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Cheltenham's Trams & Early Buses
Colin Martin
Paperback - $28.50
In August 1901, the first tram ran in public service in Cheltenham, but by the end of March 1930 the system had closed. This volume examines the story of the town's public transportation from the early horse-drawn bus days, through the tram era and into...
Taxi! : Cabs and Capitalism in New York City
Biju Mathew
Paperback - $28.50
Drawing on conversations with the drivers themselves, "Taxi!" details both the pressures and triumphs of life behind the wheel. Mathew reveals in this highly readable, fast-paced survey of New York's taxi business, that just about everything has been...
Rapid Transit Series Buses : General Motors and Beyond
Evan T. McCausland
Paperback - $41.00
General Motors wanted to revolutionize transit bus design after having success with their New Look Bus through the 1960s. Being protagonists for progress, GM's engineers created a prototype coach that would address all of the New Look's shortcomings....
New York City Subway Trains : 12 Classic Punch-And-Build Trains
New York Tansit Museum
Paperback - $24.80
Ride the subway down memory lane with pictures of such cars as: - the classic R32/R38, also known as the Brightliners- the traditional New York Subway Car that ran on every part of the IRT subway and was known for its speed and reliability- the famous...
New York Fifth Avenue Coach Company 1885-1960
Oliver J. Ogden
Paperback - $37.20
The Legendary Fifth Avenue Coach Company were famous for their double-deck buses and for being a leader for public transportation in New York City. They were the first bus company to run gasoline-powered buses and air-conditioning, and were the last...
Urban Mass Transit : The Life Story of a Technology
Robert C. Post
Hardcover - $64.50
This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series covers urban mass transit - that is, the technologies that allow cities to move large numbers of people around. Just a few hundred years ago, the size of cities was limited by the time it took people...