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Transit : a history of mass transit in the Puget Sound Region
Title
Transit : a history of mass transit in the Puget Sound Region / by Jim Kershner.
ISBN
9781933245553
1933245557
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Seattle, WA : Historylink/Documentary Media, [2019]
Physical Description
208 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 14, 2020
Bibliography
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.
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