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  2. American urban history - Wikipedia

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    After many public transportation systems, such as streetcars, were scrapped in cities starting in the 1950s, the automobile dominated America's urban transportation network. However, many cities, especially in the 21st century, have started creating new, rebuilding, or expanding public transportation systems to help combat problems like traffic ...

  3. Borchert's Epochs - Wikipedia

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    Borchert's epochs refer to five distinct periods in the history of American urbanization and are also known as Borchert's model of urban evolution. Each epoch is characterized by the impact of a particular transport technology on the creation and differential rates of growth of American cities.

  4. Streetcars in North America - Wikipedia

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    The research revealed that in these cities, the primary purpose of the streetcar was to serve as a development tool (in all cities examined), a second objective was to serve as a tourism-promoting amenity (in Little Rock and Tampa), and transportation objectives were largely afterthoughts with the notable exception of Portland, and to a lesser ...

  5. The U.S. cities with the best and worst transportation - AOL

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    Infrastructure plays a crucial role in the U.S. economy and is at the heart of how a city provides transportation for its populace. The U.S. cities with the best and worst transportation Skip to ...

  6. History of transport - Wikipedia

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    With the development of motor transport, starting in 1886 in Germany and in the U.S. in 1908 with the production of Ford's first Model T, [2] there was an increased need for hard-topped roads to reduce washaways, bogging and dust on both urban and rural roads, originally using cobblestones and wooden paving in major western cities and in the ...

  7. Timeline of transportation technology - Wikipedia

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    On the Move: A Visual Timeline of Transportation. Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-1-56458-880-7. Bruno, Leonard C. (1993). On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research. ISBN 978-0-8103-8396-8. Berger, Michael L. The automobile in American history and culture: a reference guide (Greenwood, 2001). Condit, Carl W.

  8. The 10 US cities with the best public transportation systems

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    Here are the top ten cities in order: 1. Washington, D.C. See photos of the city: 2. San Francisco, California See photos of the city: 3. Boston, Massachusetts See photos of the city: 4. Chicago ...

  9. These are the best, worst cities for public transportation ...

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    Seattle, Wash., is the city with the best public transportation, according to a new study by WalletHub. These are the best, worst cities for public transportation: Report Skip to main content