Essays on Public Transit

Mass transit is one of the transportation systems that is becoming part of life in the United States. Those who advocate for public transit believe that it increases economic activity in the country. There are variables that influence the American public’s use of mass transit. Pricing is a factor that plays a key role in the coordination of local transportation (Vickrey, 1965). Reliability and efficiency are some of the variables that affect the public’s use of mass transit. The public focus on reliability and consistent of travel times. Most of the agencies have realized that to retail ...

1. Draw an ERD for the Parrot Palace information system. 2. Indicate cardinality. The objective is to create an ERD that will help to represent the relationship between the birds and tricks. In order to accomplish this, it is important to use the associative entity that has the data about a specific bird and the specific trick. Since there are 50 birds and 20 tricks, the table will have hundreds of records. The key would be to use a combination of the number of birds and the number of tricks. The additional associative entity will also need to be ...

The issue of climate change is politically contentious. In the United States, political opinion is sharply divided between Democrats and Republicans. This sharp divide has implications for policy outcomes concerning climate change and the future of the earth. Despite political disagreements on the nature and causes of climate change, scientists do agree that human activities are contributing to the release or emission of greenhouse gases that potentially trap heat and affect the future of the earth. Some of the activities responsible for the warming of the planet are the fueling of economic growth with fossil fuels, heavy industrial and ...

Public Transportation

Abstract Jackson Transit system is a program that provides public transportation services in the city of Jackson. JATRAN aims at offering quality and secure transport services to meet the demand of it passengers and promote more ridership. JATRAN complies with the local and federal regulations in providing transportation services. Jackson Transit system has drawn the attention of various researchers in the past. Various researchers indicate the importance of the transit and challenges facing the transport system. Research by the institute of transport studies (Monash University) in 2010 shows the reliability of the transportation system (Taylor et al. 2011). JATRAN ...

Food deserts are those areas within cities where the local population has no or little access to fresh fruits and healthy vegetables. There is evidence that the food desert areas are more prevalent in the lower income neighborhoods. Lack of healthy foods leads to obesity and health ailments such as heart disease and diabetes. It is also seen that the neighborhoods with low-income are mostly African American. The essay discusses the Food deserts, what they mean and who is affected and how. Research works on food deserts in Baltimore city are looked into and how a lack of nutritious ...

Urban growth and development can be attributed to all changes that engulf the particular urban setting (Jacobs 78). Moreover, the increase of an urban city should be planned for, lest social evils, as well as uncontrollable urban population and congestion, can ensue. Apparently, Toronto is an urban area that has grown rapidly over time, creating concerns about the future of urban planning, to cater for growing population, pollution, and urban traffic. Since the early 1970’s, Toronto has made the use of subways, buses and streetcars to ease congestion in the city, and also to provide an ambient environment ...

The governments play a very crucial role in planning and investing in urban infrastructure. The urban infrastructure development is a form of measure on how the government is committed. In many cases, the decision of infrastructure development is divided on the different government organs. The government has a role to provide funds in order meet the entire requirement in the budget. Most of the urban infrastructure development is done by the local government. They are the one responsible for the planning, renewal and repairs. The local government levee charges from the public to provide the required services in the cities. They ...

General Motor’s Chevrolet Volt

Product description and usage General Motors Corporation is a United States-based company that designs, manufactures and sell cars, trucks and automobile parts in the global economy with operations in almost every country. It has been in operation for the past 100 years having manufactured close to 450 million vehicles. Chevrolet is one of GM’s main products that is extensively used for transportation in the US. Chevrolet is easily identifiable among competing brands due to its distinctive bowtie emblem. Chevrolet Volt is a hybrid vehicle that runs on both electric and gasoline power. Currently, it is rated as the most ...

Industrialization after the Civil War

Thesis: Industrialization caused by the Civil War made huge changes in every sphere of the US life, beginning from social to industry and agriculture. I. Changes made in different spheres of the US life. A. Legislation. 1. Women suffrage B. Development of the social structure. 1. Country free from slavery. a. main aspects of former slaves’ life. C. Economic changes. 1. Standards of living. 2. Mass production. II. Impact of industrialization on social groups. A. African Americans became free people. 1. Attempts to improve the literacy rate ...

. Traffic crises can cause extremely impactful environmental and economic issues for cities. Cities begin to struggle when an increasing need for transportation changes the effectiveness of existing systems. A multifaceted approach to traffic problems, utilizing both public transportation and newer models of transportation sharing can not only benefit cities, but also encourage economic growth. San Antonio is one of the cities that requires immediate action. Transportation changes are needed if San Antonio is going to continue to be able to grow and expand for both its citizens and its commerce. San Antonio is currently dealing with traffic jams ...

Introduction

This essay shall explain in academic, journal-level language, what neoliberal urbanization is. The task requires the student to imagine that he or she has been invited by the editor of Canadian Dimension, to write about the neoliberal urbanization situation in Toronto. The description involves two main ideas. The first concept describes how neoliberal urbanization is characterized, in terms of the transformation of urban space and types of re-structuring of multi-scalar politics. Exploring this aspect speaks to class, gender, and race politics as witnessed ascriptive identity – which is connected with neoliberal urbanization, in general. The second idea explains neoliberal urbanization’ ...

The Promotion of Mixed Income Neighborhoods in Hollywood, California

Chapter I: Introduction The facts are impossible to ignore: focusing on places, health and walkability requires increased public transit infrastructure, which creates new jobs, enlivens neighborhoods, creates local business opportunities and connects communities, both vulnerable and thriving, to vital amenities and resources. (Raphael &Espiau, 2010, par. 9) Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a neighborhood development plan focusing on easy access to major transit stops. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) defined TOD during the 1990s when undertaking a project consisting of initiatives to promote livable communities: “Transit-oriented communities are characterized by design and development patterns that are conducive to the ...

Thesis

This paper is on Taxation issue in Alberta’s cities struggling in coping with growing populations, increasing costs and limited revenue. This problem addressed is the deficit of province of Alberta and hoe use of Taxation can help in recovery of revenue which can be used to present break-even and future development of the Province. Sales Tax a issue long forbidden in province of Alberta, has risen at first Economic summit for solving financial issues of government, but Alison Redford the Premier of province is remaining calm on this idea at present (Wingrove & Walton, 2013). Contrasting from other provinces, ...

In recent years, there has been a tremendously huge debate on whether public transportation is more sustainable than privately owned vehicles such as cars. There are those who believe that public transportation like buses, trains, and airplanes are more sustainable than cars because they operate at full capacity while cars only carry few passengers at a time. However, while taking into account sustainability and public transportation, some people argue that buses and trains do not run at full capacity. Each mode of major public transportation affects the environment in various ways, and plays a role in land use patterns encouraged by investment. ...

Public Transportation is a form of transportation that charges fares on fixed routes and are available for use by general public. Buses, Trains, subways etc. are some of the most common forms which constitute public transportation. Though it could be both privately and publicly owned, in most cases governments and responsible for public transportation as it forms an important and vital part of a city’s or country’s infrastructure. Though the history of public transport dates back to thousands of years back in ancient Greek, Paris in France is believed to have got the first modern and organized public transport ...

Over the recent past decades, municipality has been pushed to be involved in providing a public transport system as a business initiative. The public transport sector over the years has been lucrative in terms of profit and suitability. The intent of this paper is to scrutinize the evaluation, criteria, and approach of the public transits system. The measurement of performance in urban transit system is a significant to define quality transit services as product development and marketing are to a successful business. Evaluation and monitoring service performance is important to the efficient provision of transit to the entire public. Performance indicators are a ...

On July 7th 2005 a series of terrorist attacks on board public transit vehicles shocked Great Britain and the world. All together around seven hundred persons were injured and, including the bombers themselves, fifty-six people died. Like 9/11 in the United States, the date is sometimes simply referred to as 7/7. The attacks started at 8:50 am when three bombs were detonated within a minute of each other on board London Underground trains. The first was Circle Line sub-surface train number 204 eastbound between Aldgate and Liverpool Street. The second went off in Circle Line sub-transit train number 216 traveling westbound ...