When cars became commonplace vehicles across the US, many people still relied on public transportation. Yet over the past 80 years, public transportation has dwindled, and most communities rely entirely on automobiles. Learn what happened in this episode.
Jun 2023
Nicholas Dagen Bloom, "The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight" (U Chicago Press, 2023)
Many a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public transportation throughout the latter decades of the twentieth century. But as Nicholas Dagen Bloom shows in The Great American Transit Disaster: A ... Show More
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<p><strong>ESLPodcast 18 - Getting Around (Fast) </strong></p><p>Tags: Daily Life , Transportation</p><p>Audio Index: 15:34</p><p></p><p>Getting around in the United States is sometimes not very easy. Most people own their own cars, but not everyone can foot the bill for the car, ... Show More
