Terrorist Attack Refocuses Transportation Debate

17 January 2002 - 7:00am

Los Angeles International Airport was a mess six months ago, and it is a mess now. But it is a mess of an entirely different kind.

The September 11 terrorist attack changed the nature of the debate regarding transportationpolicy in the United States... Prior to the attack, the need to expand commercial air facilities was one of the few infrastructure issues on which most Americans agreed.

Source: California Planning and Development Report, January 16, 2002
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