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Shifting Gears
Toward a New Way of Thinking about Transportation
Taschenbuch von Susan Handy
Sprache: Englisch

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"This book takes a critical look at the way of thinking that has shaped the US transportation system for the past century and explores the new ways of thinking that might actually make it easier for Americans - all of them - to get where they need to go. The book is part reflection, part history, and part introduction to the field, based on the author's years of experience in transportation"--
"This book takes a critical look at the way of thinking that has shaped the US transportation system for the past century and explores the new ways of thinking that might actually make it easier for Americans - all of them - to get where they need to go. The book is part reflection, part history, and part introduction to the field, based on the author's years of experience in transportation"--
Über den Autor
Susan Handy
Inhaltsverzeichnis
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
1 IDEAS: What are those transportation people thinking (and who are they, anyway)? 9
2 FREEDOM: Cars make life easier, except when they don’t 27
3 SPEED: Going fast is great, but going slow can be better 47
4 MOBILITY: Traffic is truly horrible, but does it actually matter? 71
5 VEHICLES: My car is happy, but I’m feeling a little neglected 91
6 CAPACITY: All that construction, and this is what we get? 117
7 HIERARCHY: I love my cul- de- sac, but I’m not so sure about yours 137
8 SEPARATION: If you can’t play nice together, we’ll have to separate you 159
9 CONTROL: Just what we need, another traffic light 187
10 TECHNOLOGY: And they said Segways were going to solve everything 205
11 UP AHEAD: Who’s got a better idea? 225
ABBREVIATIONS 239
NOTES 243
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 279
INDEX 287
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780262546966
ISBN-10: 0262546965
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Handy, Susan
Hersteller: MIT Press Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 223 x 151 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Susan Handy
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2023
Gewicht: 0,386 kg
Artikel-ID: 127154679
Über den Autor
Susan Handy
Inhaltsverzeichnis
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
1 IDEAS: What are those transportation people thinking (and who are they, anyway)? 9
2 FREEDOM: Cars make life easier, except when they don’t 27
3 SPEED: Going fast is great, but going slow can be better 47
4 MOBILITY: Traffic is truly horrible, but does it actually matter? 71
5 VEHICLES: My car is happy, but I’m feeling a little neglected 91
6 CAPACITY: All that construction, and this is what we get? 117
7 HIERARCHY: I love my cul- de- sac, but I’m not so sure about yours 137
8 SEPARATION: If you can’t play nice together, we’ll have to separate you 159
9 CONTROL: Just what we need, another traffic light 187
10 TECHNOLOGY: And they said Segways were going to solve everything 205
11 UP AHEAD: Who’s got a better idea? 225
ABBREVIATIONS 239
NOTES 243
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 279
INDEX 287
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780262546966
ISBN-10: 0262546965
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Handy, Susan
Hersteller: MIT Press Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 223 x 151 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Susan Handy
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2023
Gewicht: 0,386 kg
Artikel-ID: 127154679
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