Table of contents:
Part 1. Setting the Scene. ‘Hanson’, The Context of Urban Travel: Concepts and Recent Trends. ‘Leinbach’, City Interactions: The Dynamics of Passenger and Freight Flows. ‘Muller’, Transportation and Urban Form: Stages in the Spatial Evolution of the American Metropolis, ‘Janelle’, Impact of Information Technologies. Part 2. Planning for Movement within Cities. ‘Johnston’, The Urban Transportation Planning Process. ‘Wachs’, Reflections on the Planning Process. ‘Nyerges’, GIS in Urban-Regional Transportation Planning. Part 3. Policy Issues. ‘Pucher, ‘Public Transportation. ‘Giuliano’, Land Use Impacts of Transportation Investments: Highway and Transit. ‘Greene’, Transportation and Energy. ‘Taylor’, The Geography of Urban Transportation Finance. ‘Deka’, Social and Environmental Justice Issues in Urban Transportation. ‘Bae’, Transportaton and the Environment. ‘Giuliano, Hanson’, Managing the Auto.
A highly successful text and professional resource, this classic work is now in a fully revised and restructured third edition. Leading geographers and urban planners present the foundational concepts and methodological tools that readers need to understand and engage with today's pressing policy issues. Covered are such key topics as passenger and freight dynamics in the American metropolis; the urban transportation planning process, including the use of GIS; and questions related to public transit, land use, energy, equity, environmental impacts, and more. Updated throughout with a heightened emphasis on policy-and featuring over one hundred maps, charts, and photographs-the third edition contains new chapters on intercity travel and transportation finance. In addition, a new concluding chapter integrates key themes and provides some practical approaches to solving urban transportation problems.
A highly successful text and professional resource, this classic work is now in a fully revised and restructured third edition.
Part 1. Setting the Scene. ‘Hanson’, The Context of Urban Travel: Concepts and Recent Trends. ‘Leinbach’, City Interactions: The Dynamics of Passenger and Freight Flows. ‘Muller’, Transportation and Urban Form: Stages in the Spatial Evolution of the American Metropolis, ‘Janelle’, Impact of Information Technologies. Part 2. Planning for Movement within Cities. ‘Johnston’, The Urban Transportation Planning Process. ‘Wachs’, Reflections on the Planning Process. ‘Nyerges’, GIS in Urban-Regional Transportation Planning. Part 3. Policy Issues. ‘Pucher, ‘Public Transportation. ‘Giuliano’, Land Use Impacts of Transportation Investments: Highway and Transit. ‘Greene’, Transportation and Energy. ‘Taylor’, The Geography of Urban Transportation Finance. ‘Deka’, Social and Environmental Justice Issues in Urban Transportation. ‘Bae’, Transportaton and the Environment. ‘Giuliano, Hanson’, Managing the Auto.
A highly successful text and professional resource, this classic work is now in a fully revised and restructured third edition. Leading geographers and urban planners present the foundational concepts and methodological tools that readers need to understand and engage with today's pressing policy issues. Covered are such key topics as passenger and freight dynamics in the American metropolis; the urban transportation planning process, including the use of GIS; and questions related to public transit, land use, energy, equity, environmental impacts, and more. Updated throughout with a heightened emphasis on policy-and featuring over one hundred maps, charts, and photographs-the third edition contains new chapters on intercity travel and transportation finance. In addition, a new concluding chapter integrates key themes and provides some practical approaches to solving urban transportation problems.
A highly successful text and professional resource, this classic work is now in a fully revised and restructured third edition.