Cash, tokens, and transfers : a history of urban mass transit in North America /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
1990.
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| Item Description: | "Substantial portions of the book are based on a ten-part series published in 1982 as an insert for the weekly Passenger transport, the official journal of the American Public Transit Association (A.P.T.A.), a Washington- based trade association of and for today's North American mass transit operators and suppliers. ... [The] 1982 version was called A century of service and was written to help A.P.T.A. celebrate its centennial."--Pref. Bibliographical references and supplemental explanations to text in each chapter are found in Notes section: pages 223-248. Appendix contains compilation of statistical data on transit patronage for the United States (1870-1990), Canada (1987), and 16 selected cities in the United States (1949 and 1989). |
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| Physical Description: | x, 266 pages : illustrations, portraits, charts ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0823212777 (bound) 0823212785 (pbk.) |