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History can be useful in understanding how we got to were we are.  And some people, very few in my opinion, may take a lesson from it and avoid repeating some of the mistakes that were made in the past.   At the end of the day, however, the key to solving problems, i.e. what is the best transport solution for a given problem, is to define the problem. Based on my experience as a key problem solver for a Fortune 250 corporation, few people are able to do so with clarity. More often than not they want to rush to their pre-conceived solution.  In fact, having dealt with hundreds of consultants in my career, I liken them to solutions chasing a problem. If you don't have the problem that their solution is designed to fix, they will find it for you. Once having framed the problem, an arduous task to be sure, generating solutions, testing them, choosing the best solution, with appropriate validation, are key follow-on steps. Oh, there is one more critical step. Most solutions carry the potential for future problems, i.e. the law of the unintended consequence. Assessing the potential problems generated by the solution(s) is critical to its success and in some instances the survival of the enterprise.  Sometimes, after finishing the potential problem analysis re: the proposed solution, we determined that the solutions were likely to generate a problem(s) that would be worse then the problem that we were living with at the time. In the interest of full disclosure, I am an honors history major from Penn State with a minor in transportation economics.  I love history.  But it is largely irrelevant for solving today's problems.
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