1st Edition

Transportation for Livable Cities

By Vukan Vuchic Copyright 1999
376 Pages
by Routledge

378 Pages
by Routledge

378 Pages
by Routledge

The twenty-first century finds civilization heavily based in cities that have grown into large metropolitan areas. Many of these focal points of human activity face problems of economic inefficiency, environmental deterioration, and an unsatisfactory quality of life problems that go far in determining whether a city is "livable." A large share of these problems stems from the inefficiencies and... Read more
1: The Crisis of U.S. Cities and Metropolitan Areas: An Overview; 2: The City-Transportation Relationship; How Did We Get Here? Transportation Policies and Practices in the United States; 4: Urban Transportation Policies: United States and Peer Countries; 5: Common Misconceptions in Urban Transportation; 6: Transportation Policies for Livable Cities; 7: Implementing the Solutions: Measures for Achieving Intermodal Balance; 8: Cities and Transportation: What Is the Future?

Biography

Vukan Vuchic