Urban Mass Transit: The Life Story of a Technology

Robert C. Post

Urban Mass Transit: The Life Story of a Technology
Format
Hardback
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Country
United States
Published
30 November 2006
Pages
200
ISBN
9780313339165

Urban Mass Transit: The Life Story of a Technology

Robert C. Post

This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers urban mass transit - that is, the technologies that allow cities to move large numbers of people around. Just a few hundred years ago, the size of cities was limited by the time it took people to move from one part of the city to another. The development of successive technologies has forever altered the urban landscape. From horse-drawn omnibuses to subways to current light-rail, this volume highlights the technological and social struggles that have accompanied urbanization and the need for an efficient and cost-effective means of transportation in cities.

The volume includes a timeline, a glossary, and a bibliography of resources useful for further research.

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