The Automobile and Urban Transit: The Formation of Public Policy in Chicago, 1900-1930

Barrett, Paul

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The Automobile and Urban Transit: The Formation of Public Policy in Chicago, 1900-1930

Barrett, Paul 1983

Exploring the introduction of automobiles and public transit lines in Chicago, Paul Barrett traces contemporary commuter dissatisfactions to disjointed policies that kept urban planners from integrating separate modes of transporation into a single system.

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978-1-62820-132-1 (e-book)
978-0-87722-294-1 (hardcover)

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Science & Technology

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The Automobile and Urban Transit: The Formation of Public Policy in Chicago, 1900-1930

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Title Page

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Contents

Series Preface

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Decision for Regulation

Chapter 2: The Battle for the Streets

Chapter 3: The Failure of Regulation: Mass Transportation, 1907–1915

Chapter 4: “The Poor Man’s Motorcar”

Chapter 5: The Taming of the Automobile, 1918–1930

Chapter 6: Making Do: Mass Transit in the Motor Age, 1914–1930

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliographical Note

Index

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