Mobilizing the Metropolis : How the Port Authority Built New York
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has morphed in ways that would be unrecognizable to its founders. Its mission evolved from improving rail freight to building motor vehicle crossings, airports, office towers, and industrial parks and taking control of a failing commuter rail line. In it...
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University of Michigan Press
2023
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