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• Back on Track

  Sound Transit's Fight to Save Light Rail

  Wodnik, Bob, 1954-

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  Observing its busy stations today, it is difficult to imagine how close Sound Transit came to folding. With light rail estimates well beyond the voter-approved total, a fledgling Sound Transit faced angry opposition and teetered near…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Transit

  the Story of Public Transportation in the Puget Sound Region

  Kershner, Jim, 1953-

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  Ever since the first streetcars rumbled through the streets of Seattle in 1884, public transportation in the Puget Sound region has been a wild roller-coaster ride, replete with scandals, triumphs, and momentous turning points. The story…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seattle's Streetcar Era

  An Illustrated History, 1884-1941

  Bergman, Mike, 1950-

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  Seattle's first street railway opened in 1884. Soon private trolley and cable car lines ran throughout the city, and hillside properties became prized building lots. In 1918, Seattle voters approved municipal ownership, and the Seattle…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seattle-Everett Interurban Railway

  Ryan, Cheri

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  In the first decade of the 1900s, the Boston electrical engineering firm of Stone and Webster had designs of building an interurban electric railway system that would eventually connect Olympia, Washington, and Vancouver, British Columbia.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trains, Buses, People

  An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit

  Spieler, Christof,

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  Profiles the 49 metropolitan areas in the U.S. and eight metropolitan areas in Canada that have rail transit or BRT, using data, photos, and maps for easy comparison. Spieler ranks the best and worst systems and he offers analysis of how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Best Rail Trails. Pacific Northwest

  More Than 60 Rail Trails in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

  Bartley, Natalie L.,

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  Explore the Pacific Northwest's transit history for yourself with this comprehensive guide to walking, jogging, biking and cross country skiing the rail trail systems in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

• Solutionary Rail

  a People-powered Campaign to Electrify America's Railroads and Open Corridors to a Clean Energy Future

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  Part action plan and part manifesto, this book launches a new people-powered campaign to transform the way we use trains and the corridors they travel through. It provides common cause to workers, farmers, tribes, and urban and rural…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stevens Pass

  the Story of Railroading and Recreation in the North Cascades

  Roe, JoAnn, 1926-

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  Tells the history of the massive undertaking required to build the railroads and roadways through the northern Cascades into the Seattle region.

• Transit Maps of the World

  Ovenden, Mark, 1963-

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  A completely updated and expanded edition of the cult bestseller, featuring subway, light rail, and streetcar maps from New York to Nizhny Novgorod. Now expanded with thirty-six more pages, 250 city maps revised from previous editions, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rail Work

  the Rebirth of Commuter Rail in the Puget Sound Region

  De Lory, Peter

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  This 59-page photobook from the Photographer in Residence for Sound Transit documents the construction of five rail stations between Seattle and Tacoma. Available for in-library use only.