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Transit maps of the world
\"A completely updated and expanded edition of the cult bestseller, featuring subway, light rail, and streetcar maps from New York to Nizhny Novgorod. Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historical and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. Celebrating the diversity of navigation across the planet, Mark Ovenden traces the cartographic history of mass transit -- including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Now expanded with thirty-six more pages, 250 city maps revised from previous editions, and listings given from almost a thousand systems in total, this is the graphic designer's new bible, the transport enthusiast's dream collection, and a coffee-table essential for everyone who's ever traveled in a city.\"--Back cover.
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From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA
A must-read for transit buffs, From a Nickel to a Token chronicles twenty specific events in the history of New York City's mass transit systems between 1940 and 1968, including large numbers of rare photos. Streetcars \"are as dead as sailing ships,\" said Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in a radio speech, two days before Madison Avenue's streetcars yielded to buses. LaGuardia was determined to eliminate streetcars, demolish pre-1900 elevated lines, and unify the subway system, a goal that became reality in 1940 when the separate IRT, BMT, and IND became one giant system under full public control. In this fascinating micro-history of New York's transit system, Andrew Sparberg examines twenty specific events between 1940 and 1968, book ended by subway unification and the MTA's creation. From a Nickel to a Token depicts a potpourri of well-remembered, partially forgotten, and totally obscure happenings drawn from the historical tapestry of New York mass transit. Sparberg deftly captures five boroughs of grit, chaos, and emotion grappling with a massive and unwieldy transit system. During these decades, the system morphed into today's familiar network. The public sector absorbed most private surface lines operating within the five boroughs, and buses completely replaced streetcars. Elevated lines were demolished, replaced by subways or, along Manhattan's Third Avenue, not at all. Beyond the unification of the IND, IRT, and BMT, strategic track connections were built between lines to allow a more flexible and unified operation. The oldest subway routes received much needed rehabilitation. Thousands of new subway cars and buses were purchased. The sacred nickel fare barrier was broken, and by 1968 a ride cost twenty cents. From LaGuardia to Lindsay, mayors devoted much energy to solving transit problems, keeping fares low, and appeasing voters, fellow elected officials, transit management, and labor leaders. Simultaneously, American society was experiencing tumultuous times, manifested by labor disputes, economic pressures, and civil rights protests. Featuring many photos never before published, From a Nickel to a Token is a historical trip back in time to a multitude of important events.
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Quasi-weekly oscillation of regional PM.sub.2.5 transport over China driven by the synoptic-scale disturbance of the East Asian winter monsoon circulation
Regional PM.sub.2.5 transport is an important cause of atmospheric environment change. However, the variations in regional PM.sub.2.5 transport on a synoptic scale with meteorological drivers have been incomprehensively understood. Therefore, this study is targeted at the quasi-weekly oscillation (QWO) of regional PM.sub.2.5 transport over central and eastern China (CEC) with the influence of synoptic-scale disturbance of the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) circulation. By constructing the data of daily PM.sub.2.5 transport flux in CEC in the winters of 2015-2019, we utilize the extended empirical orthogonal function (EEOF) decomposition and other statistical methods to extract the moving spatial distribution of regional PM.sub.2.5 transport over CEC, recognizing the QWO in regional PM.sub.2.5 transport with the spatial-temporal variations over CEC. The source-receptor relationship in regional transport of PM.sub.2.5 is identified with the 2 d lag effect of the North China Plain, as the upwind source region, on the PM.sub.2.5 pollution change in the Twain-Hu Basin, as the downwind receptor region in central China. The QWO of regional PM.sub.2.5 transport over CEC is regulated by the synoptic-scale disturbance of the EAWM circulation with the periodic activities of the Siberian high. These findings provide new insights into the understanding of regional PM.sub.2.5 transport with the source-receptor relationship and the meteorological mechanism in atmospheric environment change.
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No way to go : transport and social disadvantage in Australian communities
Urban sprawl and sparse living are pervasive in Australia.Despite high levels of car ownership, many Australians do not have access to a private car for their travel needs.These people, often from marginalised groups in society such as young people, those on low incomes, older people, indigenous Australians and those with disabilities, face.
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Expanding the Concept of Mobility Culture
This paper is aimed at exploring and expanding the concept of mobility culture(s) (MC), with regard to its influence on public transportation (PT) usage share. Despite some factors being positively correlated with collective modes, the modal split is often skewed in favour of private or individual ones. To this end, a comprehensive analysis of 70 cities in Germany and Italy is conducted, employing geographically weighted regression (GWR) to assess the impact of some factors on the local share of PT. Factors examined include land use diversity, fare integration, service quality (measured as level of service), scheduling regularity and characteristics of the transit network maps. The findings of the study provide new perspectives on MC and suggest strategies for promoting sustainable and equitable transportation systems.
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Connecting communities : saving local transit in the Bay Area & beyond
Transportation is one of the biggest challenges facing the Bay Area today. To build good transit, the discussion needs to focus on what matters -- quality of service, a range of transit riders, the role of buildings, streets and sidewalks, and, above all, getting transit in the right places.
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