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

Barrett, Paul

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

Paul Barrett 1983

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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.

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

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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
Chapter 3: The Failure of Regulation: Mass Transportation, 1907–1915
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
Chapter 6: Making Do: Mass Transit in the Motor Age, 1914–1930
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliographical Note
Index

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

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