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Last subway : the long wait for the next train in New York City /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Plotch, Philip Mark, 1961- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
New York City Transit Authority.
Subways > New York (State) > New York > History.
Subways > Economic aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Subways > Political aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Transportation and state > New York (State) > New York.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a long wait for a train
  • From a compact city into a metropolis (NYC before World War Two)
  • An empty promise (late 1940s and 1950s)
  • The billionaire's ambitions (1960s to 1972)
  • Construction begins and construction ends (1972 to 1976)
  • Saving the subway (late 1970s and 1980s)
  • Planning from the bottom up (1990s)
  • A 21st century subway (2000 to 2005)
  • Building a subway and unleashing the plagues (2006 to 2014)
  • Andrew Cuomo's finish line (2015 to 2016)
  • Conclusion : delays ahead.