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Record Nr.

UNINA9910693598803321

Autore

Weiner Edward

Titolo

Urban transportation planning in the United States : an historical overview / / Edward Weiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 1999

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-82-16-03115-4

0-313-00223-1

Edizione

[Rev. and expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

388.4/0973

Soggetti

Urban transportation policy - United States - History

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 (p. [219]-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Early Highway Planning; 3 Beginnings of Urban Transportation Planning; 4 Urban Transportation Planning Comes of Age; 5 Improved Intergovernmental Coordination; 6 The Environment and Citizen Involvement; 7 Beginnings of Multimodal Urban Transportation Planning; 8 Transition to Short Term Planning; 9 Urban Economic Revitalization; 10 Decentralization of Decision Making; 11 Private Sector Participation; 12 Strategic Planning; 13 Sustainable Development; 14. Concluding Remarks; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work describes the evolution of urban transportation planning from its beginnings in early highway and transit planning to late-1990s concerns for the environment and sustainable development. The author discusses the influence of legislation, regulations and federal programmes.