Transit Program for the National Capital Region

Transit Program for the National Capital Region
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Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105021063651
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Synopsis Transit Program for the National Capital Region by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia

Transportation Plan for the National Capital Region

Transportation Plan for the National Capital Region
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Total Pages : 1086
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ISBN-10 : NWU:35556021313887
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Synopsis Transportation Plan for the National Capital Region by : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems

Reviews the D.C. mass transportation plans. Includes Interim Report of the Joint Commission To Study Passenger Carrier Facilities and Services in the Washington Metropolitan Area, Feb. 1956 (p. 309-362)

Rail Rapid Transit for the National Capital Region

Rail Rapid Transit for the National Capital Region
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Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105021063578
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Synopsis Rail Rapid Transit for the National Capital Region by : United States. Congress. Senate. District of Columbia

Transit Program for the National Capital Region

Transit Program for the National Capital Region
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Total Pages : 476
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951D03603213T
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Synopsis Transit Program for the National Capital Region by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee No. 6

The Interstate System in the District of Columbia

The Interstate System in the District of Columbia
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Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : LOC:00183651924
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Synopsis The Interstate System in the District of Columbia by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads

The Great Society Subway

The Great Society Subway
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Total Pages : 374
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ISBN-10 : 9780801889066
ISBN-13 : 0801889065
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Synopsis The Great Society Subway by : Zachary M. Schrag

As Metro stretches to Tysons Corner and beyond, this paperback edition features a new preface from the author. Drivers in the nation's capital face a host of hazards: high-speed traffic circles, presidential motorcades, jaywalking tourists, and bewildering signs that send unsuspecting motorists from the Lincoln Memorial into suburban Virginia in less than two minutes. And parking? Don't bet on it unless you're in the fast lane of the Capital Beltway during rush hour. Little wonder, then, that so many residents and visitors rely on the Washington Metro, the 106-mile rapid transit system that serves the District of Columbia and its inner suburbs. In the first comprehensive history of the Metro, Zachary M. Schrag tells the story of the Great Society Subway from its earliest rumblings to the present day, from Arlington to College Park, Eisenhower to Marion Barry. Unlike the pre–World War II rail systems of New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia, the Metro was built at a time when most American families already owned cars, and when most American cities had dedicated themselves to freeways, not subways. Why did the nation's capital take a different path? What were the consequences of that decision? Using extensive archival research as well as oral history, Schrag argues that the Metro can be understood only in the political context from which it was born: the Great Society liberalism of the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. The Metro emerged from a period when Americans believed in public investments suited to the grandeur and dignity of the world's richest nation. The Metro was built not merely to move commuters, but in the words of Lyndon Johnson, to create "a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community." Schrag scrutinizes the project from its earliest days, including general planning, routes, station architecture, funding decisions, land-use impacts, and the behavior of Metro riders. The story of the Great Society Subway sheds light on the development of metropolitan Washington, postwar urban policy, and the promises and limits of rail transit in American cities.