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Local transit -- United States -- Case studies. --- Local transit --- Business & Economics --- Transportation Economics --- City transit --- Mass transit --- Municipal transit --- Public transit --- Rapid transit --- Transit systems --- Urban transit --- Transportation --- Ridesharing

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"This book is about the policymaking of public agencies in large American cities. Based on a decade of research, it studies urban mass transit in terms of the factors that bias the industry's policy outcomes to benefit one public or another. Why is there a great variance of outcomes among agencies? What are the important taproots of bias in policymaking? How does the pattern of outcomes correspond to the American mosaic of public interests?" "The book's second - broader and more important - purpose is to demonstrate the value of social science theory in making sense of urban processes and the responsiveness of governmental policymaking in a plural society. The book analyzes the applicability of six rival theses - derived from political science, economics, administrative theory, sociology, social psychology, and urban planning - to understanding the forces that mold policymaking in American metropolitan areas."--Jacket.

Local transit --- Transportation Economics --- Business & Economics --- City transit --- Mass transit --- Municipal transit --- Public transit --- Rapid transit --- Transit systems --- Urban transit --- Transportation --- Ridesharing --- Government policy --- Finance. --- Finance

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Measuring Transport Equity provides a range of methods with the potential to shape transport decision-making processes, thus allowing for the adoption of more equitable transport solutions. Presenting numerous applied methods and applications of transport equity assessment, this book formalizes the disciplinary practice, definitions, and methodologies for transport equity. In addition, it recognizes the different types of equity and acknowledges that each requires its own assessment methodologies. Bringing together the most up-to-date perspectives and practical approaches for assessing equity in relation to accessibility, environmental impacts, health, and wellbeing, the book sets standards for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners for conducting social impact analyses and is an ideal reference for those involved in transport planning.

Transport. Traffic --- Environmental planning --- comprehensive plans [reports] --- transportation engineering [civil engineering] --- public transit [infrastructure] --- Transportation --- Social aspects. --- E-books --- Society and transportation

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The TTC Story features 75 magnificent black-and-white images that illustrate the major ""transit event"" in each year of the TTC's existence.

Local transit --- City transit --- Mass transit --- Municipal transit --- Public transit --- Rapid transit --- Transit systems --- Urban transit --- Transportation --- Ridesharing --- History. --- Toronto Transit Commission --- Toronto Transportation Commission --- T.T.C. --- TTC --- Toronto (Ont.).

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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.

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