The Rise and Fall of Mass Rail Transit (From Building

question 16

Multiple Choice

The Rise and Fall of Mass Rail Transit (from Building American Cities: The Urban Real Estate Game) JOE R. FEAGIN and ROBERT PARKER
-Urban areas in the U.S. have often grown with only a poor or absent public transit system in place because:

• A) public mass transit was not necessary once people could own cars
• B) public mass transit has been opposed by businesses that profit from individually owned means of transportation
• C) Americans have never liked the idea of public (government-owned) mass transit
• D) there were no technological breakthroughs that would make public mass transit as economical as private transportation

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