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Beyond Mobility : Planning Cities for People and Places by Robert Cervero, Stefan Al and Erick Guerra (2017, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherIsland Press

ISBN-101610918347

ISBN-139781610918343

eBay Product ID (ePID)236926172

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Edition2

Book TitleBeyond Mobility : Planning Cities for People and Places

Number of Pages296 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUrban & Land Use Planning, Public Transportation, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Development / Sustainable Development

Publication Year2017

IllustratorYes

GenreTransportation, Political Science, Architecture, Business & Economics

AuthorRobert Cervero, Stefan Al, Erick Guerra

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight22.1 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

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ReviewsOverall, this book explains conflicts and challenges of transportation and land use planning and provides practical examples for overcoming these challenges. Beyond Mobility is a worthy addition for transportation and urban planning and should prove useful for researchers as well as practitioners.The practical cases provide a pool that can be used for teaching transportation and land use planning courses., Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places does a great job of explaining each of these trends and urban issues at large. It's very easy to read and will fill you with plenty of urbanist dinner table conversation!, A remarkable contribution to the literature that establishes a comprehensive perspective on community building, built environment design, and economic development. The chapters in this volume establish a new urban planning and design framework to meet the needs of the new century ., Updates the argument that planning should focus less on motorized movement and more on the 'needs and aspirations of people and the places they want to go.', Robert Cervero and his colleagues have produced what may become the most influential book of this generation on land use and transportation, providing an elegant conceptual framework, excellent case studies, and cutting-edge thinking., Including color illustrations and a few graphics to illustrate critical points, this fantastic book should be required reading ., How do we plan our cities for people instead of cars? This book shows how urban designers, transportation engineers, and policy makers can work together to connect and create places that people want to be in while assuring that they can travel around without a fuss. The authors link theory with practice, backing up their argument with ample data and real-life case studies. This veritable tour de force will be an inspiration for anyone who cares about the future of cities., With a grand vision, this book clearly articulates the crucial importance of transportation in creating better communities, environments, and economies. Beyond Mobility is a must-read for urban geographers, planners, designers, and engineers seeking ways to make future cities more sustainable.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal307.1/216

Table Of ContentFront Cover About Island Press Subscribe Title Page Copyright Contents Preface 1. Urban Recalibration Challenges to Creating Sustainable and Just Cities The Case for Moving Beyond Mobility Contexts for Urban Recalibration Emerging Opportunities and Challenges Part I: Making the Case 2. Better Communities Increasing Social Capital and Sociability Shared Spaces, Complete Streets, and Safety Public Health and Walkability Social Equity, Diversity, and Opportunity Defining Sustainable Cities and Transport Reducing Oil Dependence The Climate Challenge: Decarbonizing Cities and Transport Local Pollution Environmental Mitigation and Urban Recalibration 4. Better Economics Lifestyle Preferences and Economics The Big Picture Freeways and Motorways Transport Infrastructure in the Global South Road Restraints, Pedestrianization, and Economic Performance Urban Amenities and Nature Community Design and Economic Performance Part II: Contexts and Cases 5. Urban Transformations London Docklands Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam Canalside, Buffalo Southside Charlotte, North Carolina 22@Barcelona Rail-to-Greenway Conversions The High Line, New York City The Great Allegheny Passage Gleisdreieck Park, Berlin 6. Suburban Transformations Office Park Retrofits Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, California Hacienda, Pleasanton, California Cottle Transit Village, San Jose, California Edge City to Suburban TOD: Tysons, Virginia Revamped Malls and Shopping Centers Other Suburban Retrofits 7. Transit-Oriented Development Node versus Place TODs as Places TOD Planning and Typologies in Portland TOD Design and Guidelines The TOD Standard Place Identity: Oakland''s Fruitvale Station The Pearl District, Portland, Oregon: Streetcar-Oriented Development The Beaverton Round, Portland, Oregon: TOD''s Market Limits Hong Kong: Rail Development, Place-Making, and Profiteering MTR and R+P R+P and TOD Green TODs Kid-Friendly TODs TOD as Adaptive Reuse: Experiences from Dallas 8. Road Contraction Car-Free Districts Road Dieting Green Connectors Urban Regeneration in Seoul Land Reclamation in Seoul Improved Transit Connectivity in Seoul Capitalizing the benefits of Greenways San Francisco''s Freeway-to-Boulevard Conversions Traffic and Safety Impacts Part III: Looking Forward 9. The Global South Transit Cities Nonmotorized Citites Motorcycle Cities Designing for a Planet of Suburbs Suburban Upgrading Planning for Suburbs Enabling Mortgage Markets Designing for a Transit Metropolis Transit and TOD Challenges in China Bus Rapid Transit The TransMilenio Experience (Bogota, Colombia) BRT-Land Use Integrationin Guangzhou BRT in Indonesia Suburban Transit Investments Medellin Metrocable 10. Emerging Technologies Ride-Hailing and Shared-Ride Services Driverless Cars: The Elephant in the Room The State of Driverless Cars Safety Expanding Transit Options A Parking Revolution Getting the Price of Car Travel Right Freight Movement in Cities Communication Technologies The Realm of Possibility 11. Toward Sustainable Urban Futures Density and Design Aging Societies Twenty-First-Century Employment Mobility and Sustainability Accessibility Affordability Inclusive Cities Notes Selected Bibliography Index IP Board of Directors

SynopsisCities across the globe have been designed with a primary goal of moving people around quickly--and the costs are becoming ever more apparent. The consequences are measured in smoggy air basins, sprawling suburbs, unsafe pedestrian environments, and despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, a failure to stem traffic congestion. Every year our current transportation paradigm generates more than 1.25 million fatalities directly through traffic collisions. Worldwide, 3.2 million people died prematurely in 2010 because of air pollution, four times as many as a decade earlier. Instead of planning primarily for mobility, our cities should focus on the safety, health, and access of the people in them. Beyond Mobility is about prioritizing the needs and aspirations of people and the creation of great places. This is as important, if not more important, than expediting movement. A stronger focus on accessibility and place creates better communities, environments, and economies. Rethinking how projects are planned and designed in cities and suburbs needs to occur at multiple geographic scales, from micro-designs (such as parklets), corridors (such as road-diets), and city-regions (such as an urban growth boundary). It can involve both software (a shift in policy) and hardware (a physical transformation). Moving beyond mobility must also be socially inclusive, a significant challenge in light of the price increases that typically result from creating higher quality urban spaces. There are many examples of communities across the globe working to create a seamless fit between transit and surrounding land uses, retrofit car-oriented suburbs, reclaim surplus or dangerous roadways for other activities, and revitalize neglected urban spaces like abandoned railways in urban centers. The authors draw on experiences and data from a range of cities and countries around the globe in making the case for moving beyond mobility. Throughout the book, they provide an optimistic outlook about the potential to transform places for the better. Beyond Mobility celebrates the growing demand for a shift in global thinking around place and mobility in creating better communities, environments, and economies., Cities across the globe have been designed with a primary goal of moving people around quickly'and the costs are becoming ever more apparent. The consequences are measured in smoggy air basins, sprawling suburbs, unsafe pedestrian environments, and despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, a failure to stem traffic congestion. Every year our current transportation paradigm generates more than 1.25 million fatalities directly through traffic collisions. Worldwide, 3.2 million people died prematurely in 2010 because of air pollution, four times as many as a decade earlier. Instead of planning primarily for mobility, our cities should focus on the safety, health, and access of the people in them. Beyond Mobility is about prioritizing the needs and aspirations of people and the creation of great places. This is as important, if not more important, than expediting movement. A stronger focus on accessibility and place creates better communities, environments, and economies. Rethinking how projects are planned and designed in cities and suburbs needs to occur at multiple geographic scales, from micro-designs (such as parklets), corridors (such as road-diets), and city-regions (such as an urban growth boundary). It can involve both software (a shift in policy) and hardware (a physical transformation). Moving beyond mobility must also be socially inclusive, a significant challenge in light of the price increases that typically result from creating higher quality urban spaces. There are many examples of communities across the globe working to create a seamless fit between transit and surrounding land uses, retrofit car-oriented suburbs, reclaim surplus or dangerous roadways for other activities, and revitalize neglected urban spaces like abandoned railways in urban centers. The authors draw on experiences and data from a range of cities and countries around the globe in making the case for moving beyond mobility. Throughout the book, they provide an optimistic outlook about the potential to transform places for the better. Beyond Mobility celebrates the growing demand for a shift in global thinking around place and mobility in creating better communities, environments, and economies., Beyond Mobility is about prioritizing the needs and aspirations of people and the creation of great places. This is as important, if not more important, than expediting movement. A stronger focus on accessibility and place creates better communities, environments, and economies. There are many examples of communities across the globe working to create a seamless fit between transit and surrounding land uses, retrofit car-oriented suburbs, reclaim surplus or dangerous roadways for other activities, and revitalize neglected urban spaces like abandoned railways in urban centers. The authors draw on experiences and data from a range of cities and countries around the globe in making the case for moving beyond mobility.

LC Classification NumberHT166