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Author | : Steven Beaucher |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 2023-03-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0262048078 |
A richly illustrated story of public transit in one of America’s most historic cities, from public ferry and horse-drawn carriage to the MBTA. A lively tour of public transportation in Boston over the years, Boston in Transit maps the complete history of the modes of transportation that have kept the city moving and expanding since its founding in 1630—from the simple ferry serving an English settlement to the expansive network of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA. The story of public transit in Boston—once dubbed the Hub of the Universe—is a journey through the history of the American metropolis. With a remarkable collection of maps and architectural and engineering drawings at hand, Steven Beaucher launches his account from the landing where English colonists established that first ferry, carrying passengers between what is now Boston’s North End and Charlestown—and sparing them what had been a two-day walk around Boston Harbor. In the 1700s, horse-drawn coaches appeared on the scene, connecting Boston and Cambridge, with the bigger, better Omnibus soon to follow. From horse-drawn coaches, horse-drawn railways evolved, making way for the electric streetcar networks that allowed the city’s early suburbs to sprout—culminating in the multimodal, regional public transportation network in place in Boston today. With photographs, brochures, pamphlets, guidebooks, timetables, and tickets, Boston in Transit creates a complete picture of the everyday experience of public transportation through the centuries. At once a practical reference, local history, and travelogue, this book will be cherished by armchair tourists, day-trippers, and serious travelers alike.
Author | : James McCommons |
Publisher | : Chelsea Green Publishing |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2009-11-06 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1603582592 |
During the tumultuous year of 2008--when gas prices reached $4 a gallon, Amtrak set ridership records, and a commuter train collided with a freight train in California--journalist James McCommons spent a year on America's trains, talking to the people who ride and work the rails throughout much of the Amtrak system. Organized around these rail journeys, Waiting on a Train is equal parts travel narrative, personal memoir, and investigative journalism. Readers meet the historians, railroad executives, transportation officials, politicians, government regulators, railroad lobbyists, and passenger-rail advocates who are rallying around a simple question: Why has the greatest railroad nation in the world turned its back on the very form of transportation that made modern life and mobility possible? Distrust of railroads in the nineteenth century, overregulation in the twentieth, and heavy government subsidies for airports and roads have left the country with a skeletal intercity passenger-rail system. Amtrak has endured for decades, and yet failed to prosper owing to a lack of political and financial support and an uneasy relationship with the big, remaining railroads. While riding the rails, McCommons explores how the country may move passenger rail forward in America--and what role government should play in creating and funding mass-transportation systems. Against the backdrop of the nation's stimulus program, he explores what it will take to build high-speed trains and transportation networks, and when the promise of rail will be realized in America.
Author | : Tony Francis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : TRANSPORTATION |
ISBN | : 9780749497019 |
A complete guide to road passenger transport management, featuring contributions from experts in the field and management tools for passenger road transport operators.
Author | : Martin T. Farris |
Publisher | : Prentice Hall |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Transportation Systems Center. Office of Technology Sharing |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Poor |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Gary L Parker |
Publisher | : Gary L Parker |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 2024-08-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
All the seats in the coach compartment look the same, yet there are many different prices for those seats. Because of the fluctuations in passenger demand for travel, their perishable inventory, and relatively fixed seating capacity, carriers have adopted a variable pricing strategy. This strategy targets different market segments in order to control demand and maximize revenues. Underlying this strategy is the price-demand relationship. In module 2 we considered the demand side of the equation. Now we have the opportunity to look at pricing in more detail. What costs do passenger carriers consider when determining ticket prices? In the first section, we look at both carrier and customer costs and explain the difference between fixed and variable carrier costs. Why did I pay more for my ticket than the person sitting next to me? The second section revisits the foundation of the carriers’ differential pricing strategy, the price-demand relationship. This helps us to better understand variable pricing and market segmentation, the role of fare rules, and the goals and processes of inventory, or revenue, management. How do carriers set prices? In the third section, we outline various pricing strategies that carriers use when setting prices.
Author | : Merchants' Association of New York. Committee on engineering and sanitation |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Street-railroads |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : |
Committee Serial No. 90-81. Considers S. 3861, to require DOT to submit a report on existing and future intercity railroad passenger service, and to require that a special test of public convenience and necessity and financial burden be met before an established route that represents the last rail service between two points may be abolished.
Author | : Eileen S. Stommes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Rural transit |
ISBN | : |
Author | : George Duncan Snyder |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Local transit |
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