Author: California. Rail Freight BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
1978 California State Rail Plan
Author: California. Rail Freight BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
1980 California State Rail Plan
Author: California. Department of Transportation. Rail Freight BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
California State Rail Plan
Author: 1980 California State Rail Plan
Author: California. Rail Projects BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
1982 California State Rail Plan
Author: 1982 California State Rail Plan: State rail plan
Author: Railtown
Author: Ethan N. ElkindPublisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520278275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
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.
California State Publications
Author: California State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
State rail plan
Author: California. Rail Planning BranchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
State Actions in 1975
Author: United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description