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Railtown: The Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City
Ethan N. Elkind
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| #556260 in Books | 2014-01-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.90 x6.00l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 320 pages||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating history|By Luke H. Klipp|For those who live in LA and wonder how we ended up with the Metro rail system that we have, this is a superb read. Elkind is a great story-teller who understands the subject material incredibly well and takes the reader along the journey without overwhelming you with details.
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"Generally known as the car-commuter capital of the country, Los Angeles has had a long and complicated relationship with public transportation, and Elkind . . . has taken on the daunting task of mapping out the messy saga."
The familiar image of Los Angeles as a metropolis built for the automobile is crumbling. Traffic, air pollution, and sprawl motivated citizens to support urban rail as an alternative to driving, and the city has started to reinvent itself by developing compact neighborhoods adjacent to transit. As a result of pressure from local leaders, particularly with the election of Tom Bradley as mayor in 1973, the Los Angeles Metro Rail gradually took shape in the consummate...
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