City Life - Urbanization (Transportation)
Urbanization - Transportation
Some of the aspects that contributed to the urbanization of cities in the 19th century were electrical lighting, advancement in communication and transportation, and the addition of skyscrapers. I wanted to look further into the advancement of transportation throughout the years. With the start of urbanization, trains and railroad systems became the most efficient way to travel between cities. These trains also made it easier to carry heavy amounts of cargo and were powered by coal, wood, or oil during the time. Today we definitely don't use trains as much, but they still are around. The trains of the 21st century run at an incredibly high speed and are powered electrically.
The use of trains for transportation became much less popular when cars and smaller automobiles were introduced to cities in the 1900s. Automobiles became an even more efficient way to get from place to place. They used to run on diesel, or gasoline, like most cars today, but because of the high gas emissions cars have contributed a lot to pollution. I think that one of the biggest takeaways we can get from urbanization throughout the years is the idea of constant growth or "betterness." We always find ways to make things more efficient, but end up harming the environment, through human-caused pollution and global warming.
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