BART: The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System

Healy, Michael C.

ISBN 10: 1597143707 / ISBN 13: 9781597143707

Published by Heyday, East Peoria, Illinois, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BART: The Dramatic History of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System
• Publisher: Heyday, East Peoria, Illinois
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597143707
• ISBN 13: 9781597143707
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In the first-ever history book about BART, longtime agency spokesman Michael C. Healy gives an insider's account of the rapid transit system's inception, hard-won approval, construction, and operations, "warts and all."

Written with a master storyteller's homey wit and sharp attention to detail, BART recreates the politically fraught venture to bring a new kind of public transit to the West Coast. What emerges is a sense of the individuals who made (and make) BART happen. From tales of staying up until 3:00 a.m. with Bill Stokes and Jack Everson to hear the election results for the rapid transit vote or weathering scandals, strikes, and growing pains, this look behind the scenes of an iconic, seemingly monolithic structure reveals people at their most human—and determined to change the status quo.

About the Authors

Nicknamed “Mr. BART” by his colleagues, Michael C. Healy was responsible for BART's media affairs and marketing activities from 1971—about ten months before trains started running—until his retirement in 2004. He wrote for radio and film and was the editor of the Sausalito News before taking a public relations job at the nascent transit agency. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California.

John King is the San Francisco Chronicle's urban design critic. He joined the paper in 1992 and has been in his current post since 2001. His writing on architecture and urban design has been honored by groups including the California Preservation Foundation, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the California chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the American Planning Association. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2002 and 2003.