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OverviewThe development of U.S. urban transportation policy over the past 50 years illustrates the changing relationship between federal, state, and local governments. This comprehensive text examines the evolution of urban transportation planning from early developments in highway planning in the 1930s to the concern for sustainable development and pollution emissions. Focusing on major national events, the book discusses the influence of legislation, regulations, conferences, federal programs, and advances in planning procedures and technology. The book offers an in-depth look at the most significant event in transportation planning—the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962. Creating a federal mandate for a comprehensive urban transportation planning process carried out cooperatively by states and local governments with federal funding, this act was crucial in the spread of urban transporation. Claiming that urban transportation planning is more sophisticated, costly, and complex than its highway and transit planning predecessors, the book demonstrates how urban transportation planning evolved in response to changes in such factors as environment, energy, development patterns, intergovernmental coordination, and federal transit programs. It further illustrates how broader concerns for global climate change and sustainable development have braided the purview of transportation planning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edward WeinerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.595kg ISBN: 9780275963293ISBN 10: 0275963292 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 28 February 1999 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Early Highway Planning Beginnings of Urban Transportation Planning Urban Transportation Planning Comes of Age Improved Intergovernmental Coordination The Environment and Citizen Involvement Beginnings of Multimodal Urban Transportation Planning Transition to Short-Term Planning Urban Economic Revitalization Decentralization of Decisionmaking Private Sector Participation Strategic Planning Sustainable Development Concluding Remarks Appendices IndexReviews?This insider account of the story of urban transportation planning, presented in an unusual format, succeeds beautifully in the hands if Weiner, a noted long-time, senior policy analyst at the US Department of Transportation. Clearly a major 'institutional memory'; there is no comparable book. The bibliography and index are appropriately very comprehensive.... Recommended for all libraries.?-Choice This insider account of the story of urban transportation planning, presented in an unusual format, succeeds beautifully in the hands if Weiner, a noted long-time, senior policy analyst at the US Department of Transportation. Clearly a major 'institutional memory'; there is no comparable book. The bibliography and index are appropriately very comprehensive.... Recommended for all libraries. -Choice ?This insider account of the story of urban transportation planning, presented in an unusual format, succeeds beautifully in the hands if Weiner, a noted long-time, senior policy analyst at the US Department of Transportation. Clearly a major 'institutional memory'; there is no comparable book. The bibliography and index are appropriately very comprehensive.... Recommended for all libraries.?-Choice ?This insider account of the story of urban transportation planning, presented in an unusual format, succeeds beautifully in the hands if Weiner, a noted long-time, senior policy analyst at the US Department of Transportation. Clearly a major 'institutional memory'; there is no comparable book. The bibliography and index are appropriately very comprehensive.... Recommended for all libraries.?-Choice This insider account of the story of urban transportation planning, presented in an unusual format, succeeds beautifully in the hands if Weiner, a noted long-time, senior policy analyst at the US Department of Transportation. Clearly a major 'institutional memory'; there is no comparable book. The bibliography and index are appropriately very comprehensive.... Recommended for all libraries. -Choice Author InformationEDWARD WEINER has been a Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of the Secretary of the U.S./e Department of Transportation since 1970. He is responsible for surface transportation policy, planning, and legislative issues and has represented the Department of Transportation on a number of international working groups. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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