations busiest travel season. The following expert from Rutgers UniversityCamden is available to discuss a variety of topics related to this issue:

JAMES DUNN is a professor of political science and public policy at Rutgers-Camden. A noted scholar on transportation policy in the United States and Europe, his books include Driving Forces: The Automobile, Its Enemies and the Politics of Mobility and Miles to Go: European and American Transportation Policies. He can discuss:

Effects of high gas prices on our automobile-dependent society

The problems of improving inner-city passenger rail service

Political and market forces shaping rail organizations in the U.S. and abroad

Models for effective rail transportation

Regional reliance on automobile transportation

General transportation policy issues

The transit strike in France and whether it could happen in the U.S.

How Parisians cope with transit strikes (based on his experiences in France during a transit strike)

Office: (856) 225-2995

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