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• Problems of the Carless: Final Report (prepared for US Dept. of Transportation, 1976), by Robert E. Paaswell and Wilfred W. Recker
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• Technology assessment of changes in the future use and characteristics of the automobile transportation system. (Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Auto in the city : an examination of the techniques mayors can use to reduce traffic in downtown areas, October 25-26, 1979, Portland, Oregon (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary :, 1980), by United States Conference of Mayors, United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary, and Or.) Regional Meeting on Auto in the City (1979 : Portland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Post-automobile transport (Institute of Urban & Regional Development, University of California, 1973), by Melvin M. Webber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The automobile industry : an American art that has revolutionized methods in manufacturing and transformed transportation (National Geographic Society, 1923), by William Joseph Showalter (page images at HathiTrust)

• Race and ethnicity factors in fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes 1999-2004 (NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis ;, 2006), by Judith Hilton and National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Race and ethnicity factors in fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes 1999-2004 (NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis ;, 2006), by Judith Hilton and National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Automotive Fuel Economy: How Far Should We Go?, by National Research Council Energy Engineering Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

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• Auto, United States of America (Institute of Traffic Engineers, 1960), by Institute of Traffic Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Il nuovo aspetto meccanico del mondo. (Hoepli, 1907), by Mario Morasso (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The joy of the road: an appreciation of the motor car. (Methuen, 1907), by Filson Young (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The age of the auto (Roycrofters, 1910), by Elbert Hubbard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Macchina (Torino : Fratelli Bocca, editori, 1905., 1905), by Mario Morasso and Fratelli Bocca (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Mixed dates (The Neerman Press, 1914), by Robert Gunkle Barnhill, Chelsea S. Stewart, and Neerman Press (page images at HathiTrust)

• Installing Automobility: Emerging Politics of Mobility and Streets in Indian Cities (open access edition; Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2020), by Govind Gopakumar (PDF files at MIT Press)

• Post-automobile transport (Institute of Urban & Regional Development, University of California, 1973), by Melvin M. Webber (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The great old cars, where are they now? ([Wayside Press, Wayside Pub. Division], 1960), by Stanley K. Yost (page images at HathiTrust)
• The truth about American cars! (Motor Vehicle Research, 1953), by Andrew J. White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fair Practices in Automotive Products Act hearings before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on H.R. 5133 ... September 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30; and October 1, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• Why I should buy a Royal Tourist (Royal Motor Car Co., 1905), by Royal Motor Car Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Simplex Thirty-fifty motor car (Simplex Motor Car Company, 1910), by Simplex Motor Car Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Highway user taxes. (Washington, 1937), by National Highway Users Conference (page images at HathiTrust)
• Automobiles of America / Automobile Manufacturer's Association. (Automobile Manufacturer's Association, Inc., 1961), by Automobile Manufacturers Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Advancements in automotive technology (Federal Highway Administration, 1987), by Lyle Saxton and United States. Federal Highway Administration. Future National Highway Program Task Force (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recordkeeping requirements for automobiles and other property : scheduled for a hearing before the Committee on Ways and Means on March 5, 1985 (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Taxation and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cost evaluation for three federal motor vehicle standards, FMVSS 203, 204, and 212 (The Administration ;, 1980), by R. F. McLean, J. A. Lesczhik, C. B. Eckel, De Lorean Motor Company. Research & Engineering Division, and United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Work cars do. (Automobile Manufacturers Association, 1952), by Automobile Manufacturers Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Uniform vehicle code ... (U.S. Govt. print. off., 1934), by D. C.) National Conference on Street and Highway Safety (4th : 1934 : Washington, United States. Bureau of Public Roads, and National conference of commissioners on uniform state laws (page images at HathiTrust)
• Advertising substantiation program: autos; index of materials submitted in response to FTC order to file special report, dated July 7, 1971 ... ([Washington, D.C., 1971), by United States Federal Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pursuit driving; a handbook for law-enforcement officers. ([U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1958), by United States Internal Revenue Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thirteen western state highway data (Cheyenne, 1954), by Wyoming taxpayers association, Byron Hirst, and Wyoming Taxpayers Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report ... with a supplementary memorandum setting forth some aspects of the problem presented by proposed and pending legislation for the compulsory establishment of financial responsibility for automobile accidents, Feb., 1925 ([New York?, 1932), by Committee of Nine on Financial Responsibility for Automobile Accidents (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Safety-responsibility bill. (1937 revision) A bill to promote safe driving and to remove the reckless and financially irresponsible driver from the highways ... (American autobile association, 1937), by American Automobile Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Research, a section of the action program for highway safety, report of the President's Committee for Traffic Society. ([Washington, D.C.], 1963), by United States. President's Committee for Traffic Safety (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• 12-volt lead-acid type automotive storage batteries from the Republic of Korea : determination of the Commission in investigation no. 731-TA-261 (preliminary) under the Tariff Act of 1930, together with the information obtained in the investigation. (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1985), by United States International Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

• Staged collision and damage data report for accident reconstruction of thirty (30) test vehicles (The Administration ;, 1981), by D. H. Hand, Approved Engineering Test Laboratories, and United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Staged collision and damage data report for accident reconstruction of twenty-five (25) test vehicles (1980 model year) (The Administration ;, 1980), by D. H. Hand, Approved Engineering Test Laboratories, and United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Subcompact vehicle energy absorbing steering column evaluation and improvement (The Administration ;, 1979), by Anil V. Khadilkar and United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Vehicle classification case study for the highway performance monitoring system (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1982), by Douglas Mactavish, Donald L. Neumann, and United States. Office of Highway Planning (page images at HathiTrust)

• MDB-to-car side impact test of a 19 ̊crabbed moving deformable barrier to a 1976 Volkswagen Rabbit at 34.3 MPH (U.S. Dept. of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ;, 1985), by J. Stultz, United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and Vehicle Research and Test Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• MDB-to-car side impact test of a 19 ̊crabbed moving deformable barrier to a 1976 Volkswagen Rabbit at 34.4 MPH (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ;, 1985), by J. Stultz, United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and Vehicle Research and Test Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Testing how well new cars perform in crashes. (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway [Traffic Safety] Administration, Office of Public [and Consumer] Affairs, 1984), by United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Public and Consumer Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Minicars research safety vehicle program. Phase III (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ;, 1983), by V. K. Ausherman, United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and Inc Minicars (page images at HathiTrust)
• Safety assessment of Denver Type I and Standard Type II Barricades via full scale tests : executive summary (The Administration ;, 1980), by Lloyd E. Carlson and United States. Federal Highway Administration. Structures and Applied Mechanics Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fleet characterization using traffic collision data (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ;, 1998), by Hans C. Joksch, Robert Pichler, Dawn Massie, University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute, and United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Countermeasures for side impact (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ;, 1985), by M. Shaw, Inc Dynamic Science, and United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

• Vehicle crashworthiness and aggressiveness (The Administration ;, 1981), by T. F. MacLaughlin, R. M. Morgan, R. Saul, and Vehicle Research and Test Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• NHTSA's defect and recall procedures : the GM X-car case : hearings before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, and Finance of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, March 2 and August 5, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by Consumer Protection United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications (page images at HathiTrust)

• Issues relating to the domestic auto industry : hearings before the Subcommittee on International Trade of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session ... (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1981), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• H.R. 5880--Automobile Research Competition Act hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, June 15, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by Aviation United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• World auto trade : current trends and structural problems : hearings before the Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, March 7, 18, 1980. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1980), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• Story of the Chalmers car: being a description of how Chalmers motor cars are built in the shops of the Chalmers Motor Company at Detroit, Michigan. (Speaker-Hines Press, 1912), by Chalmers Motor Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Energy, high temperature materials for automotive engines : implementing agreement between the United States of America and other governments done at Paris May 22, 1979. (Dept. of State :, 1982), by Germany (West), United States. 1979 May 22, and United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)

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