Sustainable transportation planning :
Jeffrey Tumlin.
Sustainable transportation planning :
Author
Jeffrey Tumlin.Edition 1
9780470540930 (hardback)
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Tumlin, Jeffrey.، نویسندهTitle and Author
Sustainable transportation planning : / Jeffrey Tumlin.Publication Details
هوبوکن : Wiley,، 2012مPhysical Description
x, 310 p. :؛ 24 cm.؛ ill., maps ;.Subject
TransportationPlanning
Sustainable urban development.
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(Wiley series in sustainable design ;؛ 16)Language
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Dewey: 388.4
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements.Chapter 1. Introduction.Chapter 2. Sustainable Transportation.Chapter 3. Transportation and Public Health.Chapter 4. The City of the Future.Chapter 5. Streets.Chapter 6. Pedestrians.Chapter 7. Bicycles.Chapter 8. Transit.Chapter 9. Motor Vehicles.Chapter 10. Parking.Chapter 11. Carsharing.Chapter 12. Stations and Station Areas.Chapter 13. Transportation Demand Management.Chapter 14. Measuring Success.Chapter 15. For More Information..
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-289) and index..
"As transportations-related disciplines of urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban economics, and social policy have undergone major internal reform efforts in recent decades Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, this book provides planning practitioners with the tools they need to achieve their cities' economic development, social equity and ecological sustainability goals. Starting with detailed advice for improving each mode of transportation, the book offers guidance on balancing the needs of each mode against each other, whether on a downtown street, or a small town neighborhood, or a regional network"--.
"Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, this book provides planning practitioners with the tools they need to achieve their cities' economic development, social equity and ecological sustainability goals. The book begins with criticism of conventional transportation practice, noting how the profession's usual tools have exacerbated rather than solved the congestion problems they were designed to address. More importantly, past practice has made transportation the biggest single producer of CO2 emissions in North America"--.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-289) and index..
"As transportations-related disciplines of urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban economics, and social policy have undergone major internal reform efforts in recent decades Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, this book provides planning practitioners with the tools they need to achieve their cities' economic development, social equity and ecological sustainability goals. Starting with detailed advice for improving each mode of transportation, the book offers guidance on balancing the needs of each mode against each other, whether on a downtown street, or a small town neighborhood, or a regional network"--.
"Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, this book provides planning practitioners with the tools they need to achieve their cities' economic development, social equity and ecological sustainability goals. The book begins with criticism of conventional transportation practice, noting how the profession's usual tools have exacerbated rather than solved the congestion problems they were designed to address. More importantly, past practice has made transportation the biggest single producer of CO2 emissions in North America"--.
