Download or read book Paying the Toll written by Louise Nelson Dyble and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its opening in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge has become an icon for the beauty and prosperity of the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as a symbol of engineering achievement. Constructing the bridge posed political and financial challenges that were at least as difficult as those faced by the project's builders. To meet these challenges, northern California boosters created a new kind of agency: an autonomous, self-financing special district. The Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District developed into a powerful organization that shaped the politics and government of the Bay Area as much as the bridge shaped its physical development. From the moment of the bridge district's incorporation in 1928, its managers pursued their own agenda. They used all the resources at their disposal to preserve their control over the bridge, cultivating political allies, influencing regional policy, and developing an ambitious public relations program. Undaunted by charges of mismanagement and persistent efforts to turn the bridge (as well as its lucrative tolls) over to the state, the bridge district expanded into mass transportation, taking on ferry and bus operations to ensure its survival to this day. Drawing on previously unavailable archives, Paying the Toll gives us an inside view of the world of high-stakes development, cronyism, and bureaucratic power politics that have surrounded the Golden Gate Bridge since its inception.

Download or read book Final Report written by California. Legislature. Senate. Interim Committee on Bay Area Problems and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Golden Gate Authority for the San Francisco Bay Area written by Stanley Scott and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Final Report on the Feasibility of a Regional Agency to Coordinate Transportation Facilities Serving the People of a Nine county Metropolitan Region with Recommendations for a Golden Gate Transportation Commission for the San Francisco Bay Area written by Golden Gate Authority Commission and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Feasibility of a Regional Transportation Agency for the San Francisco Bay Area written by California. Golden Gate Authority Commission and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report Feasibility of a Regional Transportation Agency for the San Francisco Bay Area written by California. Golden Gate Authority Commission and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Golden Gate Authority Commission June 1960 February 1961 written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1959 to 1961 the Commission investigated the feasibility of the Golden Gate Authority, an agency to coordinate regional transportation in the Bay Area.

Download or read book Paying the Toll written by Amy Louise Nelson Dyble and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Final Report on the Feasibility of a Regional Agency to Coordinate Transportation Facilities Serving the People of a Nine county Metropolitan Region with Recommendations for a Golden Gate Transport Commission for the San Francisco Bay Area Submitted to the California State Legislature on February 1 1961 written by California. Golden Gate Authority Commission and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Final Report on the Feasibility of a Regional Agency to Coordinate Transportation Facilities Serving the People of a Nine county Metropolitan Region with Recommendations for a Golden Gate Transportation Commission for the San Francisco Bay Area Submitted to the California State Legislature on February 1 1961 written by California. Golden Gate Authority Commission and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Analysis of the Recommendations of Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District for Transit Improvements in the Golden Gate Corridor written by San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.). Office of Planning and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Golden Gate Authority Commission December 1959 May 1960 written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1959 to 1961 the Commission investigated the feasibility of the Golden Gate Authority, an agency to coordinate regional transportation in the Bay Area.

Download or read book BART written by Michael C. Healy and published by Heyday.ORIM. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book Final Report on the Feasibility of a Regional Agency to Coordinate Transportation Facilities Serving the People of a Nine County Metropolitan Region with Recommandations for a Golden Gate Transportation Commission for the San Francisco Bay Area written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Needs of the San Francisco Bay Area California written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the so-called Reber plan to develop additional transportation facilities and water resources utilization projects in the San Francisco Bay area, Calif. Plan emphasizes erection of bridges across San Francisco Bay and the creation of fresh water lakes. Hearings were held in San Francisco, Calif.