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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of California Pr
Publication date
January 22, 2014
Pages
292
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780520278264
ISBN-10
0520278267
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$65.00
Other format details
university press
Subjects
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
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The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. Traffic, air pollution, and sprawl motivated citizens to support urban rail as an alternative to driving, and the city has started to reinvent itself by developing compact neighborhoods adjacent to transit. As a result of pressure from local leaders, particularly with the election of Tom Bradley as mayor in 1973, the Los Angeles Metro Rail gradually took shape in the consummate car city.
Railtown presents the history of this system by drawing on archival documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with many of the key players to provide critical behind-the-scenes accounts of the people and forces that shaped the system. Ethan Elkind brings this important story to life by showing how ambitious local leaders zealously advocated for rail transit and ultimately persuaded an ambivalent electorate and federal leaders to support their vision.
Although Metro Rail is growing in ridership and political importance, with expansions in the pipeline, Elkind argues that local leaders will need to reform the rail planning and implementation process to avoid repeating past mistakes and to ensure that Metro Rail supports a burgeoning demand for transit-oriented neighborhoods in Los Angeles. This engaging history of Metro Rail provides lessons for how the American car-dominated cities of today can reinvent themselves as thriving railtowns of tomorrow.
Railtown presents the history of this system by drawing on archival documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with many of the key players to provide critical behind-the-scenes accounts of the people and forces that shaped the system. Ethan Elkind brings this important story to life by showing how ambitious local leaders zealously advocated for rail transit and ultimately persuaded an ambivalent electorate and federal leaders to support their vision.
Although Metro Rail is growing in ridership and political importance, with expansions in the pipeline, Elkind argues that local leaders will need to reform the rail planning and implementation process to avoid repeating past mistakes and to ensure that Metro Rail supports a burgeoning demand for transit-oriented neighborhoods in Los Angeles. This engaging history of Metro Rail provides lessons for how the American car-dominated cities of today can reinvent themselves as thriving railtowns of tomorrow.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Univ of California Pr (January 22, 2014)
9780520278264 | details & prices | 292 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $65.00
About: The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling.
About: The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling.
Paperback
from Univ of California Pr (January 22, 2014)
9780520278271 | details & prices | 292 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $29.95
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