1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008959480403321

Titolo

European journal of mechanics. B: fluids

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Elsevier

ISSN

0997-7546

Disciplina

530

532.005

620.106

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813794303321

Autore

Sparberg Andrew J.

Titolo

From a nickel to a token : the journey from board of transportation to MTA / / Andrew J. Sparberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Fordham University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8232-6191-3

0-8232-7180-3

0-8232-6192-1

0-8232-6193-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Empire State Editions

Disciplina

388.42097471

Soggetti

Local transit - New York (State) - New York - History

Transportation - New York (State) - New York - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"Chronicle of twenty specific events in the history of New York's mass transit systems between 1940 and 1968, including large numbers of rare photos. 1940 to 1968 was chosen because those years bracket two sea change events - the June 1940 subway unification, and the March 1968 inception of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)"-- Provided by publisher.