The Great Society Subway
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The Great Society Subway
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Author : Zachary M. Schrag
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2014-08
The Great Society Subway written by Zachary M. Schrag and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08 with Architecture categories.
As Metro stretches to Tysons Corner and beyond, this paperback edition features a new preface from the author. Drivers in the nation's capital face a host of hazards: high-speed traffic circles, presidential motorcades, jaywalking tourists, and bewildering signs that send unsuspecting motorists from the Lincoln Memorial into suburban Virginia in less than two minutes. And parking? Don't bet on it unless you're in the fast lane of the Capital Beltway during rush hour. Little wonder, then, that so many residents and visitors rely on the Washington Metro, the 106-mile rapid transit system that serves the District of Columbia and its inner suburbs. In the first comprehensive history of the Metro, Zachary M. Schrag tells the story of the Great Society Subway from its earliest rumblings to the present day, from Arlington to College Park, Eisenhower to Marion Barry. Unlike the pre–World War II rail systems of New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia, the Metro was built at a time when most American families already owned cars, and when most American cities had dedicated themselves to freeways, not subways. Why did the nation's capital take a different path? What were the consequences of that decision? Using extensive archival research as well as oral history, Schrag argues that the Metro can be understood only in the political context from which it was born: the Great Society liberalism of the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. The Metro emerged from a period when Americans believed in public investments suited to the grandeur and dignity of the world's richest nation. The Metro was built not merely to move commuters, but in the words of Lyndon Johnson, to create "a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community." Schrag scrutinizes the project from its earliest days, including general planning, routes, station architecture, funding decisions, land-use impacts, and the behavior of Metro riders. The story of the Great Society Subway sheds light on the development of metropolitan Washington, postwar urban policy, and the promises and limits of rail transit in American cities.
Subway
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Author : John E. Morris
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-10-06
Subway written by John E. Morris and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-06 with Transportation categories.
This dynamic visual history of the world's largest transit system -- in all its intriguing, colorful, and even seedy glory -- is packed with fascinating facts and hundreds of compelling photographs. When the first New York subway line opened in 1904, it was the most advanced in the world and a source of enormous civic pride. Today, it is an essential function to the lives of New Yorkers and a perennial cultural touchstone. To be a New Yorker is to take the train. To celebrate it, or grumble about it. Subway: The History, Curiosities, and Secrets of the New York City Transit System by John E. Morris is both a vivid history of this great transportation system and an exploration of its impact on the city and popular culture. The book covers every remarkable moment, from the technical obstacles and corruption that impeded plans for an underground rail line in the 1800s, to the current state of the system and plans for the future; profiles of the colorful, forgotten characters who built and restored the subway; graphics and imagery showing the evolution of subway cars and the way fares are collected; how subway etiquette rules have evolved with society; great subway chase scenes and songs about the subway; a look at abandoned stations and half-built tunnels; and more. In this visually stunning work, packed with original research, journalist and bestselling author John Morris brings life to this one-time engineering marvel that has united and expanded the city for the last 116 years.
Railtown
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Author : Ethan N. Elkind
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2014-01-22
Railtown written by Ethan N. Elkind and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-22 with History categories.
The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. Traffic, air pollution, and sprawl motivated citizens to support urban rail as an alternative to driving, and the city has started to reinvent itself by developing compact neighborhoods adjacent to transit. As a result of pressure from local leaders, particularly with the election of Tom Bradley as mayor in 1973, the Los Angeles Metro Rail gradually took shape in the consummate car city. Railtown presents the history of this system by drawing on archival documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with many of the key players to provide critical behind-the-scenes accounts of the people and forces that shaped the system. Ethan Elkind brings this important story to life by showing how ambitious local leaders zealously advocated for rail transit and ultimately persuaded an ambivalent electorate and federal leaders to support their vision. Although Metro Rail is growing in ridership and political importance, with expansions in the pipeline, Elkind argues that local leaders will need to reform the rail planning and implementation process to avoid repeating past mistakes and to ensure that Metro Rail supports a burgeoning demand for transit-oriented neighborhoods in Los Angeles. This engaging history of Metro Rail provides lessons for how the American car-dominated cities of today can reinvent themselves as thriving railtowns of tomorrow.
Tunneling To The Future
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Author : Peter Derrick
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2002-04
Tunneling To The Future written by Peter Derrick and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04 with History categories.
Derrick (archivist, Bronx County Historical Society) tells the story of what was, at the time, the largest and most expensive single municipal project ever attempted--the 1913 expansion of the New York City Dual System of Rapid Transit. He considers the factors motivating the expansion, the process of its design, the controversies surrounding financing it, and its impact on New York then and today. Appendixes summarize the contracts and related certificates and list the opening dates of Dual System lines. Twenty-four pages of photographs are also included. c. Book News Inc.
Reinventing The Urban Interstate
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Author : Christopher Ferrell
language : en
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Release Date : 2011
Reinventing The Urban Interstate written by Christopher Ferrell and has been published by Transportation Research Board this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Political Science categories.
TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 145: Reinventing the Urban Interstate: A New Paradigm for Multimodal Corridors presents strategies for planning, designing, building, and operating multimodal corridors?freeways and high-capacity transit lines running parallel in the same travel corridors.
Subway Girl
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Author : P. J. Converse
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2011-03-15
Subway Girl written by P. J. Converse and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-15 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
In this brilliant debut by P. J. Converse, two unlikely teenagers discover that love has a language all its own. He is shy. Unassuming. Inexperienced. She is Subway Girl. Cool. Unattainable. From the moment he sees her on a Hong Kong subway, Simon falls in love with the girl with purple streaks in her hair, but he doesn't have the nerve to talk to her. When he finally works up the courage, he realizes he can't. Because Amy doesn't speak Chinese, and Simon is failing English. But somehow, Amy and Simon connect, and they find that they understand each other. Enough for Simon to admit that he is dropping out of school. Enough for Amy to confess that she is pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's baby. Amy and Simon feel lost in a world so much bigger than they are, and yet they still have each other.
Urban Land
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Urban Land written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with City planning categories.
Under The Sidewalks Of New York
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Author : Brian J. Cudahy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Release Date : 1979
Under The Sidewalks Of New York written by Brian J. Cudahy and has been published by Penguin Adult Hc/Tr this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Fiction categories.
Since the first subway opened in 1904, the New York Subway system and its trains have provided millions of New Yorkers with cheap, fast, and remarkably reliable transportation. The New York subway system lacks the electronic complexity of such modern operations as the Washington, D.C. Metro or San Francisco's BART, and New Yorkers have few qualms in admitting that theirs is not the world's most beautiful subway. But as it is in no other city on earth, the subway of New York is intimately woven into the fabric and identity of the city itself. Transportation expert Brian Cudahy recounts the history of the New York subway systems in a book that is full of detail, historical anecdote, and the wonders of twentieth - century technology. Tracing the system from it first short IRT look to the extensive network of today, with information about such fascinating sidelights as the city's traim systems and the PATH trains linking New York and New Jersey, he has produced a complete, thoroughly researched and annotated, and fully illustrated history that will delight subway buffs, students of urban affairs, and all those who love the city of New York.
News Bulletin
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
News Bulletin written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with City planning categories.
Planning
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Planning written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with City planning categories.