03533cam a2200361 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000150009502000180011004000320012804100080016004200080016804300120017605000230018808200140021110000170022524501520024226400650039430000460045933600260050533700280053133800270055950400510058650517750063752006020241265000280301465000490304265000410309165000390313222934497BJBSDDR20250403110932.0ta230119s2023    ilua     b    001 0 eng    a  2023002893  a0226829790  a9780226829791  aICU/DLCbengerdacDLCdDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aHE 308bB516l 202300a388.409731 aBerman, Jake14aThe lost subways of North America :ba cartographic guide to the past, present, and what might have been /cwritten and illustrated by Jake Berman. 1aChicago ;aLondon :bThe University of Chicago Press,c2023.  a272 pages :bcolor illustrations ;c29 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction A Brief Primer on Transit and Urban Development 1                      Atlanta: The City Too Busy to Hate 2                      Boston: Urban Institutions, Megaprojects, and City Revival 3                      Chicago: The Loop Elevated, Beloved Steel Eyesore 4                      Cincinnati: A Short History of a Never-Used Subway 5                      Cleveland: Transit and the Perils of Waterfront Redevelopment 6                      Dallas: They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To 7                      Detroit: The City-Suburban Rift and the Most Useless Transit System in the World 8                      Houston: The City of Organic Growth 9                      Los Angeles: 72 Suburbs in Search of a City 10                    Miami: Overpromise, Underdeliver 11                    Minneapolis–St. Paul: The Mob Takeover of Twin Cities Rapid Transit 12                    Montreal: The Metro as Showcase Megaproject 13                    New Orleans: How a Big City Grew into a Small Town 14                    New York City: The Tortured History of the Second Avenue Subway 15                    Philadelphia: How Not to Run a Railroad 16                    Pittsburgh: How to Make Buses Work 17                    Richmond: The First Streetcar System 18                    Rochester: The Only City to Open a Subway, Then Close It 19                    San Francisco: The View from Geary Street 20                    Seattle: Consensus through Exhaustion 21                    Toronto: Subway Line as Political Football 22                    Vancouver: An Exceptional Elevated 23                    Washington, DC: The Freeway Revolt and the Creation of Metro Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Further Reading List of Archives Used Index  a"Why is it that the mass transit systems of American cities are, by and large, inadequate? It's a common question and one that has generated substantial scholarship. But Jake Berman's The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to consider it: a visual-and fun-journey through the past, present, and possible future of urban transit. Featuring Berman's own colorful maps of old, often forgotten streetcar lines, lost ideas for never-built transit, and modern rail systems, the book draws us into the fascinating transit histories of over 20 US and Canadian cities"--cProvided by publisher. 0aSubwayszUnited States. 4aMetro (Medio de transporte) zEstados Unidos 0aUrban transportationzUnited States. 4aTransporte urbano zEstados Unidos