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Category : Automobile parking
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Proceedings, Commuter Parking Symposium
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1388
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of DocumentsPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Proceedings of the 2000 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, April 2-4, 2000, The Sagamore on Lake George in Bolton Landing, New York
Author: Rail and the City
Author: Roxanne WarrenPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262325632
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
An architect makes the case for rail transit as the critical infrastructure for a fluidly functioning and environmentally sustainable urban society. The United States has evolved into a nation of twenty densely populated megaregions. Yet despite the environmental advantages of urban density, urban sprawl and reliance on the private car still set the pattern for most new development. Cars guzzle not only gas but also space, as massive acreage is dedicated to roadways and parking. Even more pressing, the replication of this pattern throughout the fast-developing world makes it doubtful that we will achieve the reductions in carbon emissions needed to avoid climate catastrophe. In Rail and the City, architect Roxanne Warren makes the case for compact urban development that is supported by rail transit. Calling the automobile a relic of the twentieth century, Warren envisions a release from the tyrannies of traffic congestion, petroleum dependence, and an oppressively paved environment. Technical features of rail are key to its high capacities, safety at high speeds, and compactness—uniquely qualifying it to serve as ideal infrastructure within and between cities. Ultimately, mobility could be achieved through extensive networks of public transit, particularly rail, supplemented by buses, cycling, walking, car-sharing, and small, flexible vehicles. High-speed rail, fed by local transit, could eliminate the need for petroleum-intensive plane trips of less than 500 miles. Warren considers issues of access to transit, citing examples from Europe, Japan, and North America, and pedestrian- and transit-oriented urban design. Rail transit, she argues, is the essential infrastructure for a fluidly functioning urban society.
Sustainable Transportation Planning
Author: Jeffrey TumlinPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470540931
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
"The Great American Dream of cruising down the parkway, zipping from here to there at any time has given way to a true nightmare that is destroying the environment, costing billions and deeply impacting our personal well-being. Getting from A to B has never been more difficult, expensive or miserable. It doesn't have to be this way. Jeffrey Tumlin's book Sustainable Transportation Planning offers easy-to-understand, clearly explained tips and techniques that will allow us to quite literally take back our roads. Essential reading for anyone who wants to drive our transportation system out of the gridlock." -Marianne Cusato, home designer and author of Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid ?The book is full of useful ideas on nearly every page.? ? Bill DiBennedetto of Triple Pundit As transportations-related disciplines of urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban economics, and social policy have undergone major internal reform efforts in recent decades Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, this book provides planning practitioners with the tools they need to achieve their cities? economic development, social equity and ecological sustainability goals. Starting with detailed advice for improving each mode of transportation, the book offers guidance on balancing the needs of each mode against each other, whether on a downtown street, or a small town neighborhood, or a regional network.
The Environmental Costs of Transportation Energy Use
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on EnvironmentPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Energy Aware Planning Guide
Author: Journal of Transportation and Statistics
Author: Aviation Crossroads
Author: William J. SproulePublisher:
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This collection contains 21 papers presented at the 23rd Air Transport Conference, held in Arlington, Virginia, June 22-24, 1994.