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ISBN10: 1559635916, ISBN13: 9781559635912, [publisher: Island Press] Softcover Around the world, mass transit is struggling to compete with the private automobile, and in many places, its market share is rapidly eroding. Yet a number of metropolitan areas have in recent decades managed to mount cost-effective and resource-conserving transit services that provide respectable alternatives to car travel. What sets these places apart? In this book, noted transportation expert Robert Cervero provides an on-the-ground look at more than a dozen mass transit success stories, introducing the concept of the "transit metropolis"--a region where a workable fit exists between transit services and urban form. The author has spent more than three years studying cities around the world, and he makes a compelling case that metropolitan areas of any size and with any growth pattern--from highly compact to widely dispersed--can develop successful mass transit systems. Following an introductory chapter that frames his argument and outlines the main issues, Cervero describes and examines five different types of transit metropolises, with twelve in-depth case studies of cities that represent each type. He considers the key lessons of the case studies and debunks widely held myths about transit and the city. In addition, he reviews the efforts underway in five North American cities to mount transit programs and discusses the factors working for and against their success. Cities ...

ISBN10: 1559635916, ISBN13: 9781559635912, [publisher: Island Press] Softcover Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Seiten: 480 | Sprache: Englisch
[Trebbin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1998]

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