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]
^ 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.
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