Neither motorists nor pedestrians obey the rules’
Transit law, public safety, and the policing of Northern Mexico’s roads, 1920s–1950s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10249329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael K Be (0000-0001-5814-6342, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas Sede Región Centro Aguascalientes, Mexico, corresponding author), Michael K Bess |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-174 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Transport History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5266 • E-ISSN: 1759-3999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022526616654700 |
| OpenAlex | W2462635786 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the first half of the twentieth century, Mexican authorities implemented transit laws to regulate motor traffic and address concerns about road safety. The northern city of Monterrey, Nuevo León serves as a case study for this process. Monterrey’s location at the junction of two major national highways, as well as its proximity to the United States, made it an important site for cross-border trade and tourism. Local officials in Monterrey developed US-inspired rules to modernise traffic patterns and bolster tourism. This essay examines how state authorities in Nuevo León coped with an influx in regional motor traffic, passing transit laws that reflected ideological priorities in favour of US-style economic development and technological modernisation
Economics · Economy · Ideology · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Public transport · State (computer science · Tourism · Transit (satellite · Transport engineering · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · Computer Science · Engineering · Law
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |