Author: William Luke
City transit has become a part of government activity and, to some extent, a social necessity. Motorized buses, usually open-top double deckers, began appearing on the streets of the main large cities in the United States in the early 1900s. In 1902, the first bus began regular passenger service on Fifth Avenue in New York City. After the early success of buses in New York City and Chicago the number of buses in city service began to grow. Although buses still played a secondary role to the streetcar, they were being recognized for their increasing importance to city transit. During the 1930s more than 500 cities discontinued streetcar service and substituted buses or trolley cars. From trolley buses to busways, small shuttle buses to big buses, private to city-owned buses, popular to unusual buses, this book portrays the milestones of the city transit system in the United States and Canada. Bus manufacturers like ACF-Brill, Fageol, Twin Coach, Ford, Flxible, Mack, Yellow Coach, General Motors, Reo, White, Fitzjohn, among many others played an important role in the development of transit buses, while federal mandates, acts and funding contributed to the development of the transit systems in cities across the nation.
Format: Softbound
Pages: 160
Length: 8.5w x 11h
ISBN-13: 9781583881460
ISBN: 1583881468
Catalog ID: 140116AE