Philip Mark Plotch

Politics Across the Hudson

The Tappan Zee Megaproject

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The State of New York is now building one of the world's longest, widest, and most expensive bridges - the new Tappan Zee Bridge - stretching more than three miles across the Hudson River. In Politics Across the Hudson, urban planner Philip Plotch offers a behind-the-scenes look at three decades of contentious planning and politics centred around this bridge.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 164mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780813572499
• ISBN-10: 0813572495
• Artikelnr.: 41751563

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