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Author : Coalition for Safe and Efficient Transportation
Release : 1992*
Genre : Federal aid to transportation
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Book Synopsis Urban Transportation's New Realities by : Coalition for Safe and Efficient Transportation
Download or read book Urban Transportation's New Realities written by Coalition for Safe and Efficient Transportation. This book was released on 1992*. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carey Curtis
Release : 2016-06-03
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Book Synopsis Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Transport by : Carey Curtis
Download or read book Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Transport written by Carey Curtis. This book was released on 2016-06-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world seeking to tackle global environmental problems such as climate change, the importance of local and national institutional change to deal most effectively with these issues is critical. This book presents an investigation of the institutional barriers preventing the development of a new vision for urban transport compatible with these realities and in those terms 'sustainable'. Through an examination of transport planning in Australia, the book challenges conventional wisdom by showing, through original research, how 'car dependence' is as much an institutional as a technical phenomenon. The authors' case studies in three metropolitan cities show how transport policy has become institutionally fixated on a path dominated by private, road-based transport and how policy systems become encrusted around investment to accommodate private cars, erecting an impenetrable barrier against more sustainable mobility and accessibility solutions. Representing a new approach to understanding transport policy, this book brings sophisticated political-institutional analysis to what has traditionally been the domain of engineering and technology. The authors connect the empirical content to this theory and the issue of sustainability making the findings applicable to most cities of the developed world, and to fields beyond transport planning. A strategy and program of action is outlined to take advantage of changing public perceptions and aimed at creating a new vision for urban transport.
Author : United States. Urban Transportation Administration
Release : 1968
Genre : Urban transportation
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Book Synopsis Tomorrow's Transportation by : United States. Urban Transportation Administration
Download or read book Tomorrow's Transportation written by United States. Urban Transportation Administration. This book was released on 1968. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Release : 1987
Genre : Local transit
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Book Synopsis Public Transportation and New Market Realities, a Strategic Management Symposium by :
Download or read book Public Transportation and New Market Realities, a Strategic Management Symposium written by . This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hank Dittmar
Release : 2012-06-22
Genre : Architecture
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Book Synopsis The New Transit Town by : Hank Dittmar
Download or read book The New Transit Town written by Hank Dittmar. This book was released on 2012-06-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transit-oriented development (TOD) seeks to maximize access to mass transit and nonmotorized transportation with centrally located rail or bus stations surrounded by relatively high-density commercial and residential development. New Urbanists and smart growth proponents have embraced the concept and interest in TOD is growing, both in the United States and around the world. New Transit Town brings together leading experts in planning, transportation, and sustainable design—including Scott Bernstein, Peter Calthorpe, Jim Daisa, Sharon Feigon, Ellen Greenberg, David Hoyt, Dennis Leach, and Shelley Poticha—to examine the first generation of TOD projects and derive lessons for the next generation. It offers topic chapters that provide detailed discussion of key issues along with case studies that present an in-depth look at specific projects. Topics examined include: the history of projects and the appeal of this form of development a taxonomy of TOD projects appropriate for different contexts and scales the planning, policy and regulatory framework of "successful" projects obstacles to financing and strategies for overcoming those obstacles issues surrounding traffic and parking the roles of all the actors involved and the resources available to them performance measures that can be used to evaluate outcomes Case Studies include Arlington, Virginia (Roslyn-Ballston corridor); Dallas (Mockingbird Station and Addison Circle); historic transit-oriented neighborhoods in Chicago; Atlanta (Lindbergh Center and BellSouth); San Jose (Ohlone-Chynoweth); and San Diego (Barrio Logan). New Transit Town explores the key challenges to transit-oriented development, examines the lessons learned from the first generation of projects, and uses a systematic examination and analysis of a broad spectrum of projects to set standards for the next generation. It is a vital new source of information for anyone interested in urban and regional planning and development, including planners, developers, community groups, transit agency staff, and finance professionals.
