Book ID: CBB034526612

Transit maps of the world: [The world's first collection of every urban train map on earth] (2007)

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Ovenden, Mark (Author)
Mike Ashworth (Editor)


Penguin


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: 144
Language: English

Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. Using glorious, colorful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of mass transit-including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Transit Maps is the graphic designer's new bible, the transport enthusiast's dream collection, and a coffee-table essential for everyone who's ever traveled in a city.

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Review Mora, Jeffrey G. (Fall/Winter 2009) Review of "Transit maps of the world: [The world's first collection of every urban train map on earth]". Railroad History (pp. 102-103). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Richard C. Carpenter
Hansen, Peter A.
Sappers, Vernon J.
Miles Pierce
Correa, Thomas
Maas, Tom
Journals
Railroad History
Technology and Culture
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society: Memoirs and Proceedings
International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology
Publishers
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Signature Press
Capital Transport
The University of Chicago Press
Butler Books
Central Electric Railfans' Association
Concepts
Land transportation
Local transit
Railroads
Transportation
Technology and society
Street-railroads
People
George Smith Duncan
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
Midwestern states (U.S.)
New York City (New York, U.S.)
San Francisco (California)
Nairobi (Kenya)
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Institutions
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Key System Transit Lines (Calif.)
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