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Language
English (en)
Date of Award
5-1-2016
Author's Department
International and Area Studies
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
Restricted/Unrestricted
Restricted
Abstract
The use and implementation of public transit are facts of urban life. In almost all cases, access to public transit is influential in defining pockets of poverty in urban areas. This paper discusses the connections between public transit, urban policy, and poverty, using St. Louis, Missouri as a case study representative of a global phenomenon. It employs a detailed history of both public transit policy implementation and St. Louis as background and moves into a multi-disciplinary approach to discussing the problem, calling upon both traditional statistical research and qualitative-analytical methods. The findings support the hypothesis that public transit and poverty are inextricably linked, indicting mass suburbanization and automobile dependency as partially liable phenomena.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7936/pvzf-2b24
Mentor
Jeremy Caddel
Additional Advisors
Nicole Svobodny
Recommended Citation
Schwartz, Jeff, "An Investigation of Transit and Urban Poverty in St. Louis, Missouri and Around the World" (2016). Senior Honors Papers / Undergraduate Theses. 181.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.7936/pvzf-2b24
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