Transportation In America

Jessica Acevedo History 1302 October 10, 2012 Norman. Love It fascinates me how the human mind has developed from the beginning of time, till now. I mean technology itself has transformed the word. New inventions are created each day, improving machines, and almost everything. Throughout history people have created things that have made life easier. Transportation has always been very important. It has been a huge part of history. Of course like every other resource it had its pros and cons. Automobiles, airplanes, boats, and trains during the 1800s were all being invented.

Many communities a part of metro Atlanta are against the expansion of public transportation since they believe that crime rates increase in their communities. There is also a distorted economic view associated with the main public transportation service. Many natives in Atlanta connect poverty with public transportation, resulting in a higher amount of people choosing to buy and rental vehicles or ride taxis instead of riding Marta. An additional hindrance of the progression of public transportation is gerrymandering, manipulating boundaries in order maintain desired

Background Public transportation is serious need of a massive overhaul in this nation. We are in desperate need to catch up to the European standard of public transportation in this country. In Europe, citizens can travel across cities, bodies of water, and even counties with their state of the art public transportation system. Europeans are not nearly as reliant on cars and oil as the United States is because they have the much more practical option of taking the transportation provided to them by the government to where ever they need to go. They have set a model that the United States needs to strive for and meet in the near future.

Traffic in downtown Austin, Texas is becoming a sever issue and is continuing to become slower and more congested every day. Austin ranks 4th on a list of U.S. cities with the least efficient roadways, and with its remarkable growth rate, the issue can only get worse. After reading numerous articles based on opinions and statements from local city planners and engineers, the best way to see an improvement in the traffic issue is to increase the amount of public transportation in the Austin area. The increase of public transportation would provide fast travel time and would help reduce the amount of money, commuters and locals use on gas by a substantial amount per year. Though many may argue the that we have enough public transportation already, reducing the number of personal vehicles on the road would decrease the amount of bumper to bumper traffic experienced on a daily basis, as well as increase the options for those commuting to the city every day. there are many possible solutions, such as widening the highways or even building them underground, these solutions however are not the most economically correct and productive way to relieve traffic downtown.

Transportation in the United States has changed dramatically in the past few hundred years, from dirt roads, to canals, to railroads, and back to roads to again. Improvements in transportation between the years 1820 and 1860 allowed for almost all of America to be accessible which caused the US economy to explode. Transportation turned the U.S. into a flourishing economy and caused a large increase in sectionalism, industrialization, and expansion.

AP United States History 3 April 2013 Prompt: In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820-1860?

Both examples proved that transportation was an important factor for the decision, but in some counties and states that wasn't the case. Many had transportation development, but due to a lacking of large numbers and percentages within the other factors, they decided to not support the secession. As states as a whole, all of the states that supported the secession had some means of transportation. Due to the fact that states and counties want to be connected to the larger world economy, effective transportation,was very important. If the state decided to secede without that factor, it would have failed to produce enough economical

During the early 1800’s America needed a type of transportation that was faster, cheaper, and more reliable. So when in 1811 the British made the first successful railroad it did not take long for Americans to start building the first common railroad the Baltimore and Ohio in 1828. After the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was built America felt railroad fever and hundreds of railroads were built. The Railroad changed the American economy and culture in just a few years.

Transportation The City of Chicago has developed several programs that address the issue of transportation. In the city, problems associated with transportation include

X- pollution A- commercial economy grew B- migrating Passing information or sending letters took weeks and sometimes months. Sending goods and packages across the country also took months. Divided into very small markets there was no good way of transporting goods within the United States. Trading within the U.S. was very little

Effects of Transportation This passage is all about transportation and how it has affected and transformed the United States. In doing this I will explain how transportation has affected the United states and our lives. How transportation in the 1800’s started. In the 1800’s we didn’t really explore the United States.

The United States’ railway system is almost as old as the nation itself. If it was not for the railway system, our country may not have become one of the most lucrative superpowers it is today. Colonel John Stevens is credited for first presenting the idea of building a railway in 1812. Mr. Stevens probably did not expect the railway system to become the massive technological innovation it once became. The railway systems in the United States originally consisted of carriages and wagons being pulled down a track by a horse or two. This form of train was most commonly used for transporting freight.

It is no surprise This type of transportation includes riding trains, buses, and driving cars. According to the report titled Active Transportation and the Built Environment by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) an estimated 66% of all adults are overweight and have some type of chronic disease (“Active Transportation and The Built Environment,” 2014). This is largely due to ineffective policies that are in place and do not promote active transportation. These policies have prevented the city from incorporating a better system that would improve and increase walkability, bikeability, and allow residents to stay physically active while reducing chronic disease risk. Simply having these strategies in effect will not guarantee lower rates of chronic diseases nor boost resident participation. There are still many circumstances that come into play that prevent residents from using active transportation. Many times, residents won’t use a walk ways because the area is unwelcoming, there are no sidewalks or crosswalks, there’s high criminal activity, and there is very little street lighting (“Active Transportation and The Built Environment,” 2014). Similarly, residents will stay away from using bicycles for transportation because there are not enough bike lanes, roads are filled with potholes, and there are no clear road markings for cyclist (“Active Transportation

What constitutes as a luxury is dependent on each person's individual beliefs, and many people have something that they are able to take advantage of. For some people, they take advantage of material objects like clothing or food, while others take advantage of nonmaterial things such as their place in society or their career. Something that most people do not think of as a luxury, but as a necessity is transportation. Specifically, the ability to own a car. To many people, a car is not considered a luxury, but a right. While everyone should own a car, not everyone has the means to buy and maintain a vehicle. Those who can not afford a car are left using the public transportation system by means of last resort. The use of public transportation is inconvenient when one is trying to travel anywhere in an efficient and timely manner. Too many individuals, the bus is their only mode of transportation and is something that needs to run seamlessly. The public transportation system seems to be used more by people who have time rather than those who use it because of financial reasons.

Traditionally, the focus of transport system has been on passengers as cities were looked as locations of maximum human interactions with each other with intricate traffic patterns linked to commuting, commercial transactions and cultural/leisure activities.