Author: Peter Norton
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642832405
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving, historian Peter Norton argues that driverless cars cannot be the safe, sustainable, and inclusive "mobility solutions" that tech companies and automakers are promising us. The salesmanship behind the "driverless future" is distracting us from better ways to get around that we can implement now. Unlike autonomous vehicles, these alternatives are inexpensive, safe, sustainable, and inclusive. Norton takes the reader on an engaging ride--from the GM Futurama exhibit to "smart" highways and vehicles--to show how we are once again being sold car dependency in the guise of mobility. Autonorama is hopeful, advocating for wise, proven, humane mobility that we can invest in now, without waiting for technology that is forever just out of reach.
Autonorama
Author: Peter Norton
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642832405
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving, historian Peter Norton argues that driverless cars cannot be the safe, sustainable, and inclusive "mobility solutions" that tech companies and automakers are promising us. The salesmanship behind the "driverless future" is distracting us from better ways to get around that we can implement now. Unlike autonomous vehicles, these alternatives are inexpensive, safe, sustainable, and inclusive. Norton takes the reader on an engaging ride--from the GM Futurama exhibit to "smart" highways and vehicles--to show how we are once again being sold car dependency in the guise of mobility. Autonorama is hopeful, advocating for wise, proven, humane mobility that we can invest in now, without waiting for technology that is forever just out of reach.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642832405
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving, historian Peter Norton argues that driverless cars cannot be the safe, sustainable, and inclusive "mobility solutions" that tech companies and automakers are promising us. The salesmanship behind the "driverless future" is distracting us from better ways to get around that we can implement now. Unlike autonomous vehicles, these alternatives are inexpensive, safe, sustainable, and inclusive. Norton takes the reader on an engaging ride--from the GM Futurama exhibit to "smart" highways and vehicles--to show how we are once again being sold car dependency in the guise of mobility. Autonorama is hopeful, advocating for wise, proven, humane mobility that we can invest in now, without waiting for technology that is forever just out of reach.
Council on Energy Policy, Hearings Before ..., 93-1, on S. 70, S. 419, February 7 and 8, 1973
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Special Report
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
Publisher:
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Category : Highway research
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Highway research
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Promoting Broader Access to Public Transportation for America's Older Adults and People with Disabilities
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development
Publisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Transportation and Land Use Planning Abroad
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Includes papers that describe transportation and land use planning experience in Japan, Canada, Europe and the Middle East that can be useful in the U.S. The topics covered here include noise and other transportation impacts, land use techniques to deal with these impacts, transit financing, public participation, pedestrianization, pricing to restrain parking, truck regulation, highway needs, and transportation sensitivity considerations in developing countries.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 908
Book Description
Includes papers that describe transportation and land use planning experience in Japan, Canada, Europe and the Middle East that can be useful in the U.S. The topics covered here include noise and other transportation impacts, land use techniques to deal with these impacts, transit financing, public participation, pedestrianization, pricing to restrain parking, truck regulation, highway needs, and transportation sensitivity considerations in developing countries.
Children's Active Transportation
Author: Richard Larouche
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128119322
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Children's Active Transportation is a rigorous and comprehensive examination of the current research and interventions on active transportation for children and youth. As the travel behaviors of these groups tend to be highly routinized, and their mobility faces unique constraints, such as parental restrictions, mandatory school attendance, and the inability to drive a motor vehicle before late adolescence, this book examines the key factors that influence travel behavior among children and youth, providing key insights into lessons learned from current interventions. Readers will find a resource that clearly demonstrates how critical it is for children to develop strong, active transportation habits that carry into adulthood. - Discusses the correlates that exist between children's active transportation using a social and ecological model - Summarizes active transportation interventions that show what works to increase non-motorized modes of travel in children - Describes the factors that influence the implementation and effectiveness of interventions
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128119322
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Children's Active Transportation is a rigorous and comprehensive examination of the current research and interventions on active transportation for children and youth. As the travel behaviors of these groups tend to be highly routinized, and their mobility faces unique constraints, such as parental restrictions, mandatory school attendance, and the inability to drive a motor vehicle before late adolescence, this book examines the key factors that influence travel behavior among children and youth, providing key insights into lessons learned from current interventions. Readers will find a resource that clearly demonstrates how critical it is for children to develop strong, active transportation habits that carry into adulthood. - Discusses the correlates that exist between children's active transportation using a social and ecological model - Summarizes active transportation interventions that show what works to increase non-motorized modes of travel in children - Describes the factors that influence the implementation and effectiveness of interventions
Reviewing the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission Report, "Transportation for Tomorrow"
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Global Inequality and American Foreign Policy in the 1970s
Author: Michael Franczak
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501763938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
In Global Inequality and American Foreign Policy in the 1970s, Michael Franczak demonstrates how Third World solidarity around the New International Economic Order (NIEO) forced US presidents from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan to consolidate American hegemony over an international economic order under attack abroad and lacking support at home. The goal of the nations that supported NIEO was to negotiate a redistribution of money and power from the global North to the global South. Their weapon was control over the major commodities—in particular oil—that undergirded the prosperity of the United States and Europe after World War II. Using newly available archival sources, as well as interviews with key administration officials, Franczak reveals how the NIEO and "North-South dialogue" negotiations brought global inequality to the forefront of US national security. The challenges posed by NIEO became an inflection point for some of the greatest economic, political, and moral crises of 1970s America, including the end of golden age liberalism and the return of the market, the splintering of the Democratic Party and the building of the Reagan coalition, and the rise of human rights in US foreign policy in the wake of the Vietnam War. The policy debates and decisions toward the NIEO were pivotal moments in the histories of three ideological trends—neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and human rights—that formed the core of America's post–Cold War foreign policy.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501763938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
In Global Inequality and American Foreign Policy in the 1970s, Michael Franczak demonstrates how Third World solidarity around the New International Economic Order (NIEO) forced US presidents from Richard Nixon to Ronald Reagan to consolidate American hegemony over an international economic order under attack abroad and lacking support at home. The goal of the nations that supported NIEO was to negotiate a redistribution of money and power from the global North to the global South. Their weapon was control over the major commodities—in particular oil—that undergirded the prosperity of the United States and Europe after World War II. Using newly available archival sources, as well as interviews with key administration officials, Franczak reveals how the NIEO and "North-South dialogue" negotiations brought global inequality to the forefront of US national security. The challenges posed by NIEO became an inflection point for some of the greatest economic, political, and moral crises of 1970s America, including the end of golden age liberalism and the return of the market, the splintering of the Democratic Party and the building of the Reagan coalition, and the rise of human rights in US foreign policy in the wake of the Vietnam War. The policy debates and decisions toward the NIEO were pivotal moments in the histories of three ideological trends—neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and human rights—that formed the core of America's post–Cold War foreign policy.
Nutrition and Human Needs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs
Publisher:
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Category : Hunger
Languages : en
Pages : 1876
Book Description
Examines extent of hunger and malnutrition problem in U.S.
Publisher:
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Category : Hunger
Languages : en
Pages : 1876
Book Description
Examines extent of hunger and malnutrition problem in U.S.
Women's Issues in Transportation
Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309160839
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Women's Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 2: Technical Papers includes 27 full peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the October 2009 conference. The conference highlighted the latest research on changing demographics that affect transportation planning, programming, and policy making, as well as the latest research on crash and injury prevention for different segments of the female population. Special attention was given to pregnant and elderly transportation users, efforts to better address and increase women's personal security when using various modes of transportation, and the impacts of extreme events such as hurricanes and earthquakes on women's mobility and that of those for whom they are responsible. TRB's Conference Proceedings 46: Women's Issues in Transportation, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers includes an overview of the October 2009 conference and six commissioned resource papers, including the two keynote presentations.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309160839
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Women's Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 2: Technical Papers includes 27 full peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the October 2009 conference. The conference highlighted the latest research on changing demographics that affect transportation planning, programming, and policy making, as well as the latest research on crash and injury prevention for different segments of the female population. Special attention was given to pregnant and elderly transportation users, efforts to better address and increase women's personal security when using various modes of transportation, and the impacts of extreme events such as hurricanes and earthquakes on women's mobility and that of those for whom they are responsible. TRB's Conference Proceedings 46: Women's Issues in Transportation, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers includes an overview of the October 2009 conference and six commissioned resource papers, including the two keynote presentations.