3. Transportation technology (15 points) a. Explain both generally and with specific examples how changes in transportation technology have affected the development of urban areas. b. Indicate two ways in which governmental policy has influenced the shape of urbanization in the U.S. c. Do you believe that new telecommunication and other forms of technology will make distance an unimportant factor in economic development and, thus, make cities unimportant economic factors? Support your answer. Solution Transportation enbles activity of connecting people, businesses and resources.Transportation improvement is necessary for the economicdevelopment and transportation policies help to support the economic objectives.it helps to improve economic efficieny. Economic efficiency refers to the ratio total benifit to cost. Increase economic efficieny, increase productivity which leads to economic development. The ultimate goal of transportation is accessabilty, access the people and the company abilities including raw material, labor, worksites, proffessional services, distrbutors etc. Increased accessibilty means reduction in time,money, risk require recouces reaches in less time so the productivity of a company increases. cost saving in an organisation---Economic efficiency more output per unit of input---productivity more goods and services produced in less cost---Ecoonomis development. Example- if in a company a manager has to submit an assignment cost company say 10 crores and he has to submit it with in 2 days then the manager priority is to travel by Air not by train etc. because the loss of the company is veyr high then the cost of transportation. In transportation priortization is imortant point to improve productivity hence economic development. Urbanisation means the population shifted rural to urban areas and how the economy adopt the change.Recent development of commiucation technology in US, such as broadband services , package express delivery services, cheap telecommunication, courier services , easy ways to transprotation, highways development promotes people to work in the different ares of the country. But now days the USA government initiating suburbanisation..