Space acquisitions [[electronic resource] ] : DOD faces substantial challenges in developing new space systems : testimony before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate / / statement of Cristina T. Chaplian

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910699078003321
• Autore: Chaplain Cristina T
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2009]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (16 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Testimony ; ; GAO-09-705T
• Soggetti: Astronautics, Military - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from title screen (GAO, viewed July 27, 2009).; "For release ... May 20, 2009."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.

Completing Our Streets : The Transition to Safe and Inclusive Transportation Networks / / by Barbara McCann

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910437936903321
• Autore: McCann Barbara
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 9781610914314; 1610914317; 9781610914321; 1610914325
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2013.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 388.411
• Soggetti: Sustainability; Sociology, Urban; Human geography; Urban Sociology; Human Geography
• 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: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Why We Build Incomplete Streets -- 2. How the Complete Streets Movement Succeeds -- 3. Closing the Gap between Policy and Practice -- 4. Process over Projects: Changing How Decisions Are Made -- 5. Looking for Every Opportunity -- 6. Practitioners as Champions -- 7. Answering a Loaded Question: How Much Do Complete Streets Cost? -- 8. The Balancing Act: Setting Priorities for Different Users -- 9. Expanding Complete Streets -- Appendix A. Case Study Finder -- Appendix B. Complete Streets Resources -- Endnotes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Across the country, communities are embracing a new and safer way to build streets for everyone—even as they struggle to change decades of rules, practice, and politics that prioritize cars. They have discovered that changing the design of a single street is not enough: they must upend the way transportation agencies operate. Completing Our Streets begins with the story of how the complete streets movement united ; bicycle riders, transportation practitioners and agencies, public health leaders, older Americans, and smart growth advocates to dramatically re-frame the discussion of transportation safety. Next, it explores why the transportation field has been so resistant to change—and how the movement has broken through to create a new multi-modal approach. In Completing Our Streets, Barbara McCann, founder of the National Complete Streets Coalition, explains that the movement is not about street design. Instead, practitioners and activists have changed the way projects are built by focusing on three strategies: reframe the conversation; build a broad base of political support; and provide a clear path to a multi-modal process. McCann shares stories of practitioners in cities and towns from Charlotte, North Carolina to Colorado Springs, Colorado who have embraced these strategies to fundamentally change the way transportation projects are chosen, planned, and built. The complete streets movement is based around a simple idea: streets should be safe for people of all ages and abilities, whether they are walking, driving, bicycling, or taking the bus. Completing Our Streets gives practitioners and activists the strategies, tools, and inspiration needed to translate this idea into real and lasting change in their communities.