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Author : Stan Fischler
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0760307520
Featuring informative sidebars and 90 photos, this colorful look at today's subways examines the five premier systems in the world: New York, Paris, Washington, D.C., Moscow, and London.
Author : Mark Ovenden,London Transport Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015066729263
Author : Uijung Kim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1908714832
Find out about world cities and their underground systems in this fun search-and-find book.
Author : Benson Bobrick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : MINN:319510013166436
Reprint of the esteemed book originally published by Newsweek Books in 1981. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Brian J. Cudahy
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780823222957
The transit historian and author of Under the Sidewalks of New York delivers a lively and authoritative history of New York City’s fabled subway. On the afternoon of October 27, 1904, ordinary New Yorkers descended beneath the sidewalks for the first time to ride the electric-powered trains of the newly inaugurated Interborough Rapid Transit System. More than a century later, the subway has expanded greatly, weaving its way into the fabric of New York’s unique and diverse urban life. In A Century of Subways, transit historian Brian J. Cudahy offers a fascinating tribute to New York’s storied and historic subway system, from its earliest beginnings and many architectural achievements, to the ways it helped shape today’s modern metropolis. Taking a fresh look at one of the marvels of the twentieth century, Cudahy creates a vivid sense of this extraordinary system and the myriad ways the city was transformed once New Yorkers started riding below the ground.
Author : Uijung Kim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1908714697
This is a playful search-and-find book of underground systems around the world. Die cut pages introduce the subways of 12 different cities. On the first page we see the exterior of the train, and are presented with fascinating facts and figures about the transport system. On the following die cut page, we find the inside of the train and the platform, bustling with activity. On this busy page, young readers are invited to spot key items that are unique to the city in question; a pretzel, an I . NY t-shirt and a Statue of Liberty headband on the New York subway, for example. Perfect for train-obsessed children, but also for a wider audience, this book teaches young readers about transport and also about cultural signifiers of different cities around the world. Uijung Kim's busy, colourful illustrations have a manga-like sensibility that feels joyously contemporary. The cities included are: London, New York, Tokyo, Seoul, Moscow, Beijing, Mexico City, Paris, Madrid and Berlin.
Author : Brian J. Cudahy
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0823216187
But as it is in no other city on earth, the subway of New York is intimately woven into the fabric and identity of the city itself.
Author : Zachary M. Schrag
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781421415772
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.
Author : Mark Ovenden
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780143128496
A completely updated and expanded edition of the cult bestseller, featuring subway, light rail, and streetcar maps from New York to Nizhny Novgorod. Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historical and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. In glorious, colorful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the cartographic history of mass transit—including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Now expanded with thirty-six more pages, 250 city maps revised from previous editions, and listings given from almost a thousand systems in total, this is the graphic designer’s new bible, the transport enthusiast’s dream collection, and a coffee-table essential for everyone who’s ever traveled in a city.
Author : Mary Winget
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822589532
A fun, simple text closely paired with vivid color photos to explain how subways work and what they do.
Author : Heather Lynne Miller
Publisher : Charlesbridge
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781607341451
Down, down, down. Step down below to see the world. A fantastical journey introduces young readers to subway travel. Five children pay the fare, pass through the gates, and zip through the tunnels of subway stations in ten cities around the globe. The trip around the world underscores how travel and cultural connections create community. Back matter includes information about the ten stations mentioned: Atlanta, Cairo, Chicago, London, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Stockholm, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C.
Author : Bob Diamond
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781329688575
The history of the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel. The world's oldest subway built in 1844 by the Long Island Rail Road. Sealed in 1861, with a circa 1830's steam locomotive left buried behind a wall. Said to contain the lost diary pages of John Wiles Booth, assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, exposing an over 150 year old conspiracy. Plan for the reuse of the Tunnel as an historic attraction, possibly featuring streaming full immersion 3-D holographic video, more.
Author : Hyo-ŭn Kim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN : 191334858X
A cinematic journey through the Seoul subway that masterfully portrays the many unique lives we travel alongside whenever we take the train. A poetic translation of the bestselling Korean picture book. Accompanied by the constant, rumbling ba-dum ba-dumof its passage through the city, the subway has stories to tell. Between sunrise and sunset, it welcomes and farewells people, and holds them -- along with their joys, hopes, fears, and memories -- in its embrace. Originally published in Korean and brought to English-speaking audiences with the help of renowned translator Deborah Smith (The Vegetarian),I Am the Subwayvividly reflects the shared humanity that can be found in crowded metropolitan cities. ★ '[S]ensitive, closely observed portraits.' --Publishers Weekly ★ 'A contemplative, poignant rendering of everyday journeys.' --Kirkus Reviews ★ '[B]eautiful and unusual.' --Youth Services Book Review ★ 'Bewitching.' --Foreword Reviews ★ 'A poetic tribute to Seoul and its people, I Am the Subwaymakes for an unforgettable journey.' --BookPage
Author : Paul DuBois Jacobs,Jennifer Swender
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-18
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1586853570
Relates the sights and sounds of a subway ride through the boroughs of New York City.
Author : Clifton Hood
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0801880548
When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue—the longest stretch ever built at one time. From that initial route through the completion of the IND or Independent Subway line in the 1940s, the subway grew to cover 722 miles—long enough to reach from New York to Chicago. In this definitive history, Clifton Hood traces the complex and fascinating story of the New York City subway system, one of the urban engineering marvels of the twentieth century. For the subway's centennial the author supplies a new foreward explaining that now, after a century, "we can see more clearly than ever that this rapid transit system is among the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements."
