Author: Andrea Green RushPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Rail Transit Decision Making for Los Angeles, 1960-1984
Author: Andrea Green RushPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Recent Transportation Literature for Planning and Engineering Librarians
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Transportation Studies. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Transport of Delight--the Mythical Conception of Rail Transit in Los Angeles
Author: Jonathan RichmondPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Light rail tranit
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
A mythical belief in rail transit leads to bad decision making and to the uncritical adoption of technology rather than to a discussion of social problems to be addressed.
Public Administration Series--Bibliography
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Category : Public administration
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
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.
ITS Annual Report
Author: University of California (System). Institute of Transportation StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Railroad History
Author: Annual Report
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Transportation StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Urban Transportation Abstracts
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Category : Urban transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Author: