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• Urban policy -- England

• The book of town & window gardening (J. Lane, 1903), by Mrs. Frances Anne Bardswell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Severall places where you may hear news: ([London : s.n., ca. 1640]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Quaternio or A fourefold vvay to a happie life set forth in a dialogue betweene a countryman and a citizen, a divine and a lawyer. Per Tho: Nash philopolitem. (London : Printed by Iohn Davvson, 1633), by Thomas Nash (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Low-life (Printed for the Author and sold by T. Legg, 1752), by William Hogarth (page images at HathiTrust)

• Middlemarch. (J.M. Dent;, 1930), by George Eliot (page images at HathiTrust)

• Life in London. (Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1821), by Pierce Egan, Robert Cruikshank, and George Cruikshank (page images at HathiTrust)
• All sorts and conditions of men. (H.M. Caldwell co., 1880), by Walter Besant (page images at HathiTrust)

• Anna of the Five Towns; a novel (George H. Doran, 1912), by Arnold Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ragged London in 1861 (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1861), by John Hollingshead (HTML at victorianlondon.org)

• My Friend Smith, by Talbot Baines Reed (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Phil May's guttersnipes ([New York] : The Macmillan Company, [1896?], 1896), by Phil May (page images at HathiTrust)

• Community-Led Regeneration: A Toolkit for Residents and Planners (London: UCL Press, c2020), by Pablo Sendra and Daniel Fitzpatrick
  • PDF with commentary at UCL Press
  • HTML and PDF files at Project Muse

• Community-Led Regeneration: A Toolkit for Residents and Planners (London: UCL Press, c2020), by Pablo Sendra and Daniel Fitzpatrick
  • PDF with commentary at UCL Press
  • HTML and PDF files at Project Muse

• Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London. (Printed for J. Dodsley ..., 1771), by James Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)

• Annual report of the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, in connection with the National Health Society. (The Association, 1882), by England) Metropolitan Public Gardens Association (London and National Health Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Town planning conference, London, 10-15 October, 1910 : transactions. (Royal Institute of British Architects, 1910), by Town Planning Conference and Royal Institute of British Architects (page images at HathiTrust)
• Critical observations on the buildings and improvements of London. (Printed for J. Dodsley ..., 1771), by James Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal. (London., 1913), by London Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• Transactions. (Royal Institute of British Architects, 1911), by England) Town Planning Conference (1910 : London and Royal Institute of British Architects (page images at HathiTrust)

• The case of several hackney-coachmen in and about the cities of London and Westminster and the suburbs, occasioned by one Robert Murrey, and his adherents, to the utter ruin of many families, for his and his accomplices private interest. ([London : s.n., 169-?]), by Thomas Cadman (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The Case of the four hundred coach men their widows and assigns, formerly licensed by virtue of an act of Parliament, made in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of King Charles II to drive Hackney coaches in the cities of London and Westminster, and the suburbs thereof. ([London? : s.n., 1688?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The right of the city of London, and their proceedings touching the regulation of hackny-coaches, standing in the said city and liberties thereof ([London] : Printed by Samuel Roycroft, printer to the honourable city of London, 1692/3) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Address on the streets & traffic of London (Barry, 1899), by John Wolfe Wolfe Barry (page images at HathiTrust)
• London traffic, 1919. Statement prepared on behalf of the Metropolitan District Railway Co. [and others] for submission to the conference of London members of Parliament, held on Monday, May 5th, 1919. (Office of the Commercial Manager, Electric Railway House, 1919), by Metropolitan District Railway (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Act of Common Council together with certain orders, rules, and directions touching the paving and cleansing the streets, lanes and common passages with the city of London, and liberties thereof : and other things relating thereunto. ([London] : Printed by Andrew Clark ..., 1671), by City of London (England) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Handling London's Underground Traffic (London: London's Underground, 1928), by John Pattinson Thomas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• London traffic report. Report of the London traffic branch of the Board of trade. [1907/08-]1915. (H.M. Stationery off., Harrison and sons, printers [etc.], 1907), by Great Britain Board of Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Royal commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the means of locomotion and transport in London. (Printed for H.M. Stationery off., by Wyman and sons, limited, 1905), by Great Britain. Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into and Report upon the Means of Locomotion and Transport in London, John Wolfe Wolfe- Sir Barry, and David Miller Barbour (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tramways (Metropolis). Return to an Order of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 5 May 1871;-- "That the Board of Trade do lay before this House a Report of their proceedings under the tramways act, 1870, with regard to the proposed tramways in and about the Metropolis." ([London], 1871), by Great Britain Board of Trade and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Street railways in London. Special reports of the debates in the Representative council of Saint Marylebone, upon the application of George Francis Train, esq., of Boston ... to establish street railways in London; with introduction, incidents, opinions of the press, and appendix. ... (H. Mitchener, 1860), by C Greene, G P. Rippon, George Francis Train, and England). Representative council Marylebone (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tube, train, tram, and car; or Up-to-date locomotion. (G. Routledge & sons, ltd.:, 1903), by Arthur H. Beavan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Verkehr Londons mit Besonderer Berücksichtigung der Eisenbahnen ... (J. Springer, 1892), by Gustav Kemmann and Technische Hochschule Berlin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Transportation facilities of London and Paris as of October, 1913. ([New York, 1915), by George Keegan, Fred T. Wood, New York Railways Company, and Interborough Rapid Transit Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the London traffic branch of the Board of Trade. (Printed for H.M. Stat. Off., 1908), by Great Britain Board of Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• London traffic report (Printed for H.M. Stationery Off., 1908), by Great Britain Board of Trade (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technical report on comparison of UK Docklands light rail transit system with U.S. systems (U.S. Federal Transit Administration, Office of Technical Assistance and Safety, 1992), by Incorporated FAI, Battelle Memorial Institute, and United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Technical Assistance and Safety (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tube, Train, Tram, and Car; or, Up-to-date locomotion, by Arthur H. Beavan, contrib. by Llewellyn Preece (Gutenberg ebook)

• Advance issue subject to audit 1923/24-1932/33 (London., between 1000 and 1999), by London (England). Comptroller's Department and London (England). Highways Committee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Handling London's Underground Traffic (London: London's Underground, 1928), by John Pattinson Thomas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• London traffic, 1919. Statement prepared on behalf of the Metropolitan District Railway Co. [and others] for submission to the conference of London members of Parliament, held on Monday, May 5th, 1919. (Office of the Commercial Manager, Electric Railway House, 1919), by Metropolitan District Railway (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An historical account of sub-ways in the British metropolis, for the flow of pure water and gas into the houses of the inhabitants, without disturbing the pavements: including the projects in 1824 and 1825 (Carpenter & son [etc.], 1828), by John Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report from the joint select committee ... together with the proceedings ... minutes of evidence, appendix and index. (Wyman & Sons, Ltd., Prtrs., 1901), by Great Britain. Committee on London Underground Railways (page images at HathiTrust)
• The New York arcade railway as projected, compared with the underground railways of London : report to the Broadway Underground Railway Co. (s.n.], 1884), by William J. McAlpine, Seymour B. Durst, and N.Y.) Broadway Underground Railway Co. (New York (page images at HathiTrust)
• Études d'un Réseau de Chemins de fer Métropolitains pour la ville de Paris : Mission à Londres (mai 1876) : Chemins de fer Métropolitains de Londres ([Paris?] : [no publisher identified], [1878?], 1878), by Edmund Huet (page images at HathiTrust)
• London traffic : report presented to the Council on 9th May, 1922, dealing with the Passenger Transport Systems of Greater London, with special reference to the Council's Tramways. ([publisher not identified], 1922), by London County Council (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Études d'un Réseau de Chemins de fer Métropolitains pour la ville de Paris : Mission à Londres (mai 1876) : Chemins de fer Métropolitains de Londres ([Paris?] : [no publisher identified], [1878?], 1878), by Edmund Huet (page images at HathiTrust)

• The case of the hackney-coachmen ([S.l. : s.n., 1695?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The case of the antient free carmen of London, humbly offer'd to the consideration of the honourable House of Commons ([London? : s.n., 1690]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An Act of Common-Council for the government of cars, carts, carrooms, carters and carmen; and for the prevention of frauds in the buying and selling of coals. (London : Printed by Andrew Clark, printer to the honorable city of London, 1677), by City of London (England). Court of Common Council (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Proposals humbly offered for the relief of the hackney-coachmen ([London : s.n., 1692?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The case of the antient hackney-coachmen and such coachmen as have been sufferers for his late Majesty, and his Majesty that now is, and the widows of them, humbly presented to the honourable House of Commons; ([London? : s.n., 1676]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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