The Omnibus and the Shaping of the Urban Quotidian

Paris, 1828–60

Bibliographic Data

ID12731207
AuthorsJennifer Terni (University of Connecticut, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume11
Issue2
Pages217-242
Publication date2014-04-11
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural and Social History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1478-0038 • E-ISSN: 1478-0046
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2752/147800414x13893661072799
OpenAlexW1493951240
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

This article explores the cultural and social impact of the world's first mass public transit system by highlighting its impact on time instead of space. Time allows us to see how public transit imbricated small-scale and large-scale practices, channelling vast numbers of private goals and generating new kinds of collective and subjective experience. The reliability and ubiquity of the system transformed movement into a calculation between time, energy and money. This redefined the organization, perception and rhythms of activity within the daily cycle and transformed the geographical distribution of services. It thus created new forms of discrimination related to access

Architectural engineering · Cartography · Distribution (mathematics · Economic geography · Geography · Perception · Political science · Public space · Public transport · Regional science · Reliability (semiconductor · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Engineering · French Urban and Social Studies · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Law · Night-time city culture · Psychology

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