Subway City
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Subway City
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Author : Michael W. Brooks
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1997
Subway City written by Michael W. Brooks and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Traces the development of the subway from its inception to its decline as an overcrowded and dangerous part of city life - Explores how it has been represented in film and art - Gives women's experiences of the subway - Examines the city's racial tensions - Skyscapers - Spatial layout of the city - Urban space.
The New York City Subway System
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Author : Ronald A. Reis
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2009
The New York City Subway System written by Ronald A. Reis and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with New York (N.Y.) categories.
Teeming with a population of 3.5 million at the end of the 19th century, the island of Manhattan couldn't meet the city's demand for rapid transit with its horse-drawn trolleys and elevated train lines. New York City needed a subway system. After four years of digging and diverting miles of utilities and tunneling under the Harlem River, the city's residents celebrated a new era in mass transit on October 27, 1904, with the opening of a nine-mile subway route. In the century to come, the New York subway would grow and expand to a system that runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with 6,400 cars, 468 stations, a daily ridership of 4.5 million, and 842 miles of track - longer than the distance from New York to Chicago. Politics, graffiti, and unbelievable construction challenges combined to make the building and running of the New York subway system one of the America's greatest civic undertakings.
Engineering The New York City Subway
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Author : Kyle M. Kirschling
language : en
Publisher: Kyle Mark Kirschling
Release Date : 2021-01-12
Engineering The New York City Subway written by Kyle M. Kirschling and has been published by Kyle Mark Kirschling this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-12 with Business & Economics categories.
Why does New York City have a subway system, and why does it have such an unusual design? Railroad engineers developed its bold and ambitious design in 1891 for the purposes of speed and convenience, above all else. By understanding the original thinking behind the subway, we can see beneath the grit and appreciate the true beauty of the system…and be inspired to build even bigger and better things in the future. The subway possesses a combination of design elements that make it unequalled among the world’s major rapid transit systems. The pillars of the system’s design are the high-speed right-of-way and trains, being underground but close to the surface, having extensive four-track mainlines with all tracks on the same level, and providing bi-directional local and express service.
How Franchise Terms Impeded Private Subway Construction In New York City Comparison With Concession Agreements For Early Subterranean Transit In Great Britain
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Author : Kyle M. Kirschling
language : en
Publisher: Kyle Mark Kirschling
Release Date : 2019-12-27
How Franchise Terms Impeded Private Subway Construction In New York City Comparison With Concession Agreements For Early Subterranean Transit In Great Britain written by Kyle M. Kirschling and has been published by Kyle Mark Kirschling this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-27 with Business & Economics categories.
New York could have had a practical and profitable subway in operation by the 1870s—financed entirely by the private sector—had franchise terms been as liberal as those in Great Britain. Although it would not have been as technologically sophisticated as the 1904 subway, it would have been superior to the elevated railways of the time. Moreover, permitting experimentation and entrepreneurship in New York City's transportation industry would ultimately have accelerated the development of subway technology. Regardless, given the political constraints, the DBOM public-private partnership model finalized in 1900 was extremely successful. The lines built under this model comprise half of today’s New York City Subway network. Fares were low, no government subsidies were required, and investors earned high returns (until the unprecedented inflation of World War I, which could have been resolved by allowing the franchisees to raise fares with inflation).
Riding The New York Subway
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Author : Stefan Hohne
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2021-02-16
Riding The New York Subway written by Stefan Hohne and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-16 with Social Science categories.
A history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride. When the subway first opened with much fanfare on October 27, 1904, New York became a city of underground passengers almost overnight. In this book, Stefan Höhne examines how the experiences of subway passengers in New York City were intertwined with cultural changes in urban mass society throughout the twentieth century. Höhne argues that underground transportation--which early passengers found both exhilarating and distressing--changed perceptions, interactions, and the organization of everyday life.
Art And The Subway
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Author : Tracy Fitzpatrick
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2009
Art And The Subway written by Tracy Fitzpatrick and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
Explores artistic production surrounding the world's most famous public transportation system, from just before its opening in 1904 onwards. Using images, this work offers perspectives on ways in which the subway has been used as a subject about which to make art, as a site within which to make art, and as a canvas upon which to make art.
Cincinnati Subway Rail Rapid Transit Compilation
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Author : Bob Diamond
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Cincinnati Subway Rail Rapid Transit Compilation written by Bob Diamond and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Subway Environmental Design Handbook
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Author : Transit Development Corporation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Subway Environmental Design Handbook written by Transit Development Corporation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Subways categories.
Subway Environmental Design Handbook Principles And Applications
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Author : Transit Development Corporation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Subway Environmental Design Handbook Principles And Applications written by Transit Development Corporation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Subways categories.
Second Avenue Subway In The Borough Of Manhattan New York County
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Second Avenue Subway In The Borough Of Manhattan New York County written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.