GEOG 333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ron Herron, Terminating Vista, Transit City
25 May 2015
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European cities, la cour was a protected space: a terminating vista is when you look at the end of the street and see a building. Origins of public transit public transportation occurred in the 1850"s-1860"s: the 19th century was a period of rapid change. The first: before public transit, not walking to places was a luxury, the first public transit occurred in nantes in the 1820"s reserved for royalty. when anyone was allowed to ride in the carriage called omnibus. Railways and urban transport: big changes occurred when external sources of power, when the industrial revolution occurred, with the invention. Replaced horses and the omnibus. of the steam engine (in 1804), it was the birth of early railway technology. At first, only being used for industrial purposes it then gained access to a larger public and the first steal railways were built between cities: montreal"s railway growth occurred between 1890-1930.
