Interdependencies of Transportation and Employment

There are two key ingredients to successfully grow a city: employment and transportation. In Alain Bertaud’s article, “Cities as Labor Markets”, the author underscores the interdependencies between these two forces.A city can only be scalable if transportation allows employees to get to their jobs in a reasonable amount of time, with a 1-hour commute each way being a maximum. Additionally there needs to be adiversity of employment options spread throughout the city, not a concentrated mono-in...