The great American transit disaster : a century of austerity, auto-centric planning, and white flight
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Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969-
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
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Book
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9780226824406, 0226824403
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357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
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Urban transportation -- United States -- History.

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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
Language
English
ISBN
9780226824406, 0226824403

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"One of the most enduring American urban myths concerns the death of the Red Car Trolley, an extensive and equitable system in Los Angeles County that some say was weakened and then eradicated by US car manufacturers. Yet as Nicholas Dagen Bloom shows, an array of larger yet less tangible forces together interacted to practically murder public transportation of all kinds in cities nationwide. Most centrally, public transit collapsed because essentially we wanted it to-no conspiracy necessary. Detailing the histories of transportation in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, and San Francisco, Bloom seeks to set all of our transit myths to rest for the sake not only of accuracy but in order to enrich our conversations about public transportation funding today"-- Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Bloom, N. D. (2023). The great American transit disaster: a century of austerity, auto-centric planning, and white flight . The University of Chicago Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969-. 2023. The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-centric Planning, and White Flight. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Bloom, Nicholas Dagen, 1969-. The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-centric Planning, and White Flight Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2023.

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Bloom, N. D. (2023). The great american transit disaster: a century of austerity, auto-centric planning, and white flight. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Bloom, Nicholas Dagen. The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-centric Planning, and White Flight The University of Chicago Press, 2023.

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