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Download or read book Railtown written by Ethan N. Elkind and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 car city. Railtown presents the history of this system by drawing on archival documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with many of the key players to provide critical behind-the-scenes accounts of the people and forces that shaped the system. Ethan Elkind brings this important story to life by showing how ambitious local leaders zealously advocated for rail transit and ultimately persuaded an ambivalent electorate and federal leaders to support their vision. Although Metro Rail is growing in ridership and political importance, with expansions in the pipeline, Elkind argues that local leaders will need to reform the rail planning and implementation process to avoid repeating past mistakes and to ensure that Metro Rail supports a burgeoning demand for transit-oriented neighborhoods in Los Angeles. This engaging history of Metro Rail provides lessons for how the American car-dominated cities of today can reinvent themselves as thriving railtowns of tomorrow.
Book Synopsis Assembly Bill by : California. Legislature. Assembly
Download or read book Assembly Bill written by California. Legislature. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Minetown, Milltown, Railtown by : Rex A. Lucas
Download or read book Minetown, Milltown, Railtown written by Rex A. Lucas and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The company town, source of so much of Canada's wealth, was-and is-a place with nowhere to hide. First published in 1971, Rex Lucas's Minetown, Milltown, Railtown is a groundbreaking study of what it's like to live in such communities. Today, with the oil-sands boom and rising commodity prices affecting everything from the value of the Canadian dollar to the balance of power within Confederation, single-industry towns remain as central as ever to the country's economic and social life. Minetown is a compelling portrait not just of Canada's past, but of its present and future, too. Minetown, Milltown, Railtown: Life in Canadian Communities of Single Industry is a Wynford Book-one of a series of titles representing significant milestones in Canadian literature, thought, and scholarship. New introductions place each book in a modern context and show its continuing relevance.
Book Synopsis The Art of the Locomotive by : Ken Boyd
Download or read book The Art of the Locomotive written by Ken Boyd and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of digitally enhanced photographs of trains from the early 1800s to the present day by author and photographer Ken Boyd"-Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Explorer's Guide Lake Tahoe & Reno: Includes California Gold Country & the Northern Sierra Nevada: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations) by : Jim Moore
Download or read book Explorer's Guide Lake Tahoe & Reno: Includes California Gold Country & the Northern Sierra Nevada: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations) written by Jim Moore and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explorer's Great Destinations puts the guide back into guidebook. Also covering California Gold Country and the Northern Sierra Nevada, this savvy guide for upscale travels covers world-class ski resorts, casinos, and sought-after destinations and adventurous activities.
Book Synopsis Interstate Commerce Commission Reports by : United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Download or read book Interstate Commerce Commission Reports written by United States. Interstate Commerce Commission and published by . This book was released on 1979-04 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Railroads of California by : P. R. Griswold
Download or read book Railroads of California written by P. R. Griswold and published by American Traveler Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California offers travellers a gold mine of railroad points of interest. California has it all: narrow gauge, logging railroads, cable cars, trolleys, interurbans, light rail, main line limiteds, model railroads, historic depots, museums, tourist railroads, and mountain passes. California railroads began in the dark days of the Civil War. Californians have developed numerous railroad museums and tourist railroads that recall the state's wonderful railroad history, making this a true rail fans paradise.
Download or read book American Cowboy written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published for devotees of the cowboy and the West, American Cowboy covers all aspects of the Western lifestyle, delivering the best in entertainment, personalities, travel, rodeo action, human interest, art, poetry, fashion, food, horsemanship, history, and every other facet of Western culture. With stunning photography and you-are-there reportage, American Cowboy immerses readers in the cowboy life and the magic that is the great American West.
Book Synopsis Journal of the Assembly, Legislature of the State of California by : California. Legislature. Assembly
Download or read book Journal of the Assembly, Legislature of the State of California written by California. Legislature. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 1532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Seven Perfect Days in Northern California by : Bill Ginnodo
Download or read book Seven Perfect Days in Northern California written by Bill Ginnodo and published by Bill Ginnodo. This book was released on 2007 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Itinerary-Activities-Accommodations-Campgrounds-Restaurants-Maps-Readings-Web sites-Also, Four-Day Tours-Everything you'll need!
Book Synopsis The Journal of the Assembly During the ... Session of the Legislature of the State of California by : California. Legislature. Assembly
Download or read book The Journal of the Assembly During the ... Session of the Legislature of the State of California written by California. Legislature. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 1918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Revitalize Your Corporate Culture by : Franklin C. Ashby, Ph.D.
Download or read book Revitalize Your Corporate Culture written by Franklin C. Ashby, Ph.D. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adapt or die—this is the simple choice that business has always faced. Here's a valuable guide to the how's, what's, when's, and why's of that choice. 'Revitalize Your Corporate Culture' will help you to: *Diagnose your company's culture *Understand the features of a positive corporate culture *Design a strategy for an effective culture change *Gain the full support of staff to implement a new, positive culture *Maintain the momentum after the new corporate culture plan is in place *Shared values and unwritten rules (your company's culture) can profoundly enhance—or destroy—economic success. This book supplies all the steps necessary to increase productivity, make your organization more cost effective, and help you change your organization into a more dynamic, innovative, and collaborative organization. Whether you are a senior executive or a middle-level manager, this book gives you techniques that will motivate, encourage, and prepare your staff to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Book Synopsis Dyeing to Spin & Knit by : Felicia Lo
Download or read book Dyeing to Spin & Knit written by Felicia Lo and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspire and unleash a passion for hand-crafted color! "Unapologetic" is how Felicia Lo always describes her obsession with color and craft. In Dyeing to Spin and Knit, Felicia, founder and creative director of SweetGeorgia Yarns and highly sought after teacher and lecturer, provides clear and accessible guidance for creating gorgeous hand-dyed yarns and spinning fibers and an understanding of how dyeing affects knitted yarn and handspun yarn. Fiber artists will learn the fundamentals of how color works, how to combine and coordinate colors, and how to control the results when dyeing wool and silk yarns and fibers. Spinners will learn how to subdue intense and bright colorways or prevent muddiness in handspun. Knitters will gain the knowledge to avoid or maximize the effects of pooling. And finally, this book will include 10 patterns that use hand-dyed and handspun yarns and fibers to their most exciting advantage in knitting projects. Complete with detailed photographs from Felicia's own dyeing studio, Dyeing to Spin and Knit offers a master class in preparing hand-dyed yarns and fibers. Ignite your love of color--unapologetically!
Book Synopsis Senate Bill by : California. Legislature. Senate
Download or read book Senate Bill written by California. Legislature. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 2076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Journal of the Senate, Legislature of the State of California by : California. Legislature. Senate
Download or read book Journal of the Senate, Legislature of the State of California written by California. Legislature. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 2076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Zack and the Validators: Good as Gold by : Wayne Hunt
Download or read book Zack and the Validators: Good as Gold written by Wayne Hunt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third book in a series continues the adventures of Zack, a handsome and intelligent donkey, and his donkey friends Zelda, Willie, and Pedro. Zack and his three donkey friends are faced with a new problem. Unless the horses on Mr. Bumbys horse ranch join the farm animals at the new Donohue Historic Farm Center, the center is not likely to be successful. Believing that the horses have more talents than just running races, Zack and his friends must find a way to discover those talents. Again, using one of Profound Pigs brilliant ideas, Zack and his friends begin a new positive mission. With the help of Profound Pigs uncle, Professor Pig, they begin to teach the animals to look for the good in others. The idea is to see a good quality or talent in another animal, tell them about it, and ask them to use it to help others. With this new idea, the horses do discover their other good talents and decide to use them at the new Donohue Historic Farm Center. This new idea of Professor Pig is called validation of others. It is so successful that it becomes the new mission of Zack and the Validators, the name Zack and his donkey friends take on as a new singing group.
Book Synopsis L.A.'s Titans of Temple Street by : Tom Sitton
Download or read book L.A.'s Titans of Temple Street written by Tom Sitton and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-03-29 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies Los Angeles County and its government since World War II. A special focus is given to the "Titans of Temple Street," the five-member Board of Supervisors that determines policies and actions for many issues throughout the county, especially for residents who do not live in the county's 88 cities. It is the largest of all U.S. counties, with a population of more than 10 million, more residents than 41 states, and an annual budget of more than $44 billion, more than all but 19 states. It has served as an innovative example of county government since the early 1900s.
