Shifting Gears
Toward a New Way of Thinking about Transportation
Published on 31. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-262-54696-6 (ISBN)
Description
"This book takes a critical look at the way of thinking that has shaped the US transportation system for the past century and explores the new ways of thinking that might actually make it easier for Americans - all of them - to get where they need to go. The book is part reflection, part history, and part introduction to the field, based on the author's years of experience in transportation"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
39 B&W ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54696-6 (9780262546966)
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10/2023
MIT Press
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Person
Susan Handy is Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Policy and Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California, Davis, where she also chairs the graduate program in Transportation Technology and Policy.
Content
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
1 IDEAS: What are those transportation people thinking (and who are they, anyway)? 9
2 FREEDOM: Cars make life easier, except when they don’t 27
3 SPEED: Going fast is great, but going slow can be better 47
4 MOBILITY: Traffic is truly horrible, but does it actually matter? 71
5 VEHICLES: My car is happy, but I’m feeling a little neglected 91
6 CAPACITY: All that construction, and this is what we get? 117
7 HIERARCHY: I love my cul- de- sac, but I’m not so sure about yours 137
8 SEPARATION: If you can’t play nice together, we’ll have to separate you 159
9 CONTROL: Just what we need, another traffic light 187
10 TECHNOLOGY: And they said Segways were going to solve everything 205
11 UP AHEAD: Who’s got a better idea? 225
ABBREVIATIONS 239
NOTES 243
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 279
INDEX 287
INTRODUCTION 1
1 IDEAS: What are those transportation people thinking (and who are they, anyway)? 9
2 FREEDOM: Cars make life easier, except when they don’t 27
3 SPEED: Going fast is great, but going slow can be better 47
4 MOBILITY: Traffic is truly horrible, but does it actually matter? 71
5 VEHICLES: My car is happy, but I’m feeling a little neglected 91
6 CAPACITY: All that construction, and this is what we get? 117
7 HIERARCHY: I love my cul- de- sac, but I’m not so sure about yours 137
8 SEPARATION: If you can’t play nice together, we’ll have to separate you 159
9 CONTROL: Just what we need, another traffic light 187
10 TECHNOLOGY: And they said Segways were going to solve everything 205
11 UP AHEAD: Who’s got a better idea? 225
ABBREVIATIONS 239
NOTES 243
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 279
INDEX 287