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TRANSIT COMMUTING IN THE 1980S

J Hogan

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In the Washington metropolitan area transit use has improved substantially during the 1980s, but its share in carrying the region's commuters has begun to decline. Metrorail has doubled in size during the past seven years and continues to have impact on the Metro Core, but transit is not well positioned to serve the increasing suburbanization of employment centers. The pattern of regional growth in employment clearly will have a major influence on transit use in the years ahead.

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In the Washington metropolitan area transit use has improved substantially during the 1980s, but its share in carrying the region's commuters has begun to decline. Metrorail has doubled in size during the past seven years and continues to have impact on the Metro Core, but transit is not well positioned to serve the increasing suburbanization of employment centers. The pattern of regional growth in employment clearly will have a major influence on transit use in the years ahead.

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In the Washington metropolitan area transit use has improved substantially during the 1980s, but its share in carrying the region's commuters has begun to decline. Metrorail has doubled in size during the past seven years and continues to have impact on the Metro Core, but transit is not well positioned to serve the increasing suburbanization of employment centers. The pattern of regional growth in employment clearly will have a major influence on transit use in the years ahead.

Key concepts: Suburbanization, Metropolitan area, Transit (satellite), Journey to work, Geography, Public transport, Economic geography, Rail transit

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