Epilogue: If Westway Were Proposed Today?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. List of Acronyms xi
5. Westway Chronology, 1971–1985 xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Westway Plan 7
8. 2. Highways, Subways, and the Seeds of Dissent 21
9. 3. The Art of Regulatory War 31
10. 4. The Road Warriors and the New Environment 52
11. 5. Searching for Westway’s Achilles’ Heel: Air Pollution? 64
12. 6. Westway’s Fill and America’s Protected Waters 78
13. 7. The Public Fish Story 84
14. 8. Enter the Independent Federal Judiciary and the Power of Law 98
15. 9. Reexamining the 1971–1982 Debacles 115
16. 10. Westway’s Second Chance 123
17. 11. The Trial Crucible 154
18. 12. The Cross-Examination 174
19. 13. Judgment Days 192
20. 14. Assessing Westway’s Outcome 215
21. Epilogue: If Westway Were Proposed Today? 244
22. Acknowledgments 253
23. Notes 257
24. Index 279