s sector, is the middle class sector. As you can see, Toledo perfectly fits into the sector city model. As far as physical landscape, Toledo rests in a slight valley, and the only geographical feature that is a barrier is the Maumee River as mentioned above. The river only effects the East Side, which does no allow is to grow at the same pace as the other parts of the city. There are only four bridges that connect East Toledo to the rest of Toledo and they all are anchored from the downtown area. Since the downtown does not prosper, neither does the East Side, and this fits perfectly into the lopsided model that the sector model presents. This topic also carries us into the transportation factor of Toledo. Innerstate-75 (I-75) passes directly through Toledo, but as of right now, only runs along the edge of downtown, through the lower class sector, which can be one of the reasons that business does not locate in the downtown area. To detour this scenery, I-475 was built and it circles the flourishing middle to higher-class areas of West Toledo, give access to the airport, but also adds to the deterioration of the downtown area. In addition to this, the I-75 strip that runs through Toledo is outdated, and major traffic is a problem, so many people avoid it. Toledo also has a bus line, which does a descent job off covering the city, but the base is downtown, in which there are no jobs, so it really does not serve the purpose of getting people to jobs, but busing kids to school is its main function. As far the economic structure of Toledo, if this same question were asked 50 years ago, the answer would be the outlook is great and manufacturing was going to carry Toledo into the 21st Century. Toledo was the Glass Capital of the world, Jeep was a company on its was up, light manufacturing was peaking in the inner city, and the downtown was booming with its sea port to Lake Erie, shopping centers and luxurious hotels. Now, since...
