Rapid Transit in New York City and in Other Great Cities
Author: New York Chamber of Commerce
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Published: 1905
Total Pages: 374
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: New York Chamber of Commerce
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Published: 1905
Total Pages: 374
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: New York Chamber of Commerce
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Published: 2018-10-10
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780342196487
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Author: New York Chamber of Commerce
Publisher: Palala Press
Published: 2015-11-19
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781346893150
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Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-12
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780265004623
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Rapid Transit in New York City: And in Other Great Cities The growth from south to north to a distance of more than ten miles, always within bounds made by arms of the sea, and the growth across the waters contigu ous to the island - the centre of commercial activity on the island itself remaining constant to its more southern parts - has created the local problems mentioned, and caused developments of a progressive nature that will be treated of in the follow ing chapters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: New York Chamber Of Commerce
Publisher: Nabu Press
Published: 2014-02
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781294732556
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Author: Christof Spieler
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2018-10-23
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 1610919033
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What are the best transit cities in the US? The best Bus Rapid Transit lines? The most useless rail transit lines? The missed opportunities? In the US, the 25 largest metropolitan areas and many smaller cities have fixed guideway transit—rail or bus rapid transit. Nearly all of them are talking about expanding. Yet discussions about transit are still remarkably unsophisticated. To build good transit, the discussion needs to focus on what matters—quality of service (not the technology that delivers it), all kinds of transit riders, the role of buildings, streets and sidewalks, and, above all, getting transit in the right places. Christof Spieler has spent over a decade advocating for transit as a writer, community leader, urban planner, transit board member, and enthusiast. He strongly believes that just about anyone—regardless of training or experience—can identify what makes good transit with the right information. In the fun and accessible Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit, Spieler shows how cities can build successful transit. He profiles the 47 metropolitan areas in the US that have rail transit or BRT, using data, photos, and maps for easy comparison. The best and worst systems are ranked and Spieler offers analysis of how geography, politics, and history complicate transit planning. He shows how the unique circumstances of every city have resulted in very different transit systems. Using appealing visuals, Trains, Buses, People is intended for non-experts—it will help any citizen, professional, or policymaker with a vested interest evaluate a transit proposal and understand what makes transit effective. While the book is built on data, it has a strong point of view. Spieler takes an honest look at what makes good and bad transit and is not afraid to look at what went wrong. He explains broad concepts, but recognizes all of the technical, geographical, and political difficulties of building transit in the real world. In the end,Trains, Buses, People shows that it is possible with the right tools to build good transit.
Author: Fred Lavis
Publisher:
Published: 2015-07-21
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9781331960652
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Building the New Rapid Transit System of New York City It is not generally realized how huge an engineering work it is which is now going forward in the city of New York on extensions of the underground rapid-transit railway lines. The best way to compare the relative magnitude of engineering works is to compare the total expenditure involved. The total cost of building and equipping New York's new rapid-transit lines will be in the neighborhood of $366,000,000. This is substantially equal to the entire cost of the Panama Canal. It is three times the cost of the New York barge canal. It is a greater amount than the total investment in road and equipment of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, or the Rock Island, or the Chicago & North Western, or the Great Northern, or the New York Central & Hudson River. The building of underground rapid-transit lines in great cities is comparatively a new development in engineering. New York was not the pioneer in this field. The first underground city railway lines were those in London, operated for many years with steam locomotives. Underground lines operated by electric traction were built in London and Budapest and Boston before the first New York rapid-transit subway was in operation. The development of the system in New York, however, has far exceeded that in any other city of the world. In fact, with the completion of the new extensions the investment in underground rapid-transit lines in New York will probably be as great as that in all the other great cities of the world combined. The building of subways, however, is well recognized to be the next step in rapid-transit development for the congested districts of other large cities. Philadelphia, Chicago, Cleveland, and a number of other American cities have subways under way or projected. The work carried on in New York during the past dozen years, and especially that now in progress, has developed a large amount of experience in street excavation with avoidance to traffic interruption, in the underpinning of buildings, and in the solution of a hundred different problems in connection with the work of construction which are of general interest to the engineering profession. The editors of Engineering News deemed it important that a thorough expert study of the New York subway work should be made for the benefit of its readers, and arranged with Mr. Fred Lavis, M. Am. Soc. C. E., to undertake this work and present the results in the columns of Engineering News. The articles written by Mr. Lavis were published in Engineering News, beginning Oct. 1, 1914, and concluding Dec. 31. In response to numerous requests it was deemed advisable to reprint these articles in book form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.