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Urban Mass Transit The Life Story of a Technology
Robert C. Post
Book Code: GR3916
ISBN: 0-313-33916-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33916-5
200 pages, photos; tables
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/2006
List Price: $45.00 (UK Sterling Price: £25.95)
Discount Price: $36.00 Greenwood Press Fall 2008 Backlist Sale. Use code 0826. Save 20%. Ends 12/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Greenwood Technographies
Reviews:
  • Post offers Urban Mass Transit--The Life Story of Technology, a well-written book that traces the development of the trolley and streetcar to today's light rail transit (LRT). The book includes material on urbanization and transit via horsepower; introduction of mechanical means to run cable railways; electrification and the rise of the trolley; motor vehicle developments and trolley use decline; and rapid transit expansion and the revival of mass transit. The book includes a time line, glossary, and list of resources. Post has done an excellent job, using stories, photographs, sketches, and facts to construct a fascinating historical account of innovation. An appealing work for the general public as well as students and others with interests in public transit. Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates through professionals.
    —Choice     July 2007
  • Narrating the "life story" of urban mass transit in the United States, Post focuses on streetcars, trolleys, light rail, and similar transport and pays significantly less attention to buses and subways. His primary theme as he explores the mass transit developments in the 20th century concerns the ways public and decision makers evaluated the costs and benefits of various transit choices, both in strictly economic terms and in terms of wider societal concerns, including noise, pollution, and even aesthetics.
    —SciTech Book News     March 2007
Description: This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers urban mass transit - that is, the technologies that allow cities to move large numbers of people around. Just a few hundred years ago, the size of cities was limited by the time it took people to move from one part of the city to another. The development of successive technologies has forever altered the urban landscape. From horse-drawn omnibuses to subways to current light-rail, this volume highlights the technological and social struggles that have accompanied urbanization and the need for an efficient and cost-effective means of transportation in cities. Urban Mass Transit: The Life Story of a Technology follows the story of transportation in cities through all stages of its history:
  • Urbanization and transit by horsepower
  • The introduction of mechanical power to run cable railways
  • Electrification and the ascendance of the trolley
  • The Rise of the motor vehicle and the decline of the trolley
  • Rapid transit and the revival of mass transportation
    The volume includes a timeline, a glossary, and a bibliography of resources useful for further research.
    • LC Card Number: 2006028660
    LCC Class: TA1205
    Dewey Class: 388
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