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Why BART but no LART? The political economy of rail rapid transit planning in the Los Angeles and San Francisco metropolitan areas, 1945–57

1987; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 2; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/02665438708725637

1466-4518

Sy Adler,

Urban Design and Spatial Analysis

There is as yet no Los Angeles Rapid Transit (LART) system, although the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system has been in existence for many years. This paper attempts to clarify why this is so, by setting out a conceptual framework for analysing the political economy of urban transportation policy and planning in the United States during the postwar period. The framework is divided into four sections: important contextual features of the metropolitan development/transport environment; structural elements that both motivate and constrain movement policy and planning options; transit movement dynamics, including the dynamics of public works planning process; and outcomes. Accounts of movement trajectories in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas that are grounded in that framework are also provided. (TRRL)