1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000775700403321

Autore

Lyall, Sutherland

Titolo

Designing the new landscape / Sutherland Lyall ; foreword by Geoffrey Jellicoe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Thames & Hudson, c1991

ISBN

0-500-01502-3

Descrizione fisica

240 p. : 291 ill., anche color., dis. ; 30 cm

Disciplina

712

Locazione

FARBC

Collocazione

URB.LE C 88

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911004892003321

Autore

O'Toole Randal

Titolo

Gridlock! : why we are stuck in traffic and what to do about it / / Randal O'Toole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : CATO Institute, 2010

ISBN

9786613085054

9781283085052

1283085054

9781935308249

1935308246

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Disciplina

388.0973

Soggetti

Transportation - United States

Transportation and state - United States

Automobile driving - Social aspects - United States

Transportation - Planning

Traffic congestion - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Land of Mobility; 2. Potholes in the Road; 3. A Fork in the Road; 4. Lies My Transit Agency Told Me; 5. The Next Boondoggle; 6. The Road to Green; 7. Paying for Mobility; 8. Faith-Based Transportation Planning; 9. Dude, Where's My Driverless Car?; 10. Reforming Federal Transportation Policy; 11. State and Local Transportation Policy; 12. Conclusions; Notes; Index; About the Author; Cato Institute

Sommario/riassunto

America is the most mobile society in history, yet our transportation system is on the verge of collapse. Gridlock reveals how we got into this mess and how we can fix it by focusing on improved methods of transportation that will pay for themselves and increase everyone's mobility.