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Ways to the West how getting out of our cars is reclaiming America's frontier / Tim Sullivan.

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"Sullivan uses his careless road trip through the intermountain West to explore how the region is taking on what may be its largest challenge: sustainable transportation. Combining personal travel narrative, historical research, and professional expertise in urban planning, Sullivan takes a cri...

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Online Access: Full Text (via University Press of Colorado)
Main Author: Sullivan, Tim, 1978-
Other title:University Press of Colorado e-book collection.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Sustainable development > West (U.S.)
Cities and towns > West (U.S.)
Transportation, Automotive > Environmental aspects > West (U.S.)
Transportation, Automotive > Social aspects > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
Cities and towns.
Sustainable development.
Transportation, Automotive > Environmental aspects.
Transportation, Automotive > Social aspects.
Travel.
West United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The future
  • Selling the truck
  • The first ride
  • Insanity
  • 89031
  • The man behind the double-decker buses
  • A different kind of street
  • Bus number 11
  • Shadowlands
  • Greyhound 1: Las Vegas to St. George
  • The land
  • Black Hill
  • On the trail of the padres
  • Rio Grande
  • Casting lots
  • The crossing of the fathers
  • The network and the frame
  • The inheritance
  • Journey to the center
  • Restoration
  • Recapitulation
  • Greyhound II: Salt Lake to Rock Springs
  • Opportunity
  • Home of the Rock Springs coal
  • Crosswinds
  • South Pass
  • The biggest bust of them all
  • Independence Rock
  • Colonies
  • Greyhound III: Casper to Longmont
  • The most important trip of the day
  • Two economics
  • Corridor of opportunity
  • "Hell, it just exploded"
  • T-REX
  • The equation
  • The evolution
  • Greyhound IV
  • Freedom
  • The junction
  • A Corridor of ideas (phase one)
  • Horale
  • The Santa Fe
  • Death Valley Scotty, the super chief, and the annihilation of space (phase two)
  • Greyhound IV: Flagstaff to Phoenix
  • The anti-city (phase three)
  • Why are people riding the light rail?
  • Waiting for the train
  • A city within cities
  • The ball boy
  • The changing of the guard
  • A nice ride
  • Adventure
  • Motoring
  • By the Lincoln Highway
  • Packed Veronica
  • Bank full
  • The Greenbelt
  • The Boise bicycle project
  • The city's front door
  • A low-friction lifestyle
  • Greyhound VI: Boise to Portland
  • The new mobility
  • Moving in place.

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