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        Shifting Gears

        Shifting Gears

        Shifting Gears

        Toward a New Way of Thinking about Transportation

        by Susan Handy

        ISBN: 9780262546966

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 31, 2023

        An expertly woven history and critique of the ideas shaping transportation in the United States.
        Boston in Transit

        Boston in Transit

        Boston in Transit

        Mapping the History of Public Transportation in The Hub

        by Steven Beaucher

        ISBN: 9780262048071

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: March 7, 2023

        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.
        Riding the New York Subway

        Riding the New York Subway

        Riding the New York Subway

        The Invention of the Modern Passenger

        by Stefan Höhne

        ISBN: 9780262542012

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 16, 2021

        A history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride.
        Transit-Oriented Displacement or Community Dividends?

        Transit-Oriented Displacement or Community Dividends?

        Transit-Oriented Displacement or Community Dividends?

        Understanding the Effects of Smarter Growth on Communities

        by Karen Chapple and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris

        ISBN: 9780262536851

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 9, 2019

        An examination of the neighborhood transformation, gentrification, and displacement that accompany more compact development around transit.
        Assembling Policy

        Assembling Policy

        Assembling Policy

        Transantiago, Human Devices, and the Dream of a World-Class Society

        by Sebastián Ureta

        ISBN: 9780262029872

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 6, 2015

        An examination of how human beings are brought into the planning of complex infrastructure projects, through analysis of a controversial public transportation project.
        Rail and the City

        Rail and the City

        Rail and the City

        Shrinking Our Carbon Footprint While Reimagining Urban Space

        by Roxanne Warren

        ISBN: 9780262027809

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 19, 2014

        An architect makes the case for rail transit as the critical infrastructure for a fluidly functioning and environmentally sustainable urban society.
        Helvetica and the New York City Subway System

        Helvetica and the New York City Subway System

        Helvetica and the New York City Subway System

        The True (Maybe) Story

        by Paul Shaw

        With Scott-Martin Kosofsky

        ISBN: 9780262015486

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 11, 2011

        How New York City subways signage evolved from a “visual mess” to a uniform system with Helvetica triumphant.
        Urban Rail Transit

        Urban Rail Transit

        Urban Rail Transit

        Its Economics and Technology

        by A. Scheffer Lang and Richard M. Soberman

        ISBN: 9780262120104

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 15, 1964

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