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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiner, Edward.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban transportation policy--United States--History.

Urban transportation policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-240) and index.

ISBN:

9798216031154

9780313002236

0313002231

OCLC:

613402743