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Book The Sagamore conference on highways and urban development

Download or read book The Sagamore conference on highways and urban development written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Highways and Urban Development

Download or read book Highways and Urban Development written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Urban Highways

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1968
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 660 pages

Download or read book Urban Highways written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the effects of urban highway systems on the total environment of the areas they serve.

Book People Before Highways

Download or read book People Before Highways written by Karilyn Crockett and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- People before highways: stopping highways, building a regional social movement -- Battling desires: (re)defining progress -- Groundwork: imagining a highwayless future -- Planning for tomorrow not yesterday: "we were wrong"--New territory--city-making, searching for control -- Making victory stick: new dreams, new plans, new park

Book Urban Highways

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1968
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 204 pages

Download or read book Urban Highways written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the effects of urban highway systems on the total environment of the areas they serve.

Book Urban highways in perspective

Download or read book Urban highways in perspective written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New Highways  Urban Development  and Induced Travel

Download or read book New Highways Urban Development and Induced Travel written by Marlon G. Boarnet and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Freeway in the City  Principles of Planning and Design

Download or read book The Freeway in the City Principles of Planning and Design written by Urban Advisors to the Federal Highway Administrator (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Twentieth Century Sprawl

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  • Author : Owen D. Gutfreund
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2004-05-01
  • ISBN : 0198032420
  • Pages : 316 pages

Download or read book Twentieth Century Sprawl written by Owen D. Gutfreund and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, Owen Gutfreund offers a fascinating look at how highways have dramatically transformed American communities nationwide, aiding growth and development in unsettled areas and undermining existing urban centers. Gutfreund uses a "follow the money" approach, showing how government policies subsidized suburban development and fueled a chronic nationwide dependence on cars and roadbuilding, with little regard for expense, efficiency, ecological damage, or social equity. The consequence was a combination of unstoppable suburban sprawl, along with ballooning municipal debt burdens, deteriorating center cities, and profound changes in American society and culture. Gutfreund tells the story via case studies of three communities--Denver, Colorado; Middlebury, Vermont; and Smyrna, Tennessee. Different as these places are, they all show the ways that government-sponsored highway development radically transformed America's cities and towns. Based on original research and vividly written, Twentieth-Century Sprawl brings to light the benefits and consequences of the spread of American highways and makes a major contribution to our understanding of issues that still plague our cities and suburbs today.

Book The Land Use and Urban Development Impacts of Beltways

Download or read book The Land Use and Urban Development Impacts of Beltways written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Sagamore Conference on Highways and Urban Development

Download or read book The Sagamore Conference on Highways and Urban Development written by American Municipal Association and published by . This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Changing Lanes

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  • Author : Joseph F. DiMento
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 0262018586
  • Pages : 380 pages

Download or read book Changing Lanes written by Joseph F. DiMento and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the evolution of the urban freeway, the competing visions that informed it, and the emerging alternatives for more sustainable urban transportation. Urban freeways often cut through the heart of a city, destroying neighborhoods, displacing residents, and reconfiguring street maps. These massive infrastructure projects, costing billions of dollars in transportation funds, have been shaped for the last half century by the ideas of highway engineers, urban planners, landscape architects, and architects -- with highway engineers playing the leading role. In Changing Lanes, Joseph DiMento and Cliff Ellis describe the evolution of the urban freeway in the United States, from its rural parkway precursors through the construction of the interstate highway system to emerging alternatives for more sustainable urban transportation. DiMento and Ellis describe controversies that arose over urban freeway construction, focusing on three cases: Syracuse, which early on embraced freeways through its center; Los Angeles, which rejected some routes and then built I-105, the most expensive urban road of its time; and Memphis, which blocked the construction of I-40 through its core. Finally, they consider the emerging urban highway removal movement and other innovative efforts by cities to re-envision urban transportation.

Book Urban Street Design Guide

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Association of City Transportation Officials
  • Publisher : Island Press
  • Release : 2013-10-01
  • ISBN : 9781610914949
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Urban Street Design Guide written by National Association of City Transportation Officials and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NACTO Urban Street Design Guide shows how streets of every size can be reimagined and reoriented to prioritize safe driving and transit, biking, walking, and public activity. Unlike older, more conservative engineering manuals, this design guide emphasizes the core principle that urban streets are public places and have a larger role to play in communities than solely being conduits for traffic. The well-illustrated guide offers blueprints of street design from multiple perspectives, from the bird’s eye view to granular details. Case studies from around the country clearly show how to implement best practices, as well as provide guidance for customizing design applications to a city’s unique needs. Urban Street Design Guide outlines five goals and tenets of world-class street design: • Streets are public spaces. Streets play a much larger role in the public life of cities and communities than just thoroughfares for traffic. • Great streets are great for business. Well-designed streets generate higher revenues for businesses and higher values for homeowners. • Design for safety. Traffic engineers can and should design streets where people walking, parking, shopping, bicycling, working, and driving can cross paths safely. • Streets can be changed. Transportation engineers can work flexibly within the building envelope of a street. Many city streets were created in a different era and need to be reconfigured to meet new needs. • Act now! Implement projects quickly using temporary materials to help inform public decision making. Elaborating on these fundamental principles, the guide offers substantive direction for cities seeking to improve street design to create more inclusive, multi-modal urban environments. It is an exceptional resource for redesigning streets to serve the needs of 21st century cities, whose residents and visitors demand a variety of transportation options, safer streets, and vibrant community life.

Book Urban Transportation Planning in the United States

Download or read book Urban Transportation Planning in the United States written by Edward Weiner and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Literature References to Highways and Their Environmental Considerations

Download or read book Literature References to Highways and Their Environmental Considerations written by United States. Bureau of Public Roads. Environmental Development Division and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Selected Bibliography on Highways and Urban Development

Download or read book Selected Bibliography on Highways and Urban Development written by Webb S. Fiser and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: