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

Paul Barrett
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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.
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Series Preface
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Decision for Regulation
    • Section I: The Context of 1907
    • Section II: The Ordinances of 1907
  • Chapter 2: The Battle for the Streets
    • Section I: The Alternatives
    • Section II: Traffic Control
    • Section III: Building Solutions to the Traffic Problem
  • Chapter 3: The Failure of Regulation: Mass Transportation, 1907–1915
    • Section I: Service and Profit
    • Section II: Politics and Regulation
    • Section III: The Politics of Engineering
    • Section IV: Beyond 1907: Policy versus Planning
  • Chapter 4: “The Poor Man’s Motorcar”
    • Section I: The Public and Its Transit System, 1907–1917
    • Section II: Overcapitalization and the 5¢ Fare
  • Chapter 5: The Taming of the Automobile, 1918–1930
    • Section I: The Automobile and Traffic, 1918–1924
    • Section II: “The Magic Ribbons,” 1918–1930
    • Section III: The Motorist Comes of Age: Traffic Regulation, 1924–1930
  • Chapter 6: Making Do: Mass Transit in the Motor Age, 1914–1930
    • Section I: Transit Policy: 1914 versus 1930
    • Section II: Progress and Profit: Transit Improvement, 1914–1930
    • Section III: Finance: The Strengths of Impotence
    • Section IV: The Myth of Objectivity: From Engineer to Businessman
    • Section V: Courts, Business Values, and Public Policy: Eliminating the Issues of Valuation and Control
    • Section VI: The Festival of Hokum: Chicago Transit Politics, 1914–1930
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Index
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Published: 1983
Publisher: Temple University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780877222941 (hardcover)
  • 9781628201321 (ebook)
Subject
  • Science & Technology
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