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Books on: mass transit history

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Cash, Tokens, and Transfers: A History of Urban Mass Transit in North America

Book by Brian J. Cudahy; Fordham University Press, 1990

Subjects:

Local Transit--North America--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...TRANSFERS A HISTORY OF URBAN MASS TRANSIT IN NORTH AMERICA...and transfers: a history of mass transit in North America...the literature of mass transit includes the usual...distort fact and history; in other cases...
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Public Policy and Transit System Management

Book by George M. Guess; Greenwood Press, 1990

Subjects:

Federal Aid To Transportation--United States, Local Transit--Government Policy--United States, Local Transit--United States--Management, Transportation And State--United States, Urban Transportation Policy--United States

Collections: Entire Library

This book, the first major survey on the subject in more than a decade, catalogues management attempts to overcome constraints imposed by external institutional and sociopolitical factors, and internal labor and resource problems. It combines practical and academic insights into the critical issues ...
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This book, the first major survey on the subject in more than a decade, catalogues management attempts to overcome constraints imposed by external institutional and sociopolitical factors, and internal labor and resource problems. It combines practical and academic insights into the critical issues of transit management, offering both up-to-date primary and secondary data, and a historical overview of the evolution of transit policies.
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How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County

Book by Brian J. Cudahy; Fordham University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)--History, Local Transit--New York Metropolitan Area--History, Transportation--New York Metropolitan Area--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the development of mass transportation...pbk.) 1. Local transit-New York Metropolitan Area-History. 2. Transportation-New...economists, bus drivers, mass transit executives, and...companys principal mass transit vehicle (as noted...
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Mass Communication: Principles and Practices

Book by Mary B. Cassata, Molefi K. Asante; Macmillan, 1979

Subjects:

Communication--Psychological Aspects, Communication--Social Aspects, Mass Media--Law And Legislation, Mass Media--Political Aspects, Mass Media--Psychological Aspects, Mass Media--Social Aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Ronald Hicks, A Survey of Mass Communication The history of the world may well be...a useful progression of mass communications history. Rather than beginning with...a profound impact on the history of mass media because the opinion...
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World Peace, Mass Culture, and National Policies

Book by William Over; Praeger, 2004

Subjects:

United States--Foreign Relations, War In Mass Media

Collections: Entire Library

...A Rhetorical History of South Africas Transition from Apartheld...Moriarty World Peace, Mass Culture, and...military casualties, mass dislocation, and...has occurred in history, such as the...infra- structure/mass transit, education, medical...

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Journal Articles on: mass transit history

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Horse-drawn Cabs and Omnibuses in Paris: the Idea of Circulation and the Business of Public Transit

Journal article by John P. McKay; Business History Review, Vol. 71, 1997

Subjects:

Book reviews, France, History, Horses, Public transportation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...He is the author of three books and numerous articles on European economic and social history, including Tramways and Trolleys: The Rise of Urban Mass Transit in Europe (1976). He is working on a history of the industrial investments of the Paris...
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Marta in the 1990s: the Challenge Continues

Journal article by Robert T. Golembiewski; Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 18, 1994

Subjects:

Case studies, Government agencies, Mass transit, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Organization development, United States

Collections: Entire Library

...fast-growing suburbs. The market for mass transit burgeons with the metro area having...cases are conveniently available in MASS TRANSIT MANAGEMENT, U.S. Department of...MARTA." Pp. VI-18 through VI-18. MASS TRANSIt MANAGEMENT. Washington, D.C.: Department...
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Peak Oil as a Behavioral Problem

Journal article by Lyle K. Grant; Behavior and Social Issues, Vol. 16, 2007

Subjects:

Behavior, Executives, Mass transit, Oil reserves, Petroleum industry, Petroleum production, Political risk, Problems, Risk management

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...energy, providing incentives for mass transit and electricpowered vehicles, increasing...2005). Similarly, increased use of mass transit would share the benefits of improved...include encouraging the use of mass transit, supporting the development of...
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Mass Motorisation in Spain

Journal article by Rudi Volti; The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 27, 2006

Collections: History, Entire Library

...transport, the automobile has served as a supplement to mass transit rather than as a replacement for it. Conclusion Researchers...the most important lesson that can be extracted from a history of automotive diffusion in Spain is that the desire...
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How We Got to Coney Island: the Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County

Journal article by John K. Walton; The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 26, 2005

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the Development of Mass Transportation in...genre of transport history. It is primarily...briefly described - transition from trams to motor...railways, tramways and mass transit, as a process, affected...scholarly but antiquarian history of transport provision...

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Magazine Articles on: mass transit history

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Bullet Trains for America? the Obama Administration Has Revived the Dream of Building High-Speed Rail Lines to Rival Those of Japan and Europe, but the Tracks Are Littered with Political and Financial Obstacles

Magazine article by Mark Reutter; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 33, Autumn 2009

Subjects:

Federal aid to transportation--Evaluation, Government aid to transportation--Evaluation, High speed trains--Design and construction, High speed trains--Planning, High speed trains--Usage, Obama, Barack--Transportation policy, Rail mass transit--Finance, Rail mass transit--Planning, Railroad construction--Finance, Railroad construction--Planning, Railroad construction--Political aspects, Railroads--Design and construction, Railroads--Finance, Railroads--Planning, Railroads--Political aspects

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...appeared in the Winter 1994 issue of the WQ, and can be found online at www.wilsoncenter.org/Train.pdf. He edited Railroad History for eight years and is the author of Making Steel: Sparrows Point and the Rise and Ruin of American Industrial Might (2005...
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The Buses Don't Stop Here Anymore: Sick Transit and How to Fix It

Magazine article by J.W. Mason; The American Prospect, March 1998

Subjects:

Chicago, Illinois. Transit Authority--Planning, Local transit--Planning

Collections: Entire Library

...trips a year on mass transit, a number that...the agencys history. * Not federal...saying that mass transit was "no longer...executive with a history of outspoken...approach to mass transit." The current...service in the history of the CTA...
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Second-Class Transit?

Magazine article by Jim Motavalli; E, Vol. 12, September 2001

Subjects:

Bus lines--Ridership, Los Angeles, California--Transportation, Political activists--Transportation policy, Transportation--Laws, regulations, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...entitled, Private Transportation vs. Mass Transit by Stephanie Corson, a fully-occupied...largest settlement in civil rights history. As Martin Luther King, Jr. pointed...around the needs of automobiles. Mass transit provides a major safety valve for...
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The Mexican Connection: Mass Migration Has Left Many Towns in Mexico Half-Empty, but Much Wealthier

Magazine article by Matthew Quirk; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 299, April 2007

Subjects:

Dwellings--Forecasts and trends, Emigrant remittances--Forecasts and trends, Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects, Emigration and immigration--Influence, Housing--Forecasts and trends, Mexico--Demographic aspects, Mexico--Economic aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...migration flows from south to north. Though mass migration from Mexico to the United States...Mexican life. In some towns with a long history of migration, leaving home to work in...sometimes must remain for years just to repay transit debts. As seasonal visits to Mexican hometowns...
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Containing Cargo Risk: Find out How the Government and Private Industry Are Working to Reduce the Possibility of a Terrorist Using Cargo to Send a Weapon of Mass Destruction into the United States

Magazine article by Teresa Anderson; Security Management, Vol. 49, September 2005

Subjects:

Antiterrorism measures, Cargo security--Management, Department stores--Management, Department stores--Safety and security measures, Global Positioning System--Usage, Machinery industry--Technology application, RFID equipment--Usage, Radio frequency identification (RFID)--Usage, Security management--Forecasts and trends, Security management--Methods, Tabor Machine Co.--Technology application, Target Corp.--Management, Target Corp.--Safety and security measures

Collections: Entire Library

...able to smuggle a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) into a container...It covers the applicants job history for the previous seven years...containers are stacked during transit. It is not possible for the...terrorist to sneak a weapon of mass destruction into the United...

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Newspaper Articles on: mass transit history

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Governor Eyes $750 Million Mass-Transit Plan

Newspaper article by Daniel F. Drummond; The Washington Times, December 8, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...interchangeably around the states mass-transit system. State Sen. Barbara...budgetary mistakes with his plan. "History has a way of repeating itself...Glendenings plan to expand mass transit, "there is a history to some extent of a vicarious...
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Securing Public Transit; Needed Investment Won't Bust the Budget

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 7, 2006

Subjects:

Local transit--Government finance, Subways--Government finance, Terrorism--Government finance

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...money to address many, if not all, of the most pressing mass-transit security needs. It is likely that jihadist terrorists...transportation, we will be looking terrorism both its history and current tactics squarely in the eye. Daniel B...
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$1.5 Billion More for Transit

Newspaper article by Margie Hyslop; The Washington Times, January 13, 2001

Subjects:

Maryland

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the largest in state history. Half of new funds...roads. Spending on mass transit would increase by about...for the high cost of mass transit. Maryland has used...the expenses of major mass-transit systems in the Washington...
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State Fills Seats on Lane Transit District Board

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), November 11, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...youths that offers students courses in African-American history and literature, math, self-esteem and other subjects...Kleger, a wheelchair user, satisfied the regular-user-of-mass-transit requirement. Dubick is a former Creswell mayor and city...
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`On Track' Takes Viewers into History of Transit

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, February 2, 2002

Subjects:

National Building Museum

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

`On Track takes viewers into history of transit by Joanna Shaw-Eagle...Regional City emerged. The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 facilitated...now-desirable mix of heavy and light rail transit systems with the automobile. Exhibits...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: mass transit history

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Mass Transit

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...accommodations as possible. See also rapid transit . History The history of mass transportation is intimately connected to...Cudahy, Cash, Tokens and Transfers: A History of Urban Mass Transit (1991). ____________________ Copyright...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...on Aug. 9, the first president in the history of the republic to be driven from office...the highest public approval rating in history. Mounting domestic problems, however...of the worst race riots in recent U.S. history erupted in Los Angeles, killing 58, injuring...
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Egypt

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Land The great mass of Egypt is located...industries, and navigation transit fees from the Suez...26 governorates. History The Ancient Empire...19th cent., Egyptian history was intimately involved...it of its thriving transit-trade on the Alexandria-Cairo...W. M. F. Petrie, History of Egypt (6 vol...
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Russia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...order to eliminate weapons of mass destruction, and as the United...that also affected supplies in transit to other European nations...exported to it by imposing a transit tax on Russian oil exported...See V. O. Kliuchevskii, A History of Russia (tr., 5 vol., 1911...
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Belarus

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...municipality. History Early History through the Soviet Era The...notably among the Jews, led to mass emigration to the United States...price increases by imposing a transit tax on Russian oil exported...off oil as payment for the transit tax, and after threats of retaliation...

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