Jul
29
2005
Economy of Public Transportation
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Economy of Public Transportation
In this section we analyze the economy of public transportation in Los Angeles, covering the following areas:
- Who Uses Public Transportation and Why
- Transportation Service Determined By Population Characteristics
- Transportation Technology Determined By Industrial Production
- The Assembly Line, Mass Consumer Markets, and the Decline of Transit Operators
- Interrelations between Urban Spatial Patterns and Commuting Behavior
- How Distance Affects Modal Choice
- Public Transit Quality Determined by Population Density
- The Cost of Using an Automobile in Place of Public Transit
- Increasing Mass Transit Demand by Raising the Cost of Using an Automobile
- Utilizing Congestion Pricing to Ameliorate Peak-Load Problems