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Autore |
Sparberg Andrew J. |
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Titolo |
From a nickel to a token : the journey from board of transportation to MTA / / Andrew J. Sparberg |
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New York : , : Empire State Edition, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-8232-6191-3 |
0-8232-7180-3 |
0-8232-6192-1 |
0-8232-6193-X |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (192 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Local transit - New York (State) - New York - History |
Transportation - New York (State) - New York - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1940: unification: IRT and BMT join the IND, creating one subway system -- 1941: a strike and a pioneering labor agreement -- 1941: Dyre Avenue subway extension opens -- 1941-1948: Third Avenue transit: rails to rubber -- 1944 and 1950: goodbye to Brooklyn Bridge rails -- 1947-1948: private to public bus operations -- 1948: goodbye to the nickel -- 1947-1956: final decade for Brooklyn trolleys -- 1950: farewell, Lexington Avenue -- 1953-1968: The TA, tokens, and TWU triumphant -- 1953: last double-deck buses operate on Fifth Avenue -- 1954-1956: The BMT and IND begin a courtship -- 1955: sunshine returns to Third Avenue -- 1956: Fifth Avenue coach becomes number one -- 1957-1959: IRT West Side improvement -- 1962: Fifth Avenue coach suddenly disappears -- 1964: World's Fair, Blue Subways, stainless steel subways -- 1966: Mike Quill's last hurrah -- 1967: The BMT and IND marry forever -- 1968: The MTA is created and express buses appear. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Chronicle of twenty specific events in the history of New York's mass transit systems between 1940 and 1968, including large numbers of |
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