Economy of Public Transportation

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