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2) City trains
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
440L
Language
English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces city trains to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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"Taras Grescoe rides the rails all over the world and makes an elegant and impassioned case for the imminent end of car culture and the coming transportation revolution"I am proud to call myself a straphanger," writes Taras Grescoe. The perception of public transportation in America is often unflattering--a squalid last resort for those with one too many drunk-driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Thoroughly updated, this seventh edition of Bradt's guide to Switzerland offers a unique perspective on getting the most from this mountainous country while travelling only by public transport. Switzerland boasts the world's finest public transport network-- the comfort, efficiency and frequency of trains, buses, boats and cable cars explain why many Swiss don't own cars - yet is still enhancing services, including recently around Geneva. The Swiss...
6) City trains
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Large photographs and simple text describe different city trains, including subways, elevated railways, and light rail"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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Cincinnati on the Go explores the various modes of transportation that helped people get around in the first half of the 20th century, providing a unique view of the Queen City through the eyes of her everyday commuters. This volume features historic images of river transportation, street railways, city buses, steam railroads, the first automobiles, and wonderful, rare street scenes. Author Allen J. Singer expands on the transportation photographs...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 620L
Language
English
Description
When Dylan hears someone playing their violin in the subway he wants to stop and listen, but his mother and other commuters ignore the violinist completely. It also includes a brief biography of Joshua Bell.
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English
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Description
"America's dependency on the automobile began with the 1908 introduction of Henry Ford's car-for-everyone, the Model T. The "battle for right-of-way" in the 1920s saw the demise of streetcars and transformed America's streets from a multiuse resource for socializing, commerce, and public mobility into exclusive arteries for private automobiles. The subsequent destruction of urban transit systems and post WWII suburbanization of America enabled by...
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
The aim of Mass Transit Management: A Handbook for Small Cities is to provide information for the management of mass transit, particularly for small-scale operations in smaller cities. A modern, systematic approach to transit management has been worked into the material, while recognizing the financial constraints and limited degree of specialization possible in a small transit system. The consumer-oriented approach to marketing is stressed throughout...
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