Driving the Budget: the Politics of Bus Transportation in Madison Wisconsin
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Date
2012-12Author
Vosburg, Katherine
Shen, Jessica
Kohrs, Kelly
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Public transportation, beneficial to citizens directly and indirectly, is dictated by the
political sphere, localized budgets, and urban demographics. This study seeks to isolate the
characteristics of who is riding the bus in the city of Madison, Wisconsin and how they will be
affected by the contemporary fiscal climate as it acts upon transit policy. Methods of participant
observation, surveys, photography and an interview assess ridership and attitudes on proposed
bus fare increases. Riders of routes 80 and 6 do not parallel the demography of the metropolitan
and campus communities, but do illustrate the geographic pattern of households. Demand for
public transportation will not be adversely affected by fare increases.
Subject
Bus
Madison, Wisconsin
Public Transportation
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http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/64888Description
Includes Bibliography, Maps, Charts, Photographs and Appendix
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