URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION STUDY. SEMINAR: METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AND THE MOBILITY OF THE POOR.

摘要

The document covers problems relating to the mobility of the poor within metropolitan areas,with special emphasis on ways in which urban mass transportation facilities and services can be improved to assist the poor in traveling to and from jobs,shops,recreation facilities,welfare and other service centers,hospitals,etc. Possible innovations in transportation are discussed in the context of other governmental and private programs designed to facilitate both the movement of the poor into suburban areas and the improvement of their conditions in the central city. Transportation needs of the poor are compared with transportation needs of middle class suburban areas,and the comparative utility of certain innovations for various segments of the metropolitan population are studied. (Author)