Suburbanization Produced by Technological Advances in Transportation

The United State has always been weak in public transportation and mass transit tools. California was once supposed to be different and revolutionized. Trolleys connecting the suburbs to the city and business districts was the main reason why cities expanded vertically. These mass transit tools organized the transits in an extremely environmentally friendly way. But the venue of cars and the thought of independence flattered americans pushing them to each buy a car, synonym of their independence. Now the trains and connecting public transportations have practically disappeared and are irrelevant.

Technology played a vital part in helping America become the great economic and cultural success that it was during the 1920s. New advancements, new discoveries, and new inventions improved American lives in every imaginable way but not without a few negative side-effects. As mentioned earlier, the automobile really came into play during the 1920s by making traveling a common thing for anyone who could afford a car (Trueman, 2000). Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company, which began to mass produce affordable automobiles known as the Model-T. Ford's Model-T car became such an irresistible success that by the end of the decade, there was almost one car per family in the United States (Bruce, 1981). The automobile seemed to give people a type of new freedom, but the automobile also proved to be a dangerous item in the hands of many irresponsible people who loved to drink during the 1920s. The washing machine, telephone, and radio made their arrival during the twenties. People were discovering life to be far easier than the previous generations because of technology, but they were also slowly being driven into an industrial nation. People were lured

When Americans get into their vehicles every day to go to work or school, they do not normally think about how much transportation has evolved over the years. People started out walking and then later moved to horse and buggies. During the early 1800’s, railroads were being built from east to west in this country and trains began to take over. As cities grew, people looked for ways to travel more efficiently. The work of Henry Ford made a lasting impact on America in regards to both transportation and manufacturing.

The document “The Social Influence of the Automobile” was written in June of 1922 by Allen D. Albert. In this article Albert is saying that since the creation of automobiles the life has shifted for the better. “…almost without a pause in our thinking have we adjusted our lives to these factors new since yesterday”1 while automobiles brought a drastic change in life as it was, people adjusted to it quickly. In 1920’s cars were available to the general public at an affordable price, therefor offering the public a better, faster way of getting from place to place. Most importantly according to the document cars brought a change in the social aspects of life. With the help of a car travel times were decreased. Cities were now in reaching distance.

Recent events that have highlighted racial tension in the United States have had even a larger number of opinions that vary regarding why the nation continues to struggle with such a challenging issue. In our text Chapter 6 titled “The City/Suburban Divide” (Judd & Swanstrom, 2015, p. 136) identifies a subject that very well may contribute to the tension. A reference to the “urban crisis” describes a landscape that is littered with “high levels of segregation, inequality and poverty, along with racial and ethnic tensions.” (Judd, et al., p. 165) Many scholars argue that the crisis was a result of the demographic changes the nation experienced following World War II as advancements in technology and infrastructure aided White Mobility. The term “White Flight” has been used to describe a massive relocation early in the twentieth century when the White Middle-Class population left the cities for suburban areas following the great migration.

American middle class life was greatly influenced throughout 1870-1917. There were many profound changes, however the American industrialization and urbanization were the most rapid and unquestionably the most important. The industrialist brought forth household names that are still around today such as Swift, Armour, Westinghouse, Pillsbury, Pullman, Rocketfeller, Carnegie, and Duke. Due to the rapid movement of industrialization, so began a movement of urbanization. Between 1860 and 1910, urban population increased sevenfold and by the 1920’s more than half of all Americans lived in cities. Along with the cities came more use of electricity, electric lights, telephones, and eventually appliances. Appliances

Henry Ford, whose name arouses recognition to this day, was one of the most well known figures in the automobile industry. He had created the assembly line to use within manufacturing in order to increase productivity, and consequently, reduce the prices of automobiles. With these famously low prices, it wasn’t uncommon to see cars, such as the 1920 ReVere Touring Car, parked around cities (Doc D). Finally, most American persons would be able to afford a personal vehicle. Due to the growth in this particular industry, employment opportunities had opened up for the common man, with the demand for car factory laborers. It seems, that with this advancement, America was better

The growth of cities gave rise to the middle class, powerful political machines, and a boom in industrial production. An increase in the production of goods led to more and more demand for workers. The production industry took on a new form with the development of new and more effective factory systems The growth of big businesses and corporations in the US marked a turning point in America’s economic history. Not since the Gilded Age and the Industrial Revolution has our country seen such drastic urbanization and industrial growth. The major political and economic causes and for the growth of big business in American society from 1870 to 1900 include rapid immigration, the growth of the transcontinental railroad, and the growth of cities and the consequences of this development include the stimulation of the US economy and the growth of the middle

Threats of substitutes: In U.S., an automobile was considered as necessity so for every adult there was car on roads. Even for inter-city travel more than 70% time cars were used. Buses, trains and other means didn’t have much impact. The growing array of higher priced imported models had negative effect.

of new factories in the New York metropolitan region was invested in suburban areas beyond the boundaries of New York City.” (Teaford 109) Taking all the business away from the cities, also gained suburban towns a lot of money. All the money that the towns gained the city lost.

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The 1940s were boom years for the development of the Motor City, as well as years full of change. World War II had recently began, increasing the need for wat vehicles and weapons. Many factories re-arranged themselves to build war machines, and women began to take men’s job in the workplace as men were sent to fight in the war. After the war ended, the demand for workers decreased, and Detroit crafted a post war plan. One that included large automobiles and larger highways to accommodate them.

In this essay I will consider to what extent the German economy has been central to change regarding the development of Germany over the whole period, 1890-1991. I will consider the German economy under the Kaiser in accordance with World War 1, during Hyperinflation under the Weimar Republic in 1923, in Nazi Germany under Hitler and in East and West Germany leading to the building of the Berlin Wall. It appears that the German economy to a large degree has been exceedingly central to change in the country over this entire period. It is evident though that the economy itself has not solely been the derivation of precise events over the course of the period. There have been other ideas and proceedings that must be taken into consideration

Following contains the model that was first brought to use by Harris and Ullman in 1945, their hypothesis was that there are a series of nuclei of patterns that develop as the demand is there. However, it was clear that modern cities did not fit in the mould of the sector and the concentric model; they are developing at a rate that could not be predicted. Parts of the suburbs are developing to function as smaller business districts. These smaller business districts acted as nodes/nuclei that different land use patterns are being formed.

As magazine editor H.L. Towle explained in 1913, “you have friends living five miles away by road. To visit them by rail you must go half a mile to the station, ride ten miles to a junction, wait an hour, and travel a dozen miles to a station half a mile from their home” . The automobile allowed the American who could afford it, to get things done faster. Living in the suburbs, getting to and from the city could be faster by car than by public transit as long as the roads were not backed up with traffic which was a big problem when the car became common in the early twentieth century. Roads were not originally meant for cars and across the U.S. they were poorly made with ruts and potholes that were harsh on the already unreliable early cars. Public roads were narrow and were not yet suited for the automobile. It took time before an organized traffic system could be used because city planners and politicians had not yet seen the potential it had to create a fast paced individual because in the twentieth century few owned