District of Columbia Metro Environment Must Be Funded for Efficient Transport to Be Realized Annotated Bibliography

Cole, Danny. "The effect of a curfew law on juvenile crime in Washington, DC.." American Journal of Criminal Justice 27.2 (2003): 217-232

This journal investigates the criminal patterns in DC. The journal will facilitate this research in the nature of the crime, and the way criminals in DC. use the relatively underutilized infrastructure to foster their goals.

Grieger, T.A.. "Follow-Up of Pentagon Employees Two Years After the Terrorist Attack of September 11, 2001." Psychiatric Services 56.11 (2005): 1374-1378

This article assesses the nature of September 11, 2001 Terrorist attack in the neighboring state of Virginia. In this article, one will notice how DC transport system can present a possible breeding place for terrorist. The article will also elaborate further on the issue of transport and domestic insecurity.

Guo, Zhan. "Does residential parking supply affect household car ownership? The case of New York City." Journal of Transport Geography 26 (2013): 18-28

This article assesses vehicle ownership patterns and the effects of vehicles on the transport system of major urban centers. The article further assesses the integral role played by metro transport development in easing transport in major urban centers. Additionally, the article assesses the integral impact that metro transport fosters for local, state, and federal economies.

Kamruzzaman, Md., Douglas Baker, Simon Washington, and Gavin Turrell. "Residential Dissonance and mode choice." Journal of Transport Geography 33 (2013): 12-28

This article examines the majority's choice in relation to transport and its alteration on the various levels of economic development. The article further clarifies that metro transport is a decisive public mode of transport as compared to usage of private vehicles.

Marangos, John. "The Evolution of the Anti-Washington Consensus Debate: From 'Post-Washington Consensus' to 'After the Washington Consensus .'" Competition & Change 12.3 (2008): 227-244

This article examines various debate held in the state of DC and how transport and security have continued dominating center stage discussion. The article further...

The system encompasses of a bus and rail. However, quite a significant number of residents use their private cars to move around the city. DC's Metro system is one of the oldest in east of the country. For instance, the rail date back as far as, 1870 and was funded by Treasury. Marangos (233) argues that the system has previously been resold to different investors who attempted to improve its functionality. For instance, since the switch from mechanical orientation to electrical driven in 1888, no other major development to the rail have been seen. For the last one century, the metro has not achieved its full capacity. As part of the Data, crime stands at twelve percent higher than other states. Nineteen million Tourists visit DC each year.
Claim

The District of Columbia rail system is underfunded and thus underutilized. Thus, there is a derivative necessity to ensure that funding is emphasized to optimal levels. Upgrading the metro system will facilitate the efficient transport from different parts of the state at a much-lowered financial and time cost. This would mean that more funds would be available easing transport in other sections of the cities, and consequently, other parts of the state.

Warrants

DC serves as the nation's capital and thus transport is a crucial consideration back and forth the cities. Although the federal government which seats have consistently discouraged massive urban development in DC for the last decade, it is should be recalled that the general desire to have an effective metro system. DC is surrounded by a number of sprawling metropolitans. These are Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, West Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey. Most of the states of are densely populated and in most cases, there is heavy transport to and from DC. In fact, statistics suggests that each year, over nineteen million tourists visit the DC and most them are from neighboring states (Guo, 24).

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