Author: U.S./U.S.S.R. Urban Transportation TeamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Urban transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Transportation and the Urban Environment
Author: U.S./U.S.S.R. Urban Transportation TeamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City traffic
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Transportation and the Urban Environment, Traffic in the Centers of Large Cities
Author: U.S./U.S.S.R. Urban Transportation TeamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Urban transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Transportation and the Urban Environment
Author: Traffic in Towns
Author: Colin BuchananPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317434420
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
Traffic in Towns, also known as the Buchanan Report, is regarded as one of the most influential planning documents of the twentieth century. The report reflected mounting concern about the impact on Britain’s towns and cities of rapid growth in the ownership and use of motor vehicles. Its purpose was to evaluate policy options for reducing the threat of traffic congestion to urban circulation and quality of life. Two main conclusions were drawn from the report: firstly, the need for large-scale reconstruction to make Britain’s cities fit for the ‘motor age’, including split-level megastructures and urban motorways; and secondly, the simultaneous need to preserve parts of the city, especially residential areas as car-free zones or ‘environmental areas’. In Britain, successive governments drew back from implementing the full recommendations of the Study Group, despite initial cross-party support. The prohibitive cost of city-centre redevelopment and motorway construction meant a ‘comprehensive’ solution to the problem of urban traffic on Buchanan lines was never attempted. However, local authorities in a variety of British cities, such as Glasgow, Leicester and Leeds took up aspects of the Report. Internationally, too, the Report had a major impact in countries such as Sweden, Italy and Australia. In the longer term, the influence of the Report may be best judged by the incremental changes it set in train such as pedestrianization of city centres, traffic calming, and other measures linked to Buchanan’s concept of ‘environmental areas’. In focusing attention on the effects of mass motorization on the urban environment Traffic in Towns set the terms of debate for a generation, pre-figuring recent discussion about the car and urban sustainability.
Great Cities and Their Traffic
Author: J. Michael ThomsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780140551273
Category : City traffic
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Transport and the Urban Environment
Author: Ian G. HeggiePublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349020079
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Urban Transportation Abstracts
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Urban transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The Geography of Transport Systems
Author: Jean-Paul RodriguePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136777326
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructures, modes and terminals are so embedded in the socio-economic life of individuals, institutions and corporations that they are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived invisibility of transportation is derived from its efficiency. Understanding how mobility is linked with geography is main the purpose of this book. The third edition of The Geography of Transport Systems has been revised and updated to provide an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation. This text provides greater discussion of security, energy, green logistics, as well as new and updated case studies, a revised content structure, and new figures. Each chapter covers a specific conceptual dimension including networks, modes, terminals, freight transportation, urban transportation and environmental impacts. A final chapter contains core methodologies linked with transport geography such as accessibility, spatial interactions, graph theory and Geographic Information Systems for transportation (GIS-T). This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field, with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. The accompanying website for this text contains a useful additional material, including digital maps, PowerPoint slides, databases, and links to further reading and websites. The website can be accessed at: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans This text is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transport geography, as well as those interest in economic and urban geography, transport planning and engineering.
Managing Urban Traffic Congestion
Author: European Conference of Ministers of TransportPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9282101509
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Offers policy-oriented, research-based recommendations for effectively managing traffic and cutting excess congestion in large urban areas.