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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND PUBLIC POLICY MULTI-SCALAR ASSESSMENT OF BUILT-ENVIRONMENT AND BUS NETWORKS INFLUENCE ON RAPID-TRANSIT PATRONAGE - THE CASE OF LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN TRANSIT NETWORK - By LUIS ENRIQUE RAMOS SANTIAGO A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2018 Luis Enrique Ramos Santiago defended this dissertation on June 19, 2018. The members of the supervisory committee were: Jeffrey Brown Professor Directing Dissertation Mark Horner University Representative Michael Duncan Committee Member John Felkner Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the dissertation has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii I dedicate this doctoral dissertation to a group of special people who have supported me in a variety of ways throughout my doctoral studies. To my mother, Carmen Luz Santiago de Ramos, for her unrelenting love and support of my personal, professional, and intellectual pursuits. To my wife, Yasha N. Rodríguez Meléndez, for her continuous encouragement, patience, and work ethic. You have been and exemplary model to our daughter and myself as we make progress towards better life conditions from fast changing and uncertain economic circumstances at our homeland.