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Emerging trends in transportation planning / Andy Boenau.

By:

Boenau, Andy [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Transportation engineering collectionPublisher: New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (98 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781606508886

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

388 23

LOC classification:

HE193 .B644 2017

Online resources:

An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

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Also available in print.

Contents:

1. Streets are for people -- 2. Imagined infrastructure -- 3. Forecasting -- 4. Efficiency -- 5. Intersections -- 6. Reimagined infrastructure -- 7. Open-source planning -- 8. Induced demand -- 9. Mobility options -- 10. Complete networks -- 11. Traps to avoid -- 12. Goals to pursue -- 13. Tools to use -- 14. Understand politics -- 15. Embrace codes of ethics -- Author biography -- Index.

Abstract: Walking and bicycling are the basic forms of travel. But modern methodologies for predicting future travel patterns, traffic congestion, parking demand, and funding priorities are based on assumptions that are incompatible with walking and bicycling. Transportation professionals face a critical dilemma: either go with the flow by prioritizing car traffic or protect human life even if it means inconveniencing car traffic. This book explores emerging trends, some of which cause vigorous debate because of the fundamental shift in transportation philosophy. The book will inspire transportation professionals to challenge the status quo for the sake of the public's well-being. Communities are eager for experts to embrace strategies that protect human life, and experts are often framed as out-of-touch for being slow to adapt to a community's needs. There is hope. We transportation professionals have the tools and resources to improve public health and safety, restore the freedom to choose travel modes, and revitalize towns and cities. Our work has a profound impact on everyday American life. Read this book down and then take action. Be the 21st-century transportation planner known for an unfaltering drive to restore life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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Walking and bicycling are the basic forms of travel. But modern methodologies for predicting future travel patterns, traffic congestion, parking demand, and funding priorities are based on assumptions that are incompatible with walking and bicycling. Transportation professionals face a critical dilemma: either go with the flow by prioritizing car traffic or protect human life even if it means inconveniencing car traffic. This book explores emerging trends, some of which cause vigorous debate because of the fundamental shift in transportation philosophy. The book will inspire transportation professionals to challenge the status quo for the sake of the public's well-being. Communities are eager for experts to embrace strategies that protect human life, and experts are often framed as out-of-touch for being slow to adapt to a community's needs. There is hope. We transportation professionals have the tools and resources to improve public health and safety, restore the freedom to choose travel modes, and revitalize towns and cities. Our work has a profound impact on everyday American life. Read this book down and then take action. Be the 21st-century transportation planner known for an unfaltering drive to restore life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.