When one hears the word Los Angeles or sees the city in a movie or television show it is often depicted as glamorous. Behind the scenes, however, the Los Angeles area has less glamorizing features such as, the public transportation system. The overpopulated city has seen a 10% decrease in usage of public transit within the last nine years (Nelson and Weikel). Public Transit in Los Angeles urgently needs to increase again because of the unsafe environments produced by pollution and the insecure transit
MTA Strike of Year 2000 The year 2000 saw a disastrous labor strikes in Los Angeles County. The United Transportation Union (a labor union) of The Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Southern California (MTA) went on strike that lasted for almost six weeks. A lot of people thought that the strike was unnecessary and could have been avoided. The management of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Southern California blamed UTU Labor Union organization for the strike. The MTA's
To establish the degree to which the city of Los Angeles can be considered sustainable, I selected the Egan Wheel, shown below, as the basis for analysis. Sustainability is defined as “the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (United Nations). In contrast to solely environmental sustainability, I chose to focus on a more comprehensive sustainability that includes all aspects of society. To be truly sustainable
and Transportation in America In 1952, Charles E. Wilson resigned as President of GM to become Secretary of Defense. At the confirmation he was asked if he could make a decision in the interest of the nation if it were adverse to GM. "Yes sir, I could," Wilson said. "I cannot conceive of one, because for years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa. The difference does not exist."1 Yet his GM is accused of undermining the American transportation infrastructure
does operations research apply to highway systems inefficiency? Let’s find out! “Automakers don’t build roads and governments don’t build autos, yet we expect cars and roads to mesh together seamlessly to form a transportation network.” For year’s automakers and regional transportation planners have been working to put information age technology to work solving traffic problems. All over the world people are choosing to travel by automobile because this flexible mode of travel best meets their needs