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John West
Dr. Epps
Annotative Bibliography
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Annotative Bibliography
Through my research I have found that public transportation has huge benefits for a
society. It is a large and reliable source of money for investors, it allows for people living long
distances away to be able to work jobs they normally wouldnt be able to. Something that I will
need to further research is the potential downsides to public transportation are and what the
possible solutions are. The reason that I felt the need to research this subject was because our
group decided it was going to be a major aspect for the city that we are designing and I chose to
cover it.
I am going to look at 2 different types of public transportation systems that are commonly
seen throughout the world and decide which one, based on which aspects of these are better for
our style of city, is better. I am going to go over the different types of public transportation
systems and decide which one will be the best served for our city based on benefits, costs, and
downsides of several different transportation models including railways, buses, and the
possibility of not having a public transportation system.

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Zimmerman, Joseph F.. Public Transportation. Proceedings of the Academy of Political

Science 31.3 (1974): 214224. JSTOR Web.
Goes into the philosophy itself and the purpose of public transportation. Exactly the sort
of evidence that I will need for my paper since it will provide me with exactly the
information that I need and will provide as backing evidence.

Public Transportation." APTA. 2007. Web. 19 Feb. 2016. Web.

<http://www.apta.com/resources/reportsandpublications/documents/twenty_first_century.
pdf>.
The article goes into detail about the benefits that public transportation has on a society.
From the money that it provides, to the increased number of workers available in an area,
to the

FLYNN, E. JAMES. The Effects of Environmental Characteristics on the Institutionalization of

Public Transportation: A Test of the Ross Model. Transportation Journal 26.3 (1987):
3038. JSTOR Web.
The article itself is talking about whether or not it is a good idea to institutionalize public
transportation but it also goes into detail on the benefits and uses of a transportation
system.

SALZBORN, FRANZ J. M.. The Minimum Fleetsize for a Suburban Railway

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System. Transportation Science 4.4 (1970): 383402. JSTOR Web.

About railway systems, which is one of the topics that I will be covering for deciding
which transportation method we will use. Specifically covers the minimum amount you
would need to put in for it to be cost effective.

Wirasinghe, Chandana. Transportation Science 9.2 (1975): 177178. JSTOR. Web.

Talks about the benefits of the bus systems, which is the second topic that I will be
covering in my research.

Alexander, Steven. The Need for Rural Public Transportation. Race, Poverty & the
Environment 6.1 (1995): 3132. JSTOR Web.
This citation talks about the benefits of having a public transportation system. It uses
statistics and other helpful methods to better describe the benefits for it.

Voith, Richard P.. Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Mass Transit. The Brookings
Review 10.4 (1992): 44. JSTOR Web.
Detail over what it takes in order to have an effective transportation and how to make it
the most effective cost wise. Talks about how it is more beneficial in some areas as
opposed to others.

Barnum, John W.. TRANSPORTATION. Antitrust Law Journal 43.2 (1974): 349358.

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JSTOR Web.

Doesnt say anything about public transportation but rather transportation as a whole.
Will be useful to my argument as to why having the transportation system as public will
be a better idea.

REUTTER, MARK. Bullet Trains for America?. The Wilson Quarterly (1976-) 33.4 (2009):
2633. JSTOR Web.
Talks about the idea of building bullet trains in the U.S. in order to rival those seen in
Europe and Japan. Also covers the costs and labor required in order to make something
like this happen. Very useful for my argument as to why we would use a rail system over
a bus.

Wirasinghe, Chandana. Transportation Science 9.2 (1975): 177178. JSTOR Web.

Covers the best ways in order to maximize the effectiveness of a bus system in a city,
including topics such as routing. Very useful for my argument as to why we would use a
bus system as opposed to a rail system.

Wilson, Hoyt G.. The Cost of Operating Buses in U.S. Cities. Journal of Transport Economics
and Policy 11.1 (1977): 6891. JSTOR Web.
Talks about what it takes in order to make effective use of a bus system. Covers detail in
a cost Vs benefit model on whether or not it is worth it to use a bus system.

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Mohan, Dinesh. Mythologies, Metro Rail Systems and Future Urban Transport. Economic and
Political Weekly 43.4 (2008): 4153. JSTOR Web.
Article that covers some of the things that wouldnt be solved by using public
transportation. Argues that a bus system would be more effective than a rail system
because buses tend to work better for modern day society than what it would take to
build a rail system.