The rapid spread of electric streetcar technology in the 1890s brought not only passengers to the suburbs but streetcar politics too. Beyond Montreal's city limits in the Village of Mile End, the politics of streetcar services was particularly virulent and indeed often comical. The contest between competing streetcar firms, and divisions within the council, culminated in early March 1893 when the Mayor of Mile End tore up a half-mile of the Montreal Street Railway Company's track. Though residents had long clamoured for streetcar service, most applauded the Mayor's heroics. This paper is an attempt to make sense of the 'Mile End Muddle,' as the newspapers dubbed the strange sequence of events, and to explain the relative weakness of the cou...
From horse to tram'. The mechanization of urban transports. 1850-1900. At the verge of the 19th cen...
During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Montreal’s air was blackened by smoke from coal-burning homes...
This article examines the pivotal role played by the unelected Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) ...
Based on the hypothesis that the municipality, being a social product of urban area specialization, ...
The predominance of the automobile as a mode of transportation in the Montreal metropolitan area is ...
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In a context of differentiation between sprawling, and mainly residential, suburbs and areas of empl...
The study of the deliberations of the Conseil général de la Seine (Council of the Seine department) ...
The subject of this thesis is a technology, the motor vehicle, that greatly affected our society. Be...
Rapid industrialization of North American cities during the nineteenth century was associated with p...
L’annexion des municipalités adjacentes constitue une stratégie de croissance décisive à la fois pou...
The streetcar has made a remarkable resurgence in the United States in recent years. However, despit...
Using a social constructivist approach to the history of technology, this article examines the jitne...
Les citoyens de Charlottetown furent les premiers à bénéficier de l’électrification, en 1885. Moins ...
Since the late 1980’s, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) has emerged as a sustainable interpretatio...
From horse to tram'. The mechanization of urban transports. 1850-1900. At the verge of the 19th cen...
During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Montreal’s air was blackened by smoke from coal-burning homes...
This article examines the pivotal role played by the unelected Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) ...
Based on the hypothesis that the municipality, being a social product of urban area specialization, ...
The predominance of the automobile as a mode of transportation in the Montreal metropolitan area is ...
Urban transportation has always been a major issue in cities. Therefore it is no suprise to learn th...
In a context of differentiation between sprawling, and mainly residential, suburbs and areas of empl...
The study of the deliberations of the Conseil général de la Seine (Council of the Seine department) ...
The subject of this thesis is a technology, the motor vehicle, that greatly affected our society. Be...
Rapid industrialization of North American cities during the nineteenth century was associated with p...
L’annexion des municipalités adjacentes constitue une stratégie de croissance décisive à la fois pou...
The streetcar has made a remarkable resurgence in the United States in recent years. However, despit...
Using a social constructivist approach to the history of technology, this article examines the jitne...
Les citoyens de Charlottetown furent les premiers à bénéficier de l’électrification, en 1885. Moins ...
Since the late 1980’s, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) has emerged as a sustainable interpretatio...
From horse to tram'. The mechanization of urban transports. 1850-1900. At the verge of the 19th cen...
During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Montreal’s air was blackened by smoke from coal-burning homes...
This article examines the pivotal role played by the unelected Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) ...