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Book The Drive for Dollars

Download or read book The Drive for Dollars written by Jeffrey R. Brown and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the interplay between finance, freeways, and urban form in the 20th century and their enduring impact on American cities and neighborhoods in the 21st.American cities are distinct from almost all others in the degree to which freeways and freeway travel dominate urban landscapes. In The Drive for Dollars, Jeffrey R. Brown, Eric A. Morris, and Brian D. Taylor tell the largely misunderstood story of how freeways became the centerpiece of U.S. urbantransportation systems, and the crucial, though usually overlooked, role of fiscal politics in bringing freeways about. The authors chronicle how the ways that we both raise and spend transportation revenue have shaped our transportation system and the lives of those who use it, from the era beforethe automobile to the present day. They focus on how the development of one revolutionary type of road--the freeway--was inextricably intertwined with money. With the nation's transportation finance system at a crossroads today, this book sheds light on how we can best fund and plan transportationin the future. The authors draw on these lessons to offer ways forward to pay for transportation more equitably, provide travelers with better mobility, and increase environmental sustainability and urban livability.

Book Paying the Toll

    Book Details:
  • Author : Louise Nelson Dyble
  • Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Release : 2011-10-11
  • ISBN : 0812206886
  • Pages : 305 pages

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.

Book Selected Bibliography on Highway Finance

Download or read book Selected Bibliography on Highway Finance written by United States. Bureau of Public Roads and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Financing California s Highways

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  • Author : California. Legislature. Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1947
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 786 pages

Download or read book Financing California s Highways written by California. Legislature. Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Highways and Agricultural Engineering  Current Literature

Download or read book Highways and Agricultural Engineering Current Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book California State Publications

Download or read book California State Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Highways

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  • Author : Public Roads Bureau
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1947
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 606 pages

Download or read book Highways written by Public Roads Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book California Policy Options

Download or read book California Policy Options written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book News Notes of California Libraries

Download or read book News Notes of California Libraries written by California State Library and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.

Book Subject Catalog of the Institute of Governmental Studies Library  University of California  Berkeley

Download or read book Subject Catalog of the Institute of Governmental Studies Library University of California Berkeley written by University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental Studies. Library and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Open Road

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  • Author : Phil Patton
  • Publisher : Touchstone Books
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN : 9780671639952
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book Open Road written by Phil Patton and published by Touchstone Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Planning  Current Literature

Download or read book Planning Current Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book General Catalogue of Printed Books

Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975

Download or read book The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975 written by British Library (London) and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of Printed Books

Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: