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Shifting Gears: Urban and Industrial Environments

Autor Susan Handy
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 oct 2023
"This book takes a critical look at the way of thinking that has shaped the US transportation system for the past century and explores the new ways of thinking that might actually make it easier for Americans - all of them - to get where they need to go. The book is part reflection, part history, and part introduction to the field, based on the author's years of experience in transportation"--
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780262546966
ISBN-10: 0262546965
Pagini: 312
Ilustrații: 39 B&W ILLUS.
Dimensiuni: 230 x 152 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: MIT Press Ltd
Seria Urban and Industrial Environments


Notă biografică

Susan Handy is Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Policy and Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California, Davis, where she also chairs the graduate program in Transportation Technology and Policy.

Cuprins

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
 INTRODUCTION 1
1 IDEAS: What are those transportation people thinking (and who are they, anyway)? 9
2 FREEDOM: Cars make life easier, except when they don’t 27
3 SPEED: Going fast is great, but going slow can be better 47
4 MOBILITY: Traffic is truly horrible, but does it actually matter? 71
5 VEHICLES: My car is happy, but I’m feeling a little neglected 91
6 CAPACITY: All that construction, and this is what we get? 117
7 HIERARCHY: I love my cul- de- sac, but I’m not so sure about yours 137
8 SEPARATION: If you can’t play nice together, we’ll have to separate you 159
9 CONTROL: Just what we need, another traffic light 187
10 TECHNOLOGY: And they said Segways were going to solve everything 205
11 UP AHEAD: Who’s got a better idea? 225
ABBREVIATIONS 239
NOTES 243
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 279
INDEX 287