Author: Robert J. GoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Personal rapid transit
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
The Miami Metromover Becomes a Reality
Author: Robert J. GoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Personal rapid transit
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
Completion of the Miami Metromover
Author: Miami Metromover Automated Guideway System
Author: Automated People Movers
Author: Automated People Movers
Author: Elaine RamirezPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The Lost Subways of North America
Author: Jake BermanPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226829804
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A visual exploration of the transit histories of twenty-three US and Canadian cities. Every driver in North America shares one miserable, soul-sucking universal experience—being stuck in traffic. But things weren’t always like this. Why is it that the mass transit systems of most cities in the United States and Canada are now utterly inadequate? The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to consider this eternal question, with a strikingly visual—and fun—journey through past, present, and unbuilt urban transit. Using meticulous archival research, cartographer and artist Jake Berman has successfully plotted maps of old train networks covering twenty-three North American metropolises, ranging from New York City’s Civil War–era plan for a steam-powered subway under Fifth Avenue to the ultramodern automated Vancouver SkyTrain and the thousand-mile electric railway system of pre–World War II Los Angeles. He takes us through colorful maps of old, often forgotten streetcar lines, lost ideas for never-built transit, and modern rail systems—drawing us into the captivating transit histories of US and Canadian cities. Berman combines vintage styling with modern printing technology to create a sweeping visual history of North American public transit and urban development. With more than one hundred original maps, accompanied by essays on each city’s urban development, this book presents a fascinating look at North American rapid transit systems.
Metro
Author: Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual
Author: Transit Cooperative Research ProgramPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309087767
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 29
Book Description
Accompanying CD-ROM contains full text of the manual, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and a library of related documents.
Implementation and Outcomes of Fare-free Transit Systems
Author: Joel VolinskiPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 030922361X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
The purpose of this synthesis was to document the past and current experiences of public transit agencies that have planned, implemented, and operated fare-free transit systems. The report concentrates on public transit agencies that are either direct recipients or sub-recipients of federal transit grants and provide fare-free service to everyone in their service area on every mode they provide. The report will be of interest to transit managers and staffs, small urban and rural areas, university, and resort communities, as well as stakeholders and policy makers at all levels who would be interested in knowing the social benefits and macro impacts of providing affordable mobility through fare-free public transit. A review of the relevant literature was conducted for this effort. Reports provide statistics on changes in levels of ridership associated with fare-free service. White papers or agency reports identified by the topic panel or discovered through interviews with fare-free transit managers were also reviewed. Through topic panel input, Internet searches, listserv communications, and APTA and TRB sources, the first comprehensive listing of public transit agencies that provide fare-free service in the United States was identified. A selected survey of these identified public transit agencies yielded an 82% response rate (32/39). The report offers a look at policy and administrative issues through survey responses. Five case studies, achieved through interviews, represent the three types of communities that were found to be most likely to adopt a fare-free policy: rural and small urban, university dominated, and resort communities.
Paradise Screwed
Author: Carl HiaasenPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813037905
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
"Along with Kick Ass, this is one of the best collections of occasional journalism published in recent years."--Booklist (starred review)