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22 VANCOUVER An Exceptional Elevated
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vi
- INTRODUCTION 1
- A BRIEF PRIMER ON TRANSIT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 3
- 1 ATLANTA The City Too Busy to Hate 7
- 2 BOSTON Urban Institutions, Megaprojects, and City Revival 17
- 3 CHICAGO The Loop Elevated, Beloved Steel Eyesore 29
- 4 CINCINNATI A Short History of a Never-Used Subway 43
- 5 CLEVELAND Transit and the Perils of Waterfront Redevelopment 49
- 6 DALLAS They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To 59
- 7 DETROIT The City-Suburban Rift and the Most Useless Transit System in the World 67
- 8 HOUSTON The City of Organic Growth 79
- 9 LOS ANGELES 72 Suburbs in Search of a City 87
- 10 MIAMI Overpromise, Underdeliver 103
- 11 MINNEAPOLIS–ST. PAUL The Mob Takeover of Twin City Rapid Transit 115
- 12 MONTREAL The Metro as Showcase Megaproject 123
- 13 NEW ORLEANS How a Big City Grew into a Small Town 133
- 14 NEW YORK CITY The Tortured History of the Second Avenue Subway 143
- 15 PHILADELPHIA How Not to Run a Railroad 157
- 16 PITTSBURGH How to Make Buses Work 169
- 17 RICHMOND The First Streetcar System 177
- 18 ROCHESTER The Only City to Open a Subway, Then Close It 181
- 19 SAN FRANCISCO The View from Geary Street 185
- 20 SEATTLE Consensus through Exhaustion 199
- 21 TORONTO Subway Line as Political Football 209
- 22 VANCOUVER An Exceptional Elevated 221
- 23 WASHINGTON, DC The Freeway Revolt and the Creation of Metro 231
- CONCLUSION 241
- Acknowledgments 243
- Notes 245
- Further Reading 264
- Archives Used 266
- Index 267
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vi
- INTRODUCTION 1
- A BRIEF PRIMER ON TRANSIT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 3
- 1 ATLANTA The City Too Busy to Hate 7
- 2 BOSTON Urban Institutions, Megaprojects, and City Revival 17
- 3 CHICAGO The Loop Elevated, Beloved Steel Eyesore 29
- 4 CINCINNATI A Short History of a Never-Used Subway 43
- 5 CLEVELAND Transit and the Perils of Waterfront Redevelopment 49
- 6 DALLAS They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To 59
- 7 DETROIT The City-Suburban Rift and the Most Useless Transit System in the World 67
- 8 HOUSTON The City of Organic Growth 79
- 9 LOS ANGELES 72 Suburbs in Search of a City 87
- 10 MIAMI Overpromise, Underdeliver 103
- 11 MINNEAPOLIS–ST. PAUL The Mob Takeover of Twin City Rapid Transit 115
- 12 MONTREAL The Metro as Showcase Megaproject 123
- 13 NEW ORLEANS How a Big City Grew into a Small Town 133
- 14 NEW YORK CITY The Tortured History of the Second Avenue Subway 143
- 15 PHILADELPHIA How Not to Run a Railroad 157
- 16 PITTSBURGH How to Make Buses Work 169
- 17 RICHMOND The First Streetcar System 177
- 18 ROCHESTER The Only City to Open a Subway, Then Close It 181
- 19 SAN FRANCISCO The View from Geary Street 185
- 20 SEATTLE Consensus through Exhaustion 199
- 21 TORONTO Subway Line as Political Football 209
- 22 VANCOUVER An Exceptional Elevated 221
- 23 WASHINGTON, DC The Freeway Revolt and the Creation of Metro 231
- CONCLUSION 241
- Acknowledgments 243
- Notes 245
- Further Reading 264
- Archives Used 266
- Index 267