Mobilizing the Metropolis : : How the Port Authority Built New York / / Philip Mark Plotch, Jen Nelles.
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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