Drawing on previously unavailable archives, Paying the Toll describes the high-stakes struggles for control of the Golden Gate Bridge, and offers a rare inside look at the powerful and secretive agency that built a regional transportation empire with its toll revenue.

Paying the Toll
Local Power, Regional Politics, and the Golden Gate Bridge

Louise Nelson Dyble

2009 | 296 pages | Cloth $45.00 | Paper $24.95
American History | Public Policy | Political Science
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Table of Contents

Introduction: "Agency Run Amok"
1. A Bridge to Prosperity
2. A District Divided
3. The District and Its Enemies
4. The Defeat of the Golden Gate Authority
5. Rapid Transit Versus the Golden Gate Bridge
6. James Adam, Boss of the Golden Gate Bridge
7. Regionalism, Transportation, and Perpetual Tolls
Conclusion: Subsidies, Suicides, and Sensitivity

Notes
Index
Acknowledgments