| Bart: The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System Contributor(s): Healy, Michael C. (Author), King, John (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1597143707 ISBN-13: 9781597143707 Publisher: Heyday Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2016 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Public Transportation - Transportation | Railroads - History - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: 388.420 |
| LCCN: 2016025736 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (1.10 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - San Francisco, California - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Unabridged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider's account of the rapid transit system's inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, "warts and all." Written with a master storyteller's homey wit and sharp attention to detail, Healy recreates the politically fraught venture to bring a new kind of public transit to the West Coast. What emerges is a sense of the individuals who made (and make) BART happen. From tales of staying up until 3:00 a.m. with Bill Stokes and Jack Everson to hear the election results for the rapid transit vote or weathering scandals, strikes, and growing pains, this look behind the scenes of an iconic, seemingly monolithic structure reveals people at their most human--and determined to change the status quo. |
Contributor Bio(s): King, John: - John King is the San Francisco Chronicle's urban design critic. He joined the paper in 1992 and has been in his current post since 2001. His writing on architecture and urban design has been honored by groups including the California Preservation Foundation, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the California chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the American Planning Association. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2002 and 2003.Healy, Michael C.: - Nicknamed "Mr. BART" by his colleagues, Michael C. Healy was responsible for BART's media affairs and marketing activities from 1971--about ten months before trains started running--until his retirement in 2004. He wrote for radio and film and was the editor of the Sausalito News before taking a public relations job at the nascent transit agency. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California. |
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