Transport planning and policy

The subject of driverless and even ownerless cars has the potential to be the most disruptive technology for real estate, land use, and parking since the invention of the elevator.

With the rise of shared and networked vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and other transportation technologies, technological change is outpacing urban planning and policy.

Urban Connections in the Contemporary Pedestrian Landscape explores the significant physical and cultural changes in our urban areas following the implementation of design strategies and increased pedestrian activity.

This book explores how emerging mobility practices have transformed spaces in order to fit the needs of highly mobile people, as well as the changing relationship between people and territory.

Regreening the Built Environment examines the relationship between the built environment and nature and demonstrates how rethinking the role and design of infrastructure can environmentally, economically, and socially sustain the earth.

This book explores the mobile ethnography of Dar es Salaam, where consultants and politicians have planned and implemented a bus rapid transit (BRT) system for two decades.

Cars, Automobility and Development in Asia explores the nexus between automobility and development in a pan-Asian comparative perspective.

This book is about how local public transport can be made a less unacceptable alternative to the private car than it is now.

A comprehensive and objective guide to understanding hydrogen as a transportation fuel for policy makers, industrial stakeholders and researchers.

Public transport systems in contemporary Sub-Saharan African cities are heavily reliant upon paratransit services.

An examination of how post-9/11 security concerns have transformed the public view and governance of infrastructure.

The ambition of the book is to investigate a possible transition in the markets for food in the Nordic countries.

Originally published in 1988 the central issue of this book is city centre decline and the potential of adequate planning and transport for halting and reversing this decline.

This book analyses the potential socio-economic and environmental impacts of the Initiative for Regional Infrastructure Integration in South America (IIRSA), a continent-wide programme.

Commuting, the daily link between residences and workplaces, sets up the complex interaction between the two most important land uses (residential and employment) in a city, and dictates the configuration of urban structure.

This book presents the current thinking from leading authorities worldwide on transport and the environment and focuses on the link between transport supply and use and environmental degradation.

For much of the past century, we have viewed the issue of parking from the driver's seat.

Transforming Urban Transport brings into focus the origins and implementation pathways of significant urban transport innovations that have recently been adopted in major, democratically governed world cities that are seeking to advance sustainability aims.

Modernity has entrusted technology with such power that it is treated as an autonomous entity, with its own manners and morals.

Why don't trains run on time?

This book delves into the urban planning theory of "e;smart growth"e; to encourage the creation of smart cities, where compact urban spaces are optimized to create transit-oriented, pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly areas, with a clear focus on developing a sustainable, humanistic transport system.

Going beyond previous investigations into urban land use and travel, Petter Naess presents new research from Denmark on residential location and travel to show how and why urban spatial structures affect people's travel behaviour.

The Pedestrian and the City provides an overview and insight into the development, politics and policies on walking and pedestrians: it includes the evolution of pedestrian-friendly housing estates in the 19th century up to the present day.

There is an emerging consensus that urban street layouts should be planned with greater attention to 'placemaking' and urban design quality, while maintaining the conventional transport functions of accessibility and connectivity.

Infrastructural Optimism investigates a new kind of twenty-first-century infrastructure, one that encourages a broader understanding of the interdependence of resources and agencies, recognizes a rightfully accelerated need for equitable access and distribution, and prioritizes rising environmental diligence across the design disciplines.

This book is a comprehensive history of city planning in post-independence India.

Railways are frequently promoted as one of the most sustainable modes of transport.

A call to redefine mobility so that it is connected, heterogeneous, intelligent, and personalized, as well as sustainable, adaptable, and city-friendly.

Federal assistance to public transportation is provided primarily through the public transportation program administered by the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA).

This book analyses the planning and policy world of major infrastructure as it is moving now in Europe and the UK.

The experience of suburban modernity looks at the history of the London suburbs in the interwar years.

Practical guide for transport policymakers and planners to achieve low-carbon land transport systems.

Originally published in 1981, this volume provides a systematic and detailed critique of the practice of transport planning.

A multi-disciplinary approach to transportation planning fundamentals The Transportation Planning Handbook is a comprehensive, practice-oriented reference that presents the fundamental concepts of transportation planning alongside proven techniques.

Going beyond previous investigations into urban land use and travel, Petter Naess presents new research from Denmark on residential location and travel to show how and why urban spatial structures affect people's travel behaviour.

London Orbital is Iain Sinclair's exceptional voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city'My book of the year.

Plug-in electric vehicles are coming.

Many people see American cities as a radical departure in the history of town planning because of their planned nature based on the geometrical division of the land.

This book explores the relationship between urban form and greenhouse gas emissions in China, providing new insights for policy, urban planning and management.

This book explores inequities in the urban built environment across a diverse range of places and considers practical solutions and strategies aimed at building more just, inclusive, and sustainable cities.

First published in 1979, this book examines key planning policy areas such as land use planning, land values, housing and slum clearance, urban transport, industrial and regional economic location policies, and policies inner city policies to explain why particular policies have been adopted at particular times - assessing the role of political parties, bureaucrats and interests in setting the national policy agenda.

As part of the urbanization process, suburban development involves the conversion of rural land to urban use.

Originally published in 1935 at a time when the First World War had brought about massive economic and social change which had repercussions for transport, this book examines all forms of transport planning in relation to economics, sociology and town planning as well as Britain's place and operational abilities in international markets.

This book draws on the relationship between culture and the environment and its connection with health and well-being.

Wildlife and Roads: The Ecological Impact is a timely publication, as there are growing concerns about the impact made by roads on the environment.

This book presents an in-depth look at US infrastructure and its challenges in the 21st century.

At the heart of the U.

Transport allows tourists to move from their origins to their destinations and within destinations.

This ground breaking volume raises radical critiques and proposes innovative solutions for social sustainability in the built environment.

This book combines core chapters on different aspects of sustainable transport and health, together with case studies of particular approaches to synthesise walking and health in cities around the globe.