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William T. Coleman, Jr. - 1920-2017

By Richard F. Weingroff

Former Secretary of Transportation William T. Coleman, Jr., passed away on March 31, 2017. He served as Secretary from March 1975 to January 1977.

Born in Philadelphia, Coleman was an attorney who worked with Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP...

A Moment in Time: February 2, 1938

By Richard F. Weingroff

The idea of a network of superhighways was discussed long before the Interstate System came about. Often, the vision was of a single straight-as-an-arrow toll transcontinental superhighway, or a network of such highways, and wide right-of-ways...