Veerrazano Narrows Bridge Case Study

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MODEL: ULLMAN AND HARRIS MODEL
BY: SOMESH
Staten Island is a part of New York as well. Since it was dispatched from the main New York City, in the 1950s there were only 3% of the entire New York City population living there. Even though it occupies 16% of New York City’s land mass, there was little people in Staten Island relative to the mainland city. Furthermore, there was no link to the mainland resulting in a lack of urban development in the island as transportation facilities are weak and not efficient. Therefore it served as a residential suburb. In 1964 a direct surface link was introduced in the form of the Verrazano- Narrows Bridge. Approximated travel time from Staten Island to the Mayor’s Office became 30 minutes. Since travel time

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