TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berman,Jake
TI  - The lost subways of North America: a cartographic guide to the past, present, and what might have been 
SN  - 0226829790
AV  - HE 308 B516l 2023
U1  - 388.40973 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Chicago, London
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Subways
KW  - United States
KW  - Metro (Medio de transporte)
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Urban transportation
KW  - Transporte urbano
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction A Brief Primer on Transit and Urban Development 1                      Atlanta: The City Too Busy to Hate 2                      Boston: Urban Institutions, Megaprojects, and City Revival 3                      Chicago: The Loop Elevated, Beloved Steel Eyesore 4                      Cincinnati: A Short History of a Never-Used Subway 5                      Cleveland: Transit and the Perils of Waterfront Redevelopment 6                      Dallas: They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To 7                      Detroit: The City-Suburban Rift and the Most Useless Transit System in the World 8                      Houston: The City of Organic Growth 9                      Los Angeles: 72 Suburbs in Search of a City 10                    Miami: Overpromise, Underdeliver 11                    Minneapolis–St. Paul: The Mob Takeover of Twin Cities Rapid Transit 12                    Montreal: The Metro as Showcase Megaproject 13                    New Orleans: How a Big City Grew into a Small Town 14                    New York City: The Tortured History of the Second Avenue Subway 15                    Philadelphia: How Not to Run a Railroad 16                    Pittsburgh: How to Make Buses Work 17                    Richmond: The First Streetcar System 18                    Rochester: The Only City to Open a Subway, Then Close It 19                    San Francisco: The View from Geary Street 20                    Seattle: Consensus through Exhaustion 21                    Toronto: Subway Line as Political Football 22                    Vancouver: An Exceptional Elevated 23                    Washington, DC: The Freeway Revolt and the Creation of Metro Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Further Reading List of Archives Used Index
N2  - "Why is it that the mass transit systems of American cities are, by and large, inadequate? It's a common question and one that has generated substantial scholarship. But Jake Berman's The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to consider it: a visual-and fun-journey through the past, present, and possible future of urban transit. Featuring Berman's own colorful maps of old, often forgotten streetcar lines, lost ideas for never-built transit, and modern rail systems, the book draws us into the fascinating transit histories of over 20 US and Canadian cities"--
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