Philip Mark Plotch

Politics Across the Hudson: The Tappan Zee Megaproject

The Tappan Zee Megaproject

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Politics Across the Hudson offers a behind-the-scenes look at three decades of contentious planning for the new Tappan Zee Bridge, and includes a new epilogue and more photos, revealing valuable lessons for those trying to tackle complex public policies. Drawing on his own extensive experience in planning megaprojects, more than one hundred exclusive interviews with key figures (including three governors), and extensive research into government records, Philip Plotch tells the compelling, behind-the-scenes story of high-stakes battles between powerful players in the public, private, and civic sectors.    

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Produktdetails

• Rivergate Regionals Collection
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Revised, Updated edition. Revised, Update
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 163mm x 229mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9780813572505
• ISBN-10: 0813572509
• Artikelnr.: 45327721

Autorenporträt

Philip Mark Plotch

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Guides to This Book
Introduction
1   The I-287 Corridor: From Conception to Congestion
2   Searching for Congestion Solutions (1980–1988)
3   Finalizing Plans for the HOV Lane (1988–1995)
4    Killing the HOV Lane (1994–1997)
5   Permut’s Rail Line and Platt’s Bridge
6   Pataki’s Task Force: Raising Expectations Sky High (1998–2000)
7   The Thruway Authority versus Metro-North (2000–2006)
8   Eliot Spitzer Doesn’t Have Enough Steam (2007–2008)
9   David Paterson: The Overwhelmed Governor (2008–2010)
10   Andrew Cuomo Takes Charge in 2011
11   Public Reaction and Cuomo’s Campaign (2011–2012)
12   Lost Opportunities and Wasted Resources
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index