Download or read book Rapid Rail Transit for the Nation s Capital written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee No. 5 and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers H.R. 4822, to authorize the development of the rapid transit system in D.C.
Download or read book Rapid Rail Transit for the Nation s Capital written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Capital Streetcars Early Mass Transit in Washington D C written by John DeFerrari and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington's first streetcars trundled down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Civil War. By the end of the century, streetcar lines crisscrossed the city, expanding it into the suburbs and defining where Washingtonians lived, worked and played. One of the most beloved routes was the scenic Cabin John line to the amusement park in Glen Echo, Maryland. From the quaint early days of small horse-drawn cars to the modern "streamliners" of the twentieth century, the stories are all here. Join author John DeFerrari on a joyride through the fascinating history of streetcars in the nation's capital.
Download or read book The Great Society Subway written by Zachary M. Schrag and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Laws Relating to Interstate Commerce and Transportation written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the House Committee on the District of Columbia written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Download or read book Water Supply for Central and Southern Florida and Everglades National Park written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book To Establish a Bail Agency in D C Courts written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Laws Relating to Interstate and Foreign Commerce written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
