Wheels That Drove New York

From the reviews: "Roess and Sansone ... engineers familiar with New York City transportation issues, provide a comprehensive history of the city's public transit systems. Their thesis is that New York's growth depended on having effective mass transit. ... The book's organization is chronological ... which detail every type of subway car the system used and unimplemented transit plans. ... The Wheels That Drove New York will provide a handy reference to those interested in the topic. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels/libraries." (T. S. Reynolds, Choice, Vol. 50 (7), March, 2013)

• Introduction to the New York City Transit System.- An Overview of the History of New York: Discovery Through the Civil War.- Enabling Technologies.- The Beginnings of Public Transportation in New York: Omnibuses and Street Railways.- The Age of Trolleys.- To "El" and Back: The Era of the Elevated Railroad.- Alfred E Beach and New York’s First Subway.- The Interborough Rapid Transit System.- The Dual Contracts and Expansion of the Subways.- The Independent Subway.- The Staten Island Rapid Transit.- When the Rubber Hits the Road.- Unification, a War, and the New York City Transit Authority.- Prelude to Disaster – The NYCTA Between 1953 and 1970 Things Have to Get Worse Before They Get Better: NYC Transit – 1970 to the Present.- Rolling Thunder.- The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men.