Beyond Mobility: Planning Cities for People and Places Contributor(s): Cervero, Robert (Author), Guerra, Erick (Author), Al, Stefan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1610918347 ISBN-13: 9781610918343 Publisher: Island Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: December 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Public Transportation - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
Dewey: 307.121 |
LCCN: 2017940670 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7" W x 9.9" L (1.40 lbs) 296 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Choice 07/01/2018 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Cities across the globe have been designed with a primary goal of moving people around quickly--and the costs are becoming ever more apparent. The consequences are measured in smoggy air basins, sprawling suburbs, unsafe pedestrian environments, and despite hundreds of billions of dollars in investments, a failure to stem traffic congestion. Every year our current transportation paradigm generates more than 1.25 million fatalities directly through traffic collisions. Worldwide, 3.2 million people died prematurely in 2010 because of air pollution, four times as many as a decade earlier. Instead of planning primarily for mobility, our cities should focus on the safety, health, and access of the people in them. Beyond Mobility is about prioritizing the needs and aspirations of people and the creation of great places. This is as important, if not more important, than expediting movement. A stronger focus on accessibility and place creates better communities, environments, and economies. Rethinking how projects are planned and designed in cities and suburbs needs to occur at multiple geographic scales, from micro-designs (such as parklets), corridors (such as road-diets), and city-regions (such as an urban growth boundary). It can involve both software (a shift in policy) and hardware (a physical transformation). Moving beyond mobility must also be socially inclusive, a significant challenge in light of the price increases that typically result from creating higher quality urban spaces. There are many examples of communities across the globe working to create a seamless fit between transit and surrounding land uses, retrofit car-oriented suburbs, reclaim surplus or dangerous roadways for other activities, and revitalize neglected urban spaces like abandoned railways in urban centers. The authors draw on experiences and data from a range of cities and countries around the globe in making the case for moving beyond mobility. Throughout the book, they provide an optimistic outlook about the potential to transform places for the better. Beyond Mobility celebrates the growing demand for a shift in global thinking around place and mobility in creating better communities, environments, and economies. |
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