Redundancy in Public Transit: The political economy of transit in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1963
Author:
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRead and Download eBook Full
Author:
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Seymour Adler
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sy Adler
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor:
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Seymour Adler
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages:
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Seymour Mark Adler
Publisher:
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 872
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor:
Publisher:
Published: 1980-07
Total Pages: 562
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joseph F.C. Dimento
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2014-08-29
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 0262526778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the evolution of the urban freeway, the competing visions that informed it, and the emerging alternatives for more sustainable urban transportation. Urban freeways often cut through the heart of a city, destroying neighborhoods, displacing residents, and reconfiguring street maps. These massive infrastructure projects, costing billions of dollars in transportation funds, have been shaped for the last half century by the ideas of highway engineers, urban planners, landscape architects, and architects—with highway engineers playing the leading role. In Changing Lanes, Joseph DiMento and Cliff Ellis describe the evolution of the urban freeway in the United States, from its rural parkway precursors through the construction of the interstate highway system to emerging alternatives for more sustainable urban transportation. DiMento and Ellis describe controversies that arose over urban freeway construction, focusing on three cases: Syracuse, which early on embraced freeways through its center; Los Angeles, which rejected some routes and then built I-105, the most expensive urban road of its time; and Memphis, which blocked the construction of I-40 through its core. Finally, they consider the emerging urban highway removal movement and other innovative efforts by cities to re-envision urban transportation.
Author: Chris Rhomberg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2007-02-26
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 0520251660
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This sophisticated account of a remarkable city's coalitions and conflicts over half a century is an outstanding contribution to urban history and political analysis. Clearly written and amply supplied with good stories, the book will interest students of urban history, social movements, and American political change."—Charles Tilly, author of Durable Inequality "An altogether exemplary book. Rhomberg uses a combination of traditional class analysis, an institutional perspective on urban politics, and social movement theory to fashion a rich and persuasive account of the history of urban political conflict in Oakland between 1920-1975. In combining these strands of theory and research, he has also given us a model for the kind of dynamic, historically grounded political sociology that has been sadly missing in recent years."—Doug McAdam, author of Freedom Summer "Race, class, and local politics are key components of America's social fabric. On the basis of his outstanding scholarly research, Rhomberg examines the complex web of their interaction by focusing on one of the most conflicted urban scenes: Oakland, California; and taking a historical perspective on the evolving pattern of power struggles. This book will become required reading for students of urban politics."—Manuel Castells, author of The Rise of the Network Society “No There There combines a sophisticated interpretation of political and sociological urban theory with rigorous historical research… An important and stimulating book.” –Joseph A. Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Western Historical Quarterly