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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Report on Key System, Oakland, California
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Publisher:
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Report
Author: Key System (Calif.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Key System Streetcars
Author: Vernon J. Sappers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781930013070
Category : East Bay (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781930013070
Category : East Bay (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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The Key System
Author: Walter Rice
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738547220
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
It is difficult now to imagine San Francisco Bay without bridges, but not too long ago, a complex system of ferries and trains helped span the waters in an elegant way. The Key System was a huge portion of this network; it was part of businessman "Borax" Smith's method to attract San Francisco workers to live in the cities of Berkeley, Oakland, and Piedmont, where he dealt in real estate. The Southern Pacific Railroad was the Key System's fierce competitor, then later an ally, before it was vanquished. Thousands of commuters rode the system for years, until a ridership decline eventually doomed the Key when bridges finally crisscrossed the bay.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738547220
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
It is difficult now to imagine San Francisco Bay without bridges, but not too long ago, a complex system of ferries and trains helped span the waters in an elegant way. The Key System was a huge portion of this network; it was part of businessman "Borax" Smith's method to attract San Francisco workers to live in the cities of Berkeley, Oakland, and Piedmont, where he dealt in real estate. The Southern Pacific Railroad was the Key System's fierce competitor, then later an ally, before it was vanquished. Thousands of commuters rode the system for years, until a ridership decline eventually doomed the Key when bridges finally crisscrossed the bay.
Author-title Catalog
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
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Interstate Commerce Commission Reports
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 912
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Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of California Covering the Period from ...
Author: Railroad Commission of the State of California
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Proceedings of the Board of Transportation of the City of New York
Author: New York (N.Y.). Board of Transportation
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
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BART
Author: Michael C. Healy
Publisher: Heyday.ORIM
ISBN: 1597143812
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
An insider’s “indispensible” behind-the-scenes history of the transit system of San Francisco and surrounding counties (Houston Chronicle). In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider’s account of the rapid transit system’s inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, warts and all. With a master storyteller’s wit and sharp attention to detail, Healy recreates the politically fraught venture to bring a new kind of public transit to the West Coast. What emerges is a sense of the individuals who made (and make) BART happen. From tales of staying up until 3:00 a.m. with BART pioneers Bill Stokes and Jack Everson to hear the election results for the rapid transit vote to stories of weathering scandals, strikes, and growing pains, this look behind the scenes of an iconic, seemingly monolithic structure reveals people at their most human—and determined to change the status quo. “The Metro. The T. The Tube. The world's most famous subway systems are known by simple monikers, and San Francisco's BART belongs in that class. Michael C. Healy delivers a tour-de-force telling of its roots, hard-fought approval, and challenging construction that will delight fans of American urban history.”—Doug Most, author of The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
Publisher: Heyday.ORIM
ISBN: 1597143812
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
An insider’s “indispensible” behind-the-scenes history of the transit system of San Francisco and surrounding counties (Houston Chronicle). In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider’s account of the rapid transit system’s inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, warts and all. With a master storyteller’s wit and sharp attention to detail, Healy recreates the politically fraught venture to bring a new kind of public transit to the West Coast. What emerges is a sense of the individuals who made (and make) BART happen. From tales of staying up until 3:00 a.m. with BART pioneers Bill Stokes and Jack Everson to hear the election results for the rapid transit vote to stories of weathering scandals, strikes, and growing pains, this look behind the scenes of an iconic, seemingly monolithic structure reveals people at their most human—and determined to change the status quo. “The Metro. The T. The Tube. The world's most famous subway systems are known by simple monikers, and San Francisco's BART belongs in that class. Michael C. Healy delivers a tour-de-force telling of its roots, hard-fought approval, and challenging construction that will delight fans of American urban history.”—Doug Most, author of The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway