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How Disney Became One of the Largest Transit Agencies in North America

How Disney Became One of the Largest Transit Agencies in North America

What Does a Theme Park Operating the 10th Largest Transit Agency in the U.S. Say About Us?

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Disney World, the “happiest place on Earth,” was conceived and built on swampland in Central Florida over 60 years ago. Today, it spans 43 square miles—larger than Paris and more than three times the size of Jersey City. Feeling the constraints of Southern California’s rapid urbanization, Walt Disney realized that Disneyland’s 500 acres wouldn’t be enou…

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