The highway lobby, also known as the "road gang", "motordom",[1] or the "highwaymen", is a collective of industry interests that advocate for an automobile-centric society. It is made up of corporate interests representing the automobile, oil, construction, rubber, asphalt, trucking, and limestone industries. The term is often used as a pejorative by those who accuse this broad interest group of "Asphalt Socialism",[2] or those who accuse the lobby of nefarious actions.[3] The highway revolts, the Highway Action Coalition, pedestrian movements, and many other modern civil society organizations, are a response to this lobby. One example of the highway lobby is the American Highway Users Alliance that represents its interests. The highway lobby exists in many countries, for example the US, France,[4] Italy through the group "Friends of the Automobile"[5] or Malaysia.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Motordom Defined". Vancouver Sun. July 27, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Cortright, Joe (November 17, 2015). "House Republicans' Asphalt Socialism". The American Conservative. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Tabuchi, Hiroko (June 19, 2018). "How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country". The New York Times. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  4. ^ Dunn, James A. Jr. (April 1995). "The French Highway Lobby: A Case Study in State–Society Relations and Policymaking". Comparative Politics. Vol. 27, no. 3. pp. 275–295. JSTOR 422059.
  5. ^ Ladd, Brian (2008). Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 120–120. ISBN 9780226467412.
  6. ^ Mei Lin, Mayuri (January 12, 2016). "Anti-Highway Lobby Says Selangor Denies Gave Nod for DASH". Malay Mail.

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