Influence of Passenger Rail on the BosWash Megalopolis Corridor ...
Influence of Passenger Rail on the BosWash Megalopolis Corridor ...
Influence of Passenger Rail on the BosWash Megalopolis Corridor ...
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accommodate growth. This highway growth was based <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> pre-existing transportati<strong>on</strong><br />
skelet<strong>on</strong> provided by <strong>the</strong> rail lines. The highways began to extend in a radial pattern outward<br />
from <strong>the</strong> rail lines to accommodate <strong>the</strong> demand for suburbanizati<strong>on</strong>. Figure 10 is a map<br />
displaying <strong>the</strong> <strong>Megalopolis</strong> highway network in 1947.<br />
Figure 10- <strong>Megalopolis</strong> Highway System in 1947<br />
(Source data from Rand McNally and Company, 1947)<br />
This figure displays <strong>the</strong> interc<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> between <strong>the</strong> major cities and when compared to Figure<br />
11, a highway map from 2006, implies <strong>the</strong> vast amount <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> growth that has occurred from 1947 to<br />
<strong>the</strong> present. Figure 11 displays <strong>the</strong> <strong>Megalopolis</strong> highway system in 2006, representative <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>the</strong><br />
present growth in automobile travel.<br />
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