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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1104 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Express highways
ISBN : UCBK:C047349871
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Highway planning
ISBN : WISC:89096569223
Author : Karilyn Crockett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : City planning
ISBN : 1625342969
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
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119664303
Author : Joseph F. DiMento,Cliff Ellis
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780262018586
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.
Author : Joseph F.C. Dimento,Cliff Ellis
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262526777
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.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Express highways
ISBN : UFL:31262090781443
Considers the effects of urban highway systems on the total environment of the areas they serve.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Highway research
ISBN : CORNELL:31924053256776
Author : F. Kaid Benfield,Matthew Raimi,Donald D. T. Chen
Publisher : Nrdc
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050191785
Is pursuit of the American dream becoming a nightmare? Once There Were Greenfields presents the story of one of America's most challenging social problems, sprawl development. Community downtowns are being replaced with strip malls. Farmland is giving way to parking lots. Meanwhile, inner cities are losing jobs and the tax base necessary to support public schools. This book meticulously documents the consequences of sprawling growth patterns and proposes guiding principles for a new kind of "smart" growth that combines economic progress with environmental protection and social goals. Book jacket.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Express highways
ISBN : UFL:31262090783746
Considers the effects of urban highway systems on the total environment of the areas they serve.
Author : Robert W. Poole
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226557601
A transportation expert makes a provocative case for changing the nation’s approach to highways, offering “bold, innovative thinking on infrastructure” (Rick Geddes, Cornell University). Americans spend hours every day sitting in traffic. And the roads they idle on are often rough and potholed, with exits, tunnels, guardrails, and bridges in terrible disrepair. According to transportation expert Robert Poole, this congestion and deterioration are outcomes of the way America manages its highways. Our twentieth-century model overly politicizes highway investment decisions, short-changing maintenance and often investing in projects whose costs exceed their benefits. In Rethinking America’s Highways, Poole examines how our current model of state-owned highways came about and why it is failing to satisfy its customers. He argues for a new model that treats highways themselves as public utilities—like electricity, telephones, and water supply. If highways were provided commercially, Poole argues, people would pay for highways based on how much they used, and the companies would issue revenue bonds to invest in facilities people were willing to pay for. Arguing for highway investments to be motivated by economic rather than political factors, this book makes a carefully-reasoned and well-documented case for a new approach to highways.
Author : Urban Advisors to the Federal Highway Administrator (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Express highways
ISBN : UOM:39015023857876
Author : Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119564812
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.
Author : Michael R. Fein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : NWU:35556030747141
Tells the surprising story of how road construction helped to pave the way to the modern American state. Shows how the growing transportation needs of a steadily industrializing population changed political order from local to state and ultimately to federal governance.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Roads
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 629 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Express highways
ISBN : LCCN:68060553
Considers the effects of urban highway systems on the total environment of the areas they serve
