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Future Transport in Cities | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian Richards
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Category: Book
List Price: $58.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1730070
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 8.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0415261422
Dewey Decimal Number: 388.4
EAN: 9780415261425
ASIN: 0415261422
Publication Date: January 11, 2002
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Product Description
Richards shows that attractive and practical alternatives to a car dependent society are possible. With the growth of car ownership and use reaching crisis proportions in our cities it is imperative to find and implement alternatives if cities are to survive and prosper. He reveals how transport technology is developing, in particular, showing how it can be integrated into the urban environment. The book opens with a look at the "best" of current transportation systems and goes on to explore such advanced technologies as automated highways, covered cities, monorails, new elevated systems, smart cars, guided buses, as well as intelligent highways, and car-free housing. The importance, too, of simple measures such as walking and cycling are covered as being an essential part of any future city as well as that of an "integrated transport" if people are to be encouraged to get out of their cars.
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Future Transport in Cities February 12, 2002
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
A compatriot (and friend) of the late Reyner Banham challenges the American addiction to cars, and shows how they do it better in Curitiba, Hanover, and Portland, WA (to pick three of his many examples). It's a brilliant analysis of how things work in the real world and the promise of new technologies. Mandatory reading for Angelenos; buy an extra copy and try to instill a sense of guilt in a student driving her trophy SUV.
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