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Urban transportation planning in the United States : history, policy, and practice /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weiner, Edward
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, 2013.
Edition:4th ed.
Subjects:
Urban transportation > United States > Planning.
Urban transportation policy > United States.
TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Early highway planning
  • Roots of urban transportation planning
  • Launching the interstate highway program
  • Urban transportation planning comes of age
  • Improving intergovernmental coordination
  • Rising concern for the environment and citizen involvement
  • Beginnings of multimodal urban transportation planning
  • Transition to short-Term planning
  • Emphasizing urban economic revitalization
  • Decentralization of decision-Making
  • Promoting private sector participation
  • The need for strategic planning
  • The growth of sustainable development
  • Expanding participatory democracy
  • Moving towards performance-Based planning
  • Concern for climate change
  • Era of constrained resources
  • Concluding remarks.