Research Catalog

Title

Transit : the story of public transportation in the Puget Sound Region / by Jim Kershner.

Author

Kershner, Jim, 1953-

Publication

Seattle, WA : Historylink/Documentary Media, [2019]

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Details

Description

208 pages; 26 cm

Summary

"Ever since the first streetcars rumbled through the streets of Seattle in 1884, public transportation in the Puget Sound region has been a wild roller-coaster ride, replete with scandals, triumphs, and momentous turning points. A complete rail transit system crisscrossed the region during the trolley days, only to be dismantled by 1941. After seventy years of turmoil―and traffic congestion―a new system, Sound Transit, arose in its place. The story is not just about trolleys, trains, and buses―it is also about the making and breaking of mayors and the way that Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett developed from the 1880s to today."--Amazon.com viewed March 22, 2022.

Subjects

• Local transit
• Documents d'information
• Informational works
• Washington (State) > Puget Sound Region
• Local transit > Washington (State) > Puget Sound Region

Genre/Form

• Informational works.
• Documents d'information.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: a long, strange ride -- The coming of the streetcar -- From counterbalance to interurban -- Derailed -- Forward thrust and a shift into reverse -- Profile : Jim Ellis -- The metro mini-miracle -- The buses go underground -- Sidebar: a new waterfront streetcar -- The birth of sound transit -- Profile: Greg Nickels -- The dark days -- Sidebar: one track mind: Seattle's flirtation with another monorail -- The return of rail -- Profile: Joni Earl -- A link to the past, a link to the future -- A transit tour, 2018.

ISBN

• 9781933245553
• 1933245557

LCCN

• 2018050398
• 40029573307

OCLC

• on1084619121
• 1084619121
• SCSB-13560243

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library