Jake Berman is a cartographer, writer, artist, and lawyer. His work has been featured in the New Yorker, Vice, Atlas Obscura, and the Guardian. A native of San Francisco, he now lives in New York City.

"Cartographer Berman’s comprehensive debut succinctly recounts the histories of 23 public mass transit systems built by American cities in the 20th century. . . . For each city, Berman provides his own exquisitely illustrated maps of past, existing, and proposed transit systems. The result is a valuable resource for transit enthusiasts."

• IntroductionA Brief Primer on Transit and Urban Development1                      Atlanta: The City Too Busy to Hate2                      Boston: Urban Institutions, Megaprojects, and City Revival3                      Chicago: The Loop Elevated, Beloved Steel Eyesore4                      Cincinnati: A Short History of a Never-Used Subway5                      Cleveland: Transit and the Perils of Waterfront Redevelopment6                      Dallas: They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To7                      Detroit: The City-Suburban Rift and the Most Useless Transit System in the World8                      Houston: The City of Organic Growth9                      Los Angeles: 72 Suburbs in Search of a City10                    Miami: Overpromise, Underdeliver11                    Minneapolis–St. Paul: The Mob Takeover of Twin Cities Rapid Transit12                    Montreal: The Metro as Showcase Megaproject13                    New Orleans: How a Big City Grew into a Small Town14                    New York City: The Tortured History of the Second Avenue Subway15                    Philadelphia: How Not to Run a Railroad16                    Pittsburgh: How to Make Buses Work17                    Richmond: The First Streetcar System18                    Rochester: The Only City to Open a Subway, Then Close It19                    San Francisco: The View from Geary Street20                    Seattle: Consensus through Exhaustion21                    Toronto: Subway Line as Political Football22                    Vancouver: An Exceptional Elevated23                    Washington, DC: The Freeway Revolt and the Creation of MetroConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesFurther ReadingList of Archives UsedIndex

Jake Berman is a cartographer, writer, artist, and lawyer. His work has been featured in the New Yorker, Vice, Atlas Obscura, and the Guardian. A native of San Francisco, he now lives in New York City.

"Cartographer Berman’s comprehensive debut succinctly recounts the histories of 23 public mass transit systems built by American cities in the 20th century. . . . For each city, Berman provides his own exquisitely illustrated maps of past, existing, and proposed transit systems. The result is a valuable resource for transit enthusiasts."

• IntroductionA Brief Primer on Transit and Urban Development1                      Atlanta: The City Too Busy to Hate2                      Boston: Urban Institutions, Megaprojects, and City Revival3                      Chicago: The Loop Elevated, Beloved Steel Eyesore4                      Cincinnati: A Short History of a Never-Used Subway5                      Cleveland: Transit and the Perils of Waterfront Redevelopment6                      Dallas: They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To7                      Detroit: The City-Suburban Rift and the Most Useless Transit System in the World8                      Houston: The City of Organic Growth9                      Los Angeles: 72 Suburbs in Search of a City10                    Miami: Overpromise, Underdeliver11                    Minneapolis–St. Paul: The Mob Takeover of Twin Cities Rapid Transit12                    Montreal: The Metro as Showcase Megaproject13                    New Orleans: How a Big City Grew into a Small Town14                    New York City: The Tortured History of the Second Avenue Subway15                    Philadelphia: How Not to Run a Railroad16                    Pittsburgh: How to Make Buses Work17                    Richmond: The First Streetcar System18                    Rochester: The Only City to Open a Subway, Then Close It19                    San Francisco: The View from Geary Street20                    Seattle: Consensus through Exhaustion21                    Toronto: Subway Line as Political Football22                    Vancouver: An Exceptional Elevated23                    Washington, DC: The Freeway Revolt and the Creation of MetroConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesFurther ReadingList of Archives UsedIndex

Jake Berman is a cartographer, writer, artist, and lawyer. His work has been featured in the New Yorker, Vice, Atlas Obscura, and the Guardian. A native of San Francisco, he now lives in New York City.

"Cartographer Berman’s comprehensive debut succinctly recounts the histories of 23 public mass transit systems built by American cities in the 20th century. . . . For each city, Berman provides his own exquisitely illustrated maps of past, existing, and proposed transit systems. The result is a valuable resource for transit enthusiasts."

• IntroductionA Brief Primer on Transit and Urban Development1                      Atlanta: The City Too Busy to Hate2                      Boston: Urban Institutions, Megaprojects, and City Revival3                      Chicago: The Loop Elevated, Beloved Steel Eyesore4                      Cincinnati: A Short History of a Never-Used Subway5                      Cleveland: Transit and the Perils of Waterfront Redevelopment6                      Dallas: They Don’t Build Them Like They Used To7                      Detroit: The City-Suburban Rift and the Most Useless Transit System in the World8                      Houston: The City of Organic Growth9                      Los Angeles: 72 Suburbs in Search of a City10                    Miami: Overpromise, Underdeliver11                    Minneapolis–St. Paul: The Mob Takeover of Twin Cities Rapid Transit12                    Montreal: The Metro as Showcase Megaproject13                    New Orleans: How a Big City Grew into a Small Town14                    New York City: The Tortured History of the Second Avenue Subway15                    Philadelphia: How Not to Run a Railroad16                    Pittsburgh: How to Make Buses Work17                    Richmond: The First Streetcar System18                    Rochester: The Only City to Open a Subway, Then Close It19                    San Francisco: The View from Geary Street20                    Seattle: Consensus through Exhaustion21                    Toronto: Subway Line as Political Football22                    Vancouver: An Exceptional Elevated23                    Washington, DC: The Freeway Revolt and the Creation of MetroConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesFurther ReadingList of Archives UsedIndex