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World War II represented a substantial mobilization of American resources, including human resources. Despite the obvious hindrances it posed to marriage, nuptiality on the whole did not slow down during the war. Among the reasons it did not do so was a government policy designed to conserve the already-formed families of soldiers, which also made marriage an economically attractive option to young women. For citizen soldiers, wartime marriage was not simply economically feasible. It was as well an action that connected them with the civilian life that they had reluctantly left. Marriage, moreover, was an action congruent with and promoted by success in the unusual occupational context of the armed services Even after the war, wartime military service proved to be congruent with marriage, veterans being more prone—after a brief lag—to marry. Often portrayed as a war in defense of the American family, World War II seems to have produced patterns that included surprising degrees of continuity with family formation.

World War II represented a substantial mobilization of American resources, including human resources. Despite the obvious hindrances it posed to marriage, nuptiality on the whole did not slow down during the war. Among the reasons it did not do so was a government policy designed to conserve the already-formed families of soldiers, which also made marriage an economically attractive option to young women. For citizen soldiers, wartime marriage was not simply economically feasible. It was as well an action that connected them with the civilian life that they had reluctantly left. Marriage, moreover, was an action congruent with and promoted by success in the unusual occupational context of the armed services. Even after the war, wartime military service proved to be congruent with marriage, veterans being more prone—after a brief lag—to marry. Often portrayed as a war in defense of the American family, World War II seems to have produced patterns that included surprising degrees of continuity with family formation.

This article presents findings of the Interstate 15 (I-15) Congestion Pricing Project's Business Impact Study conducted by San Diego State University over the project's 3-year duration. The ExpressPass and FasTrak programs offered drivers of single-occupant vehicles the use of I-15 Express Lanes to achieve faster and more reliable travel along the corridor. The Business Impact Study was designed to assess whether businesses recognized and valued the ExpressPass/FasTrak option. Delivery-based businesses or businesses located along I-15 were more likely to perceive themselves as highly dependent on employees or goods and services traveling the corridor. Such businesses were also more likely to regard the ExpressPass/FasTrak program as important and as having a positive impact. The I-15 FasTrak program ranked substantially lower in importance as a factor affecting business performance than such primary factors as supply of goods and labor, price of certain commodities, and tax levels and policies.