Study guide and discussion questions for "The Rise and Fall of Mass Rail Transit" (from Building American Cities: The Urban Real Estate Game) by JOE R. FEAGIN and ROBERT PARKER. Come prepared to discuss the discussion questions next week (for the online class, discuss these questions this week on our discussion board).

Study guide/discussion questions:

How do Feagin and Parker explain the decline in mass rail transit in the United States?
Discuss Feagin and Parker’s comparison of the rail transit systems in the US and Germany.
How does Feagin and Parker characterize urban politics?
Discuss urban development in Los Angeles.
What is are the various forms of mass transit?

Discussion questions:

What is your assessment of Feagin and Parker's argument that the rise of the automobile is largely due to corporate manipulation?

Do you think that corporations have that kind of power today?