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Pittsburgh Public Transit

speedy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:21:01 +0000

How Good is Public Transit in Pittsburgh? Pittsburgh’s compact downtown area and well-integrated transportation system make the city easy to navigate by public transit. From traditional options like buses and trains, to light rail and Zipcars, you can get where you need to go if you plan ahead...

Seattle Public Transportation

speedy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:57:40 +0000

Get Going: Public Transportation in Seattle With its location between Lake Washington and the Puget Sound, Seattle offers many public transportation options, including ferries, a monorail and electric street cars. A well-planned transportation system makes it possible for locals and tourists to move throughout Seattle and its surrounding areas without driving or owning vehicles...

Chicago Public Transportation

speedy — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:36:52 +0000

How good is public transit in Chicago?Chicago actually has a decent public transit system, especially when compared to Los Angeles. Unlike Los Angeles, the Chicago infrastructure survived the auto and rubber boom better than did California. In no small part this is due to the more tightly spaced residential networks connected to the city center...

Los Angeles Public Transportation

alex — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:55:42 +0000

Where is LA transit headed? So how good is public transit in Los Angeles? Unfortunately, not as good as it was. At the turn of the century, Los Angeles had one of the most advanced and dedicated transit works not only in the nation, but in the world. Main rail lines came in and out of downtown from all compass directions, and trolley tracks branched out into all the neighborhoods...

Who Uses Public Transportation and Why

alex — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:57:33 +0000

Who Uses Public Transportation and Why Users of public transportation are more likely to be those with relatively low incomes (Bock, 1968; Taafe, 1963), have low occupational status (Bock, 1968; Reeder, 1956), and own fewer automobiles (Fertal et al., 1966; Foley, 1950; cited in Mamon & Marshall, 1977)...

Public Transit's Negative Image in Los Angeles

alex — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:58:10 +0000

Why Does Public Transit Have a Negative Image in Los Angeles? Amy Ford, graduate student researcher at UCLA, points out that "another obstacle is certainly the negative public image in LA [Los Angeles] of transit. Too many people have said to us either 'I would never think of getting on the bus' or 'I thought buses were just for the homeless' to make us think transit will be an easy sell in LA. And, the vast, vast majority of riders that we personally see on the bus are probably dependent, and not choice riders...

Demand for Transit Services

alex — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:58:47 +0000

Demand for Transit Services Determined by Urbanization The ecological characteristics of Los Angeles are considered to be the primary determinants of its urban transportation system. The size of its population approximates the market scale for transportation services; its population density estimates its economy of operation; and its age indicates the timing of the city's emergence as a metropolitan center, which determines its physical organization as well as its adaptability to private or public transportation...

Electrification of Transit

alex — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:59:23 +0000

How Did the Electrification of Transit Affect Public Transit Progress? Initial studies in urban transportation history describe how the limitations of horse-drawn trolley systems spurred the rapid innovation of electrified trolley lines in the context of rising public utility investment, land speculation, and rapid population growth (Ward, 1971, 131-34; cited in Yago, 1983)...

Evolution of Public Transit

alex — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:59:59 +0000

Evolution of Public Transit The ecological impacts of public transportation are realized when we examine the influence of a public transport network on urbanization. Urbanization requires the coordination and geographical concentration of specialized economic activities...

Technological Change Determines Land Costs and Changes in Economic Activity

alex — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:00:35 +0000

How Does Technological Change Determine Land Costs and Changes in Economic Activity? Yago (1983) points out that the conclusions of urban economists and political scientists are similar to those of urban ecologists, though different explanations and evidence are offered about the role and consequence of urban transportation. Economists have elaborated ecological theory by focusing upon how firms and residential consumers of urban land choose to minimize locational costs (Yago, 1983)...