The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro

by Zachary M. Schrag

Book Overview

As Metro stretches to Tysons Corner and beyond, this paperback edition features a new preface from the author.

Drivers in the nation's capital face a host of hazards: high-speed traffic circles, presidential motorcades, jaywalking tourists, and bewildering signs that send unsuspecting motorists from the Lincoln Memorial into suburban Virginia in less than two minutes. And parking? Don't bet on it unless you're in the fast lane of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421415771
• ISBN13: 9781421415772
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher