Golden Gate Bridge Rapid Transit Investigation
Author: David Barnard Steinman
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 146
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Author: David Barnard Steinman
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 146
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Louise Nelson Dyble
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2011-10-11
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0812206886
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince its opening in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge has become an icon for the beauty and prosperity of the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as a symbol of engineering achievement. Constructing the bridge posed political and financial challenges that were at least as difficult as those faced by the project's builders. To meet these challenges, northern California boosters created a new kind of agency: an autonomous, self-financing special district. The Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District developed into a powerful organization that shaped the politics and government of the Bay Area as much as the bridge shaped its physical development. From the moment of the bridge district's incorporation in 1928, its managers pursued their own agenda. They used all the resources at their disposal to preserve their control over the bridge, cultivating political allies, influencing regional policy, and developing an ambitious public relations program. Undaunted by charges of mismanagement and persistent efforts to turn the bridge (as well as its lucrative tolls) over to the state, the bridge district expanded into mass transportation, taking on ferry and bus operations to ensure its survival to this day. Drawing on previously unavailable archives, Paying the Toll gives us an inside view of the world of high-stakes development, cronyism, and bureaucratic power politics that have surrounded the Golden Gate Bridge since its inception.
Author: Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist & London, New York
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael C. Healy
Publisher: Heyday.ORIM
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 1597143812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn insider’s “indispensible” behind-the-scenes history of the transit system of San Francisco and surrounding counties (Houston Chronicle). In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider’s account of the rapid transit system’s inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, warts and all. With a master storyteller’s wit and sharp attention to detail, Healy recreates the politically fraught venture to bring a new kind of public transit to the West Coast. What emerges is a sense of the individuals who made (and make) BART happen. From tales of staying up until 3:00 a.m. with BART pioneers Bill Stokes and Jack Everson to hear the election results for the rapid transit vote to stories of weathering scandals, strikes, and growing pains, this look behind the scenes of an iconic, seemingly monolithic structure reveals people at their most human—and determined to change the status quo. “The Metro. The T. The Tube. The world's most famous subway systems are known by simple monikers, and San Francisco's BART belongs in that class. Michael C. Healy delivers a tour-de-force telling of its roots, hard-fought approval, and challenging construction that will delight fans of American urban history.”—Doug Most, author of The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
Author: Stephen Zwerling
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 62
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stanford Research Institute
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Othmar H. Ammann
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Published: 1962
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew Novak
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 187
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: California. Division of Bay Toll Crossings
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 112
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