Technology
Public Transit's Negative Image in Los Angeles
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... read more »
Electrification of Transit
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)... read more »
Technological Change Determines Land Costs and Changes in Economic Activity
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)... read more »
The Rise of the Automobile: United States versus Europe
How Did The Rise of the Automobile Change Public Transit in the United States versus Europe?
This argument also underlies conventional explanations of the differences between European and US mass transit systems. National population density of Germany is higher than that of the United States, owing to pre-industrial and early industrial settlement patterns... read more »
Spatial Dispersion, Declining Transit Ridership, and Increased Motorization
How Does Spatial Dispersion, Declining Transit Ridership, and Increased Motorization Affect Public Transit?
The economic concentration in the United States automobile industry led to the extension of motorization to the public transit industry (Snell, 1974; cited in Yago, 1983). By controlling supply contracts, bus, oil, and rubber manufacturers eliminated the competing electrical transit industry.... read more »
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