Author: University of Washington. College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Publisher:
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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 926
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Locational Factors Involved in Surburban Development
Author: University of Washington. College of Architecture and Urban Planning
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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 926
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Publisher:
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Category : Land use
Languages : en
Pages : 926
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Municipal regulation of traffic view obstructions
Author: Joshua H. Vogel
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Washington Reports
Author: Washington (State). Supreme Court
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
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Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Toxicological Profile for Beryllium
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Category : Beryllium
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Category : Beryllium
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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The Great Society Subway
Author: Zachary M. Schrag
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421415771
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
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.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421415771
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
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.
Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990
Author: Richard L. Forstall
Publisher: National Technical Information Services (NTIS)
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Report provides the total population for each of the nation's 3,141 counties from 1990 back to the first census in which the county appeared.
Publisher: National Technical Information Services (NTIS)
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Report provides the total population for each of the nation's 3,141 counties from 1990 back to the first census in which the county appeared.
Effect of the 55 MPH Speed Limit on Traffic Accidents in Illinois
Author: Terry M. Klein
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Category : Gasoline supply
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Category : Gasoline supply
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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The Bulletin
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Category : Lumber trade
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Category : Lumber trade
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Federal Register
Author:
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
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