Main entry:

Grescoe, Taras.

Title & Author:

Straphanger : saving our cities and ourselves from the automobile / Taras Grescoe.

Edition:

1st Canadian ed.

Publication:

Toronto : HarperCollins Publishers, c2012.

Description:

x, 342 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : Shanghai, China -- Introduction : confessions of a straphangar -- The subway that time forgot : New York, New York -- Only connect : Los Angeles, California -- The highway to hell : Phoenix, Arizona -- The salvation of Paris -- The Copenhagen syndrome : Copenhagen, Denmark -- Fools and roads : Moscow, Russia -- City of trains : Tokyo, Japan -- The revenge of the loser cruiser : Bogotá, Colombia -- Good bones : Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia -- The next great city : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- The Toronto tragedy : Toronto, Ontario -- Conclusion : Montreal, Quebec -- Sources -- Further reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

ISBN:

9781554686247
1554686245

Subject:

Commuting Environmental aspects.
Local transit Environmental aspects.
Urban transportation Environmental aspects.
Environmental protection Citizen participation.
Choice of transportation.
Migrations alternantes Aspect de l'environnement.
Transports urbains Aspect de l'environnement.
Environnement Protection Participation des citoyens.
Transport Choix des modes.
Transports publics Aspect de l'environnement.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 279025
Call No.: BIB 214848
Status: Available