Main entry:

Berman, Jake, author.

Title & Author:

The lost subways of North America : a cartographic guide to the past, present, and what might have been / written and illustrated by Jake Berman.

Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
©2023

Description:

272 pages : color illustrations, maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- A brief primer on transit and urban development -- Atlanta : The city too busy to hate -- Boston : Urban institutions, megaprojects, and city revival -- Chicago : The Loop elevated, beloved steel eyesore -- Cincinnati : A short history of a never-used subway -- Cleveland : Transit and the perils of waterfront redevelopment -- Dallas : They don't build them like they used to -- Detroit : The city-suburban rift and the most useless transit system in the world -- Houston : The city of organic growth -- Los Angeles : 72 suburbs in search of a city -- Miami : Overpromise, underdeliver -- Minneapolis-St. Paul : The mob takeover of Twin City rapid transit -- Montreal : The metro as showcase megaproject -- New Orleans : How a big city grew into a small town -- New York City : The tortured history of the Second Avenue subway -- Philadelphia : How not to run a railroad -- Pittsburgh : How to make buses work -- Richmond : The first streetcar system -- Rochester : The only city to open a subway, then close it -- San Francisco : The view from Geary Street -- Seattle : Consensus through exhaustion -- Toronto : Subway line as political football -- Vancouver : An exceptional elevated -- Washington, DC : The freeway revolt and the creation of Metro -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

9780226829791 hardcover
0226829790 hardcover
electronic book
9780226829807

Subject:

Subways United States.
Urban transportation United States.
Métros États-Unis.
Transports urbains États-Unis.
TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Cartography.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Transportation.
Subways
Urban transportation
United States

Form/genre:

Informational works.
Documents d'information.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319328
Call No.: 319328
Copy: 1
Status: Available