Regionalism Redux: Exploring the Impact of Federal Grants on Mass Public Transit Governance and Political Capacity in Metropolitan Detroit

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 220-253

  Nelles, Jen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Detroit; metropolitan governance; metropolitan transit authority; public transportation

Indexed keywords

FEDERAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; METROPOLITAN AREA; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; URBAN POLITICS;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874444120     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: 15528332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087412458255     Document Type: Article

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