Susan Handy

Shifting Gears

Toward a New Way of Thinking about Transportation

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Produktbeschreibung

"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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Produktdetails

• Urban and Industrial Environments
• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 151mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 384g
• ISBN-13: 9780262546966
• ISBN-10: 0262546965
• Artikelnr.: 68272785

Autorenporträt

Susan Handy

Inhaltsangabe

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