Download or read book Getting Around Our City written by Linc Jamison and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Around Our City is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.K.6 and Literacy.L.K.1. Narrative nonfiction text is paired with photographs of places, people, and modes of transportation. An illustrated graphic organizer is included at the back of the book. This book should be paired with How We Get Around Town" (9781448889419) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.
Download or read book Start Up City written by Gabe Klein and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The public-private partnerships of the future will need to embody a triple-bottom-line approach that focuses on the new P3: people-planet-profit. This book is for anyone who wants to improve the way that we live in cities, without waiting for the glacial pace of change in government or corporate settings. If you are willing to go against the tide and follow some basic lessons in goal setting, experimentation, change management, financial innovation, and communication, real change in cities is possible."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Better Buses Better Cities written by Steven Higashide and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Better Buses, Better Cities is likely the best book ever written on improving bus service in the United States." — Randy Shaw, Beyond Chron "The ultimate roadmap for how to make the bus great again in your city." — Spacing "The definitive volume on how to make bus frequent, fast, reliable, welcoming, and respected..." — Streetsblog Imagine a bus system that is fast, frequent, and reliable—what would that change about your city? Buses can and should be the cornerstone of urban transportation. They offer affordable mobility and can connect citizens with every aspect of their lives. But in the US, they have long been an afterthought in budgeting and planning. With a compelling narrative and actionable steps, Better Buses, Better Cities inspires us to fix the bus. Transit expert Steven Higashide shows us what a successful bus system looks like with real-world stories of reform—such as Houston redrawing its bus network overnight, Boston making room on its streets to put buses first, and Indianapolis winning better bus service on Election Day. Higashide shows how to marshal the public in support of better buses and how new technologies can keep buses on time and make complex transit systems understandable. Higashide argues that better bus systems will create better cities for all citizens. The consequences of subpar transit service fall most heavily on vulnerable members of society. Transit systems should be planned to be inclusive and provide better service for all. These are difficult tasks that require institutional culture shifts; doing all of them requires resilient organizations and transformational leadership. Better bus service is key to making our cities better for all citizens. Better Buses, Better Cities describes how decision-makers, philanthropists, activists, and public agency leaders can work together to make the bus a win in any city.
Download or read book Strong Towns written by Charles L. Marohn, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.
Download or read book Walkable City written by Jeff Speck and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a plan for American cities that focuses on making downtowns walkable and less attractive to drivers through smart growth and sustainable design
Download or read book Rethinking the City written by Vincent Kaufmann and published by EPFL Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conditions for travel have changed and are still changing the world a world experiencing what John Urry calls the mobility turn . Since World War Two we have been moving faster and going further a fact that has profoundly changed our way of experiencing both the world and ourselves. The explosion of low-cost travel options has similarly had an important impact on the economy, adding to the globalization of markets and transformations in modes of production. It is no longer possible to think of nation-states as autonomous vis-a-vis one another, nor of cities or regions as homogenous spaces delimited by clear-cut borders. Societies, like Western cities, are redefining themselves through mobility. What does this mean for the city for its governability and governance? In this book Vincent Kaufmann assesses the urban implications of the mobility turn. He explores the modern urban phenomenon from the point of view of the mobility capacities of its players their motility. He asks that the reader consider the idea of a city or region as the product or an arrangement of a specific set of motilities. Re-Thinking the City seeks to identify how the motility of individuals, goods, and information acts as an organizing principle or rather, the organizing principle of contemporary urban change, and then aims to examine the consequences for urban governance by exploring the channels through which individual and collective motility can be regulated.
Download or read book Human Transit written by Jarrett Walker and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-07-29 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public transit is a powerful tool for addressing a huge range of urban problems, including traffic congestion and economic development as well as climate change. But while many people support transit in the abstract, it's often hard to channel that support into good transit investments. Part of the problem is that transit debates attract many kinds of experts, who often talk past each other. Ordinary people listen to a little of this and decide that transit is impossible to figure out. Jarrett Walker believes that transit can be simple, if we focus first on the underlying geometry that all transit technologies share. In Human Transit, Walker supplies the basic tools, the critical questions, and the means to make smarter decisions about designing and implementing transit services. Human Transit explains the fundamental geometry of transit that shapes successful systems; the process for fitting technology to a particular community; and the local choices that lead to transit-friendly development. Whether you are in the field or simply a concerned citizen, here is an accessible guide to achieving successful public transit that will enrich any community.
Download or read book Curbing Traffic written by Chris Bruntlett and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett chronicle their experience living in the Netherlands and the benefits that result from treating cars as visitors rather than owners of the road. They weave their personal story with research and interviews with experts and Delft locals to help readers share the experience of living in a city designed for people. Their insights will help decision makers and advocates to better understand and communicate the human impacts of low-car cities: lower anxiety and stress, increased independence, social autonomy, inclusion, and improved mental and physical wellbeing. Curbing Traffic provides relatable, emotional, and personal reasons why it matters and inspiration for exporting the low-car city.
Download or read book DIY City written by Hank Dittmar and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some utopian plans have shaped our cities —from England’s New Towns and Garden Cities to the Haussmann plan for Paris and the L’Enfant plan for Washington, DC. But these grand plans are the exception, and seldom turn out as envisioned by the utopian planner. Inviting city neighborhoods are more often works of improvisation on a small scale. This type of bottom-up development gives cities both their character and the ability to respond to sudden change. Hank Dittmar, urban planner, friend of artists and creatives, sometime rancher, “high priest of town planning” to the Prince of Wales, believed in letting small things happen. Dittmar concluded that big plans were often the problem. Looking at the global cities of the world, he saw a crisis of success, with gentrification and global capital driving up home prices in some cities, while others decayed for lack of investment. In DIY City, Dittmar explains why individual initiative, small-scale business, and small development matter, using lively stories from his own experience and examples from recent history, such as the revival of Camden Lock in London and the nascent rebirth of Detroit. DIY City, Dittmar’s last original work, captures the lessons he learned throughout the course of his varied career—from transit-oriented development to Lean Urbanism—that can be replicated to create cities where people can flourish. DIY City is a timely response to the challenges many cities face today, with a short supply of affordable housing, continued gentrification, and offshore investment. Dittmar’s answer to this crisis is to make Do-It-Yourself the norm rather than the exception by removing the barriers to small-scale building and local business. The message of DIY City can offer hope to anyone who cares about cities.
Download or read book The Resonance Key written by Marie D. Jones and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if the true nature of reality were like an onion, made up of layer upon layer that, when peeled back, would reveal a creative, self-regenerating, weblike core? A center that could contain the whole of all that is, was, and will be? As physicists search for a Theory of Everything, those who dare explore the paranormal are similarly searching for a unifying theory to explain the vast unknown, from UFOs, ghosts, and cryptoids to clairvoyance, remote viewing, and teleportation. How do these things occur? Where do they come from? What triggers their manifestation in our simple, three-dimensional reality? Scientists and paranormal researchers alike are looking to resonance as the theory that could bridge the gap between science and the supernatural...and explain every facet of reality in between. The Resonance Key dives into the most amazing new ideas, theories, and research that link vibration, mind, and matter, including: What ancient civilizations knew about resonance and the use of vibratory patterns found in art, nature, and science, and how they incorporated resonance into their sacred temples, megaliths, and churches. The most cutting-edge research into the brain and human consciousness, and their roles in perceiving, and creating reality. Why the Zero Point Grid may be the most foundational infrastructure of reality itself. The Resonance Key opens the door to a stunning new vision of what may finally be the holy grail of science and the paranormal.
Download or read book We Go on a City Bus written by Joanne Mattern and published by . This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What to expect from a trip on a city bus."--
Download or read book Andy Steves Europe written by Andy Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pick a Weekend, Pick a City, and Go! This award-winning travel guide picks up where crowdsourcing leaves off, covering the skills you need for spur-of-the-moment trips to Europe's top destinations. Follow three-day plans to explore each city. Learn which cities match your interests and which can be easily combined for a longer trip, including itineraries for Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Dublin, Edinburgh, Florence, London, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Rome, and Venice. See iconic sights. Check the Eiffel Tower, the London Eye, and the Colosseum off your bucket list, and use Andy's tips to save time and skip lines. Hit the local hot spots. Chill at Amsterdam's coffee shops, study mixology at London's speakeasies, and bust moves at Barcelona's beach clubs. Enjoy the best and cheapest local cuisine. Graze at boulangeries in Paris, pubs in Dublin, and aperitivo bars in Rome. Become a temporary local. Engage with the culture to enjoy authentic, unforgettable experiences. Master digital travel. Make the most of your money in Europe with apps and other digital resources. Connect with other travelers. Head to the most popular hostels for a ready-made, real-life social network. Whether you're studying abroad or just looking to explore Europe without breaking the bank, Andy Steves' Europe will have you city-hopping like a pro.
Download or read book Surrealism and Architecture written by Thomas Mical and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-one essays examining the relationship of surrealist thought to architectural theory and practice.
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Seville Andalusia written by DK Publishing and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DK Eyewitness Seville & Andalusia will lead you straight to the best attractions this diverse region has on offer. Packed with color photography, illustrations and detailed maps, discover Andalusia area by area from the flamboyant nightlife of Seville to the spectacular Moorish architecture of Alhambra. The guide provides all the insider tips every visitor needs from dramatic coastline and spectacular fiestas to stunning flamenco shows, with comprehensive listings of the best hotels, resorts, restaurants, shops and nightlife in each area for all tastes and budgets. You'll find 3D cutaways and floorplans of all the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all major cities and towns. DK Eyewitness Seville & Andalusia explores the rich layers of culture, history, architecture and art of this diverse region, not forgetting the best Andalusian dishes, paradors and outdoors activities. With up-to-date information on getting around by train, bus, car and foot and all the sights, churches, markets, beaches and festivals listed town by town, DK Eyewitness Seville & Andalusia is indispensable. Don't miss a thing on your holiday with the DK Eyewitness Seville & Andalusia
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Cape Town The Winelands The Garden Route written by Barbara McCrea and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Cape Town, The Winelands & The Garden Route is the most comprehensive and informative guide available to this spectacular region. You'll find detailed information on everything from sandboarding in De Hoop Nature Reserve to sampling wine in the many Western Cape's estates. Whether you want to wander the pastel-coloured streets of the Bo-Kaap, explore the Garden Route's dramatic Storms River Mouth, or catch a glimpse of the rare Cape mountain zebras or African penguins in the craggy Table Mountain National Park, this guide will lead you to the best attractions in this diverse region of South Africa. Updated specifically for travellers visiting for the football World Cup in 2010, this edition is packed full of in-depth information and up-to-date reviews of all the hottest new places to stay in Cape Town from hotels to community-minded accommodation and tour companies. Find the best restaurants, shops, bars and clubs across every price range giving you balanced reviews and honest, first-hand opinions. Explore the region with authoritative background on everything from local cuisine to desert wildlife, relying on comprehensive maps and practical language tips.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Europe on a Budget written by Rough Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 1921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new full-colour Rough Guide to Europe on a Budget is the ultimate guide to exploring the continent without breaking the bank. Detailed colour maps, stunning photographs and in-depth coverage of how to get around go hand-in-hand with suggested itineraries and authoritative accounts of every attraction. This book is packed full of useful tips, clear and comprehensive travel information, recommendations for budget hostels, cafés, restaurants, clubs and bars in every city, plus information on great local festivals and outdoor adventures. Plan your European trip with the help of itineraries for each region and highlights for each country, from island-hopping in Greece to exploring Istanbul's edgy Beyoglu area, and from clubbing in Berlin to soaking up the sun on a Mediterranean beach. This guide covers the best things to see, do and experience in 39 countries, including Ukraine, Morocco, Turkey, Scandinavia, and all major western and eastern European countries. For those who fancy busting the budget once in a while, "Treat Yourself" boxes cover slightly more expensive hotels, restaurants and other attractions, such as spas and cocktail bars. Make the most of your European adventure with The Rough Guide to Europe on a Budget. Now available in ePub format.
