CHICAGO TRANSIT
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
By DAVID YOUNG
(Northern Illinois University Press, Hardcover, 9780875802411, 221pp.)
Publication Date: October 1998
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Hardcover
Categories: Industries - Transportation, United States - State & Local - General
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Combining nostalgia and historical detail, David Young tells the colorful story of transportation in Chicago, from the plank roads of the 1850s to the streetcar straphangers of the 1920s to the articulated buses of the 1990s. Illustrated with more than 90 photographs and maps, Chicago Transit reveals the political shenanigans, business deals, and technological changes behind the transportation system that made Chicago "the city that works."
David M. Young, former transportation editor for the Chicago Tribune, is author of several books on transportation in Chicago.
"A comprehensive look at the region's ground transportation."—Chicago Tribune
"A must for anyone interested in urban development."
—Transportation Journal
"An excellent discussion of urban transit in the Windy City.... This thoughtful and pleasantly written book is greatly enhanced by a rich variety of high-quality photographs."—Choice
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