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    Title
    Transport of Delight
    Subtitle
    The Mythical Conception of Rail Transit in Los Angeles
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Jonathan E.D. Richmond
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 498
    Width: 230 mm
    Height: 155 mm
    Thickness: 38 mm
    Weight: 964 g
    Audience
    Professional and scholarly
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781884836947
    ISBN 10: 1884836941
    Classifications
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1KBBWF
    BISAC category code: TEC010000
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: S8.3
    BICMainSubject: RPT
    Dewey: 338.460979494
    BISAC category code: TEC000000
    BISAC category code: TRA009000
    Illustrations note
    b/w photos
    Publisher
    The University of Akron Press
    Imprint name
    The University of Akron Press
    Publication date
    30 January 2005
    Publication City/Country
    Akron, OH/US
    Main description
    Richmond (transportation, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand) digs up and analyzes powerful symbols and myths that created plans for a light rail system in Los Angeles, where he thinks people would have been better served by improving the bus system. He focuses on the building of the first leg, the Long Beach Line, and how political consensus, combined with romantic notions about the elimination of poverty, the acquisition of power, and the sexiness of technology, created something the city clearly did not need. Richmond includes information on the interviews he conducted in his research so other cities with romantic notions can avoid such mistakes. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)