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Download or read book The Decline of Transit written by Glenn Yago and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-04-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the social, political and technological forces that shaped our cities and their transportation systems.

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