History of the South Dakota Department of Transportation, 1956 – Present

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• Alternative Title:
  Going Places: History of the South Dakota Department of Transportation, 1956 – Present [Cover Title]
• Creators:
  Bucklin, Steven
• Corporate Creators:
  University of South Dakota. Dept. of History
• Corporate Contributors:
  South Dakota. Department of Transportation. Office of Research ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Government Agencies History Regulation Research Transportation Transportation History
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SD2009-01-X
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  South Dakota ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report May 2009 to February 2013
• Corporate Publisher:
  South Dakota. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Research
• Abstract:
  The focus of the research for this project was to have been confined to the period from 1956 to the present, but the Technical Panel and the Principal Investigator (PI) expanded the research to include a more comprehensive history of the administration of transportation issues from Territorial times to the present. This fills a gaping hole in the historiography of transportation issues in South Dakota because there has been no other comprehensive treatment of the subject. The PI drew on a vast number of primary sources and a smaller number of secondary works. He conducted five oral history interviews with men involved in the various permutations of the SDDOT from the 1950s to the present, identified other oral histories, and drew on his personal knowledge from growing up and living much of his life in South Dakota. The manuscript includes an introduction, nine chapters, and a bibliography. The first four chapters address the period from 1861‐1956 and include the creation of a variety of regulatory agencies to bring order to the development of the different modes of transportation in the state. The focus of these four chapters is highway and administrative developments, but they include a chapter dedicated to aeronautics and also address issues with the railroads. These chapters also provide an examination of the Federal government’s influence on transportation in South Dakota. The next four chapters address the Interstate and post‐Interstate eras. A separate chapter explores aeronautic issues and another is primarily devoted the State acquisition of the Core Rail System. Throughout the manuscript and in the concluding chapter, the PI develops several themes as principle factors in transportation developments in South Dakota, including agricultural, commercial, military, political, and sustainability needs.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  311084
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e388c0d73984e4b59a5a5e641f91bb845681bd901a1221929c986c1fe1feda64
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64150/dot_64150_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 15.17 MB ]