{"product_id":"rights-in-transit-public-transportation-and-the-right-to-the-city-in-californias-east-bay-9780820354200","title":"Rights in Transit: Public Transportation and the Right to the City in California's East Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs public transportation a right? Should it be? For those reliant on public transit, the answer is invariably \"yes\" to both. Indeed, when city officials propose slashing service or raising fares, it is these riders who are often the first to appear at that officials' door demanding their \"right\" to more service. \u003ci\u003eRights in Transit \u003c\/i\u003estarts from the presumption that such riders are justified. For those who lack other means of mobility, transit is a lifeline. It offers access to many of the entitlements we take as essential: food, employment, and democratic public life itself. While accepting transit as a right, this book also suggests that there remains a desperate need to think critically, both about what is meant by a right and about the types of rights at issue when public transportation is threatened. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a detailed case study of the various struggles that have come to define public transportation in California's East Bay, \u003ci\u003eRights in Transit \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a direct challenge to contemporary scholarship on transportation equity. Rather than focusing on civil rights alone, \u003ci\u003eRights in Transit \u003c\/i\u003eargues for engaging the more radical notion of the right to the city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kafui Ablode Attoh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820354200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKAFUI ABLODE ATTOH is an assistant professor of urban studies at the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies at CUNY's School of Professional Studies. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eProgress in Human Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Labor Forum\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Cultural Geography\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGeographical Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUrban Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAntipode\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpace and Polity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43792743399539,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":52.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_978804be-91bf-406d-946b-b96cf1d2957c.jpg?v=1758104936","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/rights-in-transit-public-transportation-and-the-right-to-the-city-in-californias-east-bay-9780820354200","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}