The Wheels That Drove New York A History of the New York City Transit System /

• Main Authors: Roess, Roger P. (Author), Sansone, Gene. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, 1
• Subjects: Engineering.; Science > History.; Engineering economy.; Civil engineering.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Civil Engineering.; History of Science.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30484-2

The Wheels That Drove New York tells the fascinating story of how a public transportation system helped transform a small trading community on the southern tip of Manhattan island to a world financial capital that is home to more than 8,000,000 people.� From the earliest days of horse-drawn conveyan...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to the New York City Transit System
• An Overview of the History of New York: Discovery Through the Civil War
• Enabling Technologies
• The Beginnings of Public Transportation in New York: Omnibuses and Street Railways
• The Age of Trolleys
• To "El" and Back: The Era of the Elevated Railroad
• Alfred E Beach and New Yorks First Subway
• The Interborough Rapid Transit System
• The Dual Contracts and Expansion of the Subways
• The Independent Subway
• The Staten Island Rapid Transit
• When the Rubber Hits the Road
• Unification, a War, and the New York City Transit Authority
• Prelude to Disaster  The NYCTA Between 1953 and 1970 Things Have to Get Worse Before They Get Better: NYC Transit  1970 to the Present
• Rolling Thunder
• The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men.