Author: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Riders' Advisory Council
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Amendments to the budget; Washington metropolitan area transit authority
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington (D.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Issues Being Faced by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Subways
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Subways
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Great Society Subway
Author: Zachary M. Schrag
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421415771
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
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.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421415771
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
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.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Considers S. 3488, to establish in the National Capital Region a transit authority to operate a coordinated public transit system, including construction and operation of a subway.
Publisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Considers S. 3488, to establish in the National Capital Region a transit authority to operate a coordinated public transit system, including construction and operation of a subway.
Mass transit preliminary views on options for additional fiscal oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority : testimony before the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428933530
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428933530
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
Author: John Werner Fischer
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Category : Subways
Languages : en
Pages : 11
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Category : Subways
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Need to Resolve Metro Funding, Department of Transportation, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia
Publisher:
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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Report to the Congress: Transit Authority's System of Reporting on the Status of METRO's Costs and Construction Progress Needs to be Improved
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description