Title: Valparaíso :
Authors: Vila Muga, Waldo,; Castillo Fernández, Simón,; Mardones Peñaloza, Marcelo,
Date: [2014]
Publisher: Procultura Fundación,
Physical description: 188 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm.
Language: Spanish
LC class: T
Abstract: Public transportation in Valparaiso is unique in the world and since the mid-nineteen century has developed and coexisted through different means, such as horse wagons known as "Carros de Sangre", funicular railways, trolleys, buses and metro. Decades ago, trains and trams were also included. The coexistence of these various means of public transport, in addition to the particular geography of the coastal city, makes it an outstanding heritage of the city and its spaces. Their history was compiled in a visual document elaborated by Simón Castillo, Marcelo Mardones and Waldo Vila, historians and doctors in Architecture and Urban Studies of the UC, who since 2011 are members of the Colectivo Micrópolis.
Contents: Construcción de la ciudad, espacios, actividades y movilidad = The construction of the city: Urban spaces, activities and mobility -- Los tranvías a caballo o "carros de sangre": el comienzo del transporte moderno en valparaíso = Trams pulled by horses or the "blood trams": the beginning of modern transportation in Valparaíso -- Ascensores y burros: el transporte público en los cerros de Valparaíso Funicular railways and donkeys: the public transport on the hills of Valparaíso -- Los transvías elétricos: una tecnología de acuerdo a los albores del nuevo siglo porteño = Electric trams: a technology in accordance with the start of the new century in Valparaíso -- Los autobuses: la masificación y los limites de un servicio de transporte público urbano = The buses: The massification and the limits of an urban public transportation service -- Los Trolebuses: un intento de modernización al transporte público porteno bajo signo estatal = Trolleybuses: an attempt of modernizing the public transportation system of Valparaíso under the state tutelage.