From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to Mta

by Andrew J. Sparberg

Book Overview

Streetcars "are as dead as sailing ships," said Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in a radio speech, two days before Madison Avenue's streetcars yielded to buses. LaGuardia was determined to eliminate streetcars, demolish pre-1900 elevated lines, and unify the subway system, a goal that became reality in 1940 when the separate IRT, BMT, and IND became one giant system under full public control.

In this fascinating micro-history of New York's transit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823271803
• ISBN13: 9780823271801
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.7"