03761cam a2200421 i 4500 22934497 BJBSDDR 20250403110932.0 ta 230119s2023 ilua b 001 0 eng 2023002893 0226829790 9780226829791 ICU/DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc n-us--- HE 308 B516l 2023 388.40973 Berman, Jake 41474 The lost subways of North America : a cartographic guide to the past, present, and what might have been / written and illustrated by Jake Berman. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2023. 272 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction 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 "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"-- Provided by publisher. Subways United States. Metro (Medio de transporte) Estados Unidos 25117 Urban transportation United States. Transporte urbano Estados Unidos 5116 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK rmza 123142 123142 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-04-01 0 HE 308 B516l 2023 00000188806 2025-04-01 00:00:00 1 2025-04-01 BK