Oversight of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration's Technology Development and Equipment Procurement Programs (bus and Rail Rolling Stock): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Review of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, May 16, 17, 22, 1979U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 - Broj stranica: 780 |
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