{"product_id":"the-decline-of-transit-urban-transportation-in-german-and-u-s-cities-1900-1970-paperback-9780521027632","title":"The Decline of Transit; Urban Transportation in German and U.S. Cities, 1900–1970 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521027632","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Decline of Transit\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUrban Transportation in German and U.S. Cities, 1900–1970\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn examination of the social, political and technological forces that shaped our cities and their transportation systems.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGlenn Yago (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521027632, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.4 x 1.7 cm, 0.436 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book is the product of careful, at times rich and meticulous, research, combining in unusual fashion, historical, statistical and case study approaches. Its topic is important and of current interest, and it contributes to scholarly literature not only about transportation and urbanism, but also about the state and public policy more generally. It persuasively tries to move beyond ecological and technological determinism in accounting for the major changes in public transportation in Germany and the United States in this century. Overall, Glenn Yago succeeds in presenting a gold mine of information about transportation issues.' Ira Katznelson, New School for Social Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAutomobiles dominate transportation today in most American cities. After World War II, urban planners embraced highway transportation as the solution to urban congestion, while mass transit was shunned as outmoded and appropriate only for older, densely populated cities. Yet the prolonged energy crisis, beginning in 1973, shattered most previously held attitudes about the role of mass transit, and it was now promoted as central to energy efficiency and rational land use. If mass transit is now possible and even desirable in new, auto-oriented cities - Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Tokyo - why did it decline in the first place? In examining the historical conditions that led to the current crisis of urban transportation, the book offers an explanation of past urban and economic policy failures. The Decline of Transit will be essential reading for urban planners, politicians, economists, historians, and all others interested in the state of urban transportation today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Twentieth-century mass transit in German and US cities\u003cbr\u003e 3. The formation of national transportation policy: the case of Germany\u003cbr\u003e 4. The formation of national transportation policy: the case of the United States\u003cbr\u003e 5. Transportation politics: the case of Frankfurt am Main\u003cbr\u003e 6. Transportation politics: the case of Chicago\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion: urban transportation for whom?\u003cbr\u003e Statistical appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978402783512,"sku":"9780521027632","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521027632i_78fb8238-076d-4437-9dae-6b70e19816d4.jpg?v=1694964762","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-decline-of-transit-urban-transportation-in-german-and-u-s-cities-1900-1970-paperback-9780521027632","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}