LEADER 03884nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910463662803321 005 20211007030841.0 010 $a1-283-89648-6 010 $a0-8122-0688-6 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812206883 035 $a(CKB)3240000000068552 035 $a(OCoLC)794702293 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642131 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631264 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11415153 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631264 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10590569 035 $a(PQKB)10410139 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441796 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17936 035 $a(DE-B1597)449479 035 $a(OCoLC)1013940313 035 $a(OCoLC)979881122 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812206883 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441796 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642131 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420898 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000068552 100 $a20081107d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPaying the toll$b[electronic resource] $elocal power, regional politics, and the Golden Gate Bridge /$fLouise Nelson Dyble 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 225 0 $aAmerican Business, Politics, and Society 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8122-4147-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [215]-276) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction. "Agency Run Amok" --$tChapter 1. A Bridge to Prosperity --$tChapter 2. A District Divided --$tChapter 3. The District and Its Enemies --$tChapter 4. The Defeat of the Golden Gate Authority --$tChapter 5. Rapid Transit Versus the Golden Gate Bridge --$tChapter 6. James Adam, Boss of the Golden Gate Bridge --$tChapter 7. Regionalism, Transportation, and Perpetual Tolls --$tConclusion. Subsidies, Suicides, and Sensitivity --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aSince its opening in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge has become an icon for the beauty and prosperity of the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as a symbol of engineering achievement. Constructing the bridge posed political and financial challenges that were at least as difficult as those faced by the project's builders. To meet these challenges, northern California boosters created a new kind of agency: an autonomous, self-financing special district. The Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District developed into a powerful organization that shaped the politics and government of the Bay Area as much as the bridge shaped its physical development. From the moment of the bridge district's incorporation in 1928, its managers pursued their own agenda. They used all the resources at their disposal to preserve their control over the bridge, cultivating political allies, influencing regional policy, and developing an ambitious public relations program. Undaunted by charges of mismanagement and persistent efforts to turn the bridge (as well as its lucrative tolls) over to the state, the bridge district expanded into mass transportation, taking on ferry and bus operations to ensure its survival to this day. Drawing on previously unavailable archives, Paying the Toll gives us an inside view of the world of high-stakes development, cronyism, and bureaucratic power politics that have surrounded the Golden Gate Bridge since its inception. 410 0$aAmerican business, politics, and society. 607 $aGolden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.) 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a388.1/320979461 700 $aDyble$b Louise Nelson$01050098 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463662803321 996 $aPaying the toll$92479610 997 $aUNINA