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Book Transport of Delight

Download or read book Transport of Delight written by Jonathan Richmond and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transport of Delight is a true interdisciplinary work, and includes a thorough analytical assessment of the Los Angeles rail program, with a focus on the Long Beach Blue Line light rail-the first of the new projects to go ahead. En route, it shows that ridership forecasting for this project was not only biased and statistically invalid, but in fact done to justify decisions made on other grounds. This unusual book develops a novel theory of myth to explain the construction of rail passenger transit in Los Angeles when it had little to offer the needs of a dispersed autopolis, whose urgent but dispersed public transportation needs could have been better served by developing the regional bus system. The author conducted interviews and performed the detective work necessary to reveal an unlikely logic that held together a network of symbols, images, and metaphors that together present powerful mythical beliefs in the guise of truth. A political analysis shows how consensus was reached to proceed with the light rail to Long Beach, but political explanations are ultimately found lacking, because they cannot explain why decision-makers would want to put the rail in place. It is only when provocative metaphors-of the need to connect communities and to restore a mythical balance to a dysfunctional transportation system-and symbols-of escape from the pressure cooker of poverty, of urban success, power and, indeed sexual acumen-are surfaced, that we realize that Los Angeles' Transport of Delight is the result of the very human need to transcend complexity by providing mythical creations that appear to offer easy answers to society's deepest problems.

Book Transport

    Book Details:
  • Author : Phillip Peterson
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-09-24
  • ISBN : 9781539063612
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book Transport written by Phillip Peterson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Transport? Transport to where, Sir?" "Possibly straight to hell." Who will live? Who will die? An alien object is discovered off the coast of California; a sphere that transports people to other solar systems. Death-row inmate Russell Harris and nine other convicts are given the chance to save their own lives by agreeing to travel as test subjects on the transporter. But when the first volunteer dies a gruesome death, it becomes clear to Russell and his comrades that the venture is little more than a merciless death mission on which they will all perish. Their only chance of survival is to uncover the secret of the mysterious object, but that too seems hopeless - because no trace of the transporter's constructors can be found.

Book Alfred P  Sloan

Download or read book Alfred P Sloan written by John Cunningham Wood and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume collection looks at the life and work of Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr. (1875-1966), chief executive of General Motors from 1923 to 1946, whose unique and ahead-of-its-time management style left an indelible mark on business and management studies.Also featuring an extensive bibliography, this set will prove valuable to business students and researchers alike.

Book Conversations of the Gods

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Monbelly
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2011-05-14
  • ISBN : 1462869955
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Conversations of the Gods written by Christopher Monbelly and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book National Transportation Safety Board Decisions

Download or read book National Transportation Safety Board Decisions written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modern Railway Transportation

Download or read book Modern Railway Transportation written by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 1993 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After several decades of the promotion of road transport, we have realised that the provision of more roads will not on its own solve our traffic problems. More emphasis is being placed on rail transport. This book reviews the international and national scene in all sectors of the industry, and takes a look at the development in the 21st century.

Book Future of Irregular Airlines in United States Air Transportation Industry

Download or read book Future of Irregular Airlines in United States Air Transportation Industry written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers

Download or read book The Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers

Download or read book Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 30-54 (1932-46) issued in 2 separately paged sections: General editorial section and a Transactions section. Beginning in 1947, the Transactions section is continued as SAE quarterly transactions.

Book Future of Irregular Airlines in United States Air Transportation Industry  Hearings Before a Subcommittee of       83 1 on       March 31  May 1  4  5  6  7  and 8  1953

Download or read book Future of Irregular Airlines in United States Air Transportation Industry Hearings Before a Subcommittee of 83 1 on March 31 May 1 4 5 6 7 and 8 1953 written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book ECMT Round Tables Transport and Exceptional Public Events

Download or read book ECMT Round Tables Transport and Exceptional Public Events written by European Conference of Ministers of Transport and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2003-03-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Round Table examined large-scale sporting, cultural and festive events in Europe and the rest of the world, and noted that setting ambitious targets contributes to the quality of the event.

Book The Development of Transportation in Modern England

Download or read book The Development of Transportation in Modern England written by William T. Jackman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-24 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1962: In offering this work as a modest contribution to our knowledge of the economic development of England from the standpoint of transportation, the author must say, in the first place that he has endeavoured to adhere rigidly to the subject in hand, withour making deviations into collateral fields

Book Military Sea Transportation Service  Brooklyn  N Y

Download or read book Military Sea Transportation Service Brooklyn N Y written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Military Sea Transportation Service  Brooklyn  N Y

Download or read book Military Sea Transportation Service Brooklyn N Y written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permament Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Textile Recorder

Download or read book Textile Recorder written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lloyd s List Law Reports

Download or read book Lloyd s List Law Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: