Sources of Information on Urban Mass Transportation: A Bibliographic Essay

Abstract

Among the many pressing social issues facing today's urban areas is how to provide adequate and efficient transportation facilities while maintaining a healthy economic and social environment. In light of this problem the federal government is spending billions of dollars in improving existing transit systems and in developing new ones in major cities across the United States. There is considerable debate over how this funding could best be utilized. During the past few years there has been an increasing amount of literature published by leading government, private, and academic research centers in the areas of transportation policy, economics, and technological innovations. Libraries, particularly public libraries in those cities directly affected by these new transit programs, are likely to face an increasing number of reference questions from citizens concerned with how these new systems will affect their lives and the life of their city.

Citation

Creeden, R. (1978), "Sources of Information on Urban Mass Transportation: A Bibliographic Essay", Collection Building, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 73-88. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023018