Sprawl Watch

transportation

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation there are (1998):
46,334 miles of Interstate highway
113,757 miles of other National Highway System roads
3,760,876 miles of other roads

Bernick, Michael and Robert Burke Cervero, Transit Villages in the 21st Century (Washington, DC. McGraw-Hill Inc., 2000): New towns built around metropolitan rail stations are reducing gridlock and spurring development. Learn how others have dealt with the issues of land use, transportation planning, community redevelopment, and local economics.
Camph, Donald H., Transportation and the Changing Face of America (Washington, D.C.: Surface Transportation Policy Project, Monograph No.3, August 1995).: A brief booklet that describes how transit policies affect the lives of women and the elderly, and how the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act offers some relief.
Cervero, Robert, The Transit Metropolis (Island Press, 1998).: Cervero explores a number of metropolitan areas which have in recent decades managed to mount cost-effective and resource-conserving transit services that provide respectable alternatives to car travel.
DiStefano, Joe and Matthew Raimi, Five Years of Progress: 110 Communities Where ISTEA is Making a Difference (Washington, D.C.: Surface Transportation Policy Project, 1996).: This report, released five years after passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, documents how the law has made communities more livable, brought the public into the decisionmaking process, and transformed transportation planning and investment.
Dunphy, Robert, Moving Beyond Gridlock (Washington, DC. Urban Land Institute 2000): Learn which policies make mattters worse and what techniques hold promise for; improving traffic. Case studies of Portland, Atlanta, Phoenix, St. Louis, Toronto, San; Diego, and Houston let you study the practical experiences of urban areas that; have taken the lead in dealing with gridlock.
Durning, Alan Thein, The Car and the City (Northwest Environment Watch).: Cars pollute our air and endanger cyclists and pedestrians. What can planners do to minimize the impact automobiles have on our communities? In this thought-provoking book, Alan Durning takes us on a journey to Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver - and uses detailed case studies to show us the innovative programs these communities have implemented to slow traffic, restore air quality, and improve the overall health of our urban neighborhoods.
Greene, David L., Transportation and Energy (Landsdowne, VA: Eno Transportation Foundation, 1997).: A far-ranging review of the impact of transportation on energy use, with attention paid to such alternatives as improved efficiency, alternate fuels and vehicles, and strategies to change people's behavior. Greene argues for a combination of technological R&D, policies to promote efficiency and demand management, land use reforms.
Kay, Jane Holtz, Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1997).: A comprehensive history of the destructive impact of automobiles on urban design, community life, the environment, and families. The book is extensively documented and highly accessible. A one-stop introduction to the major thinkers and treatises on transit policy.
Pucher, John and Christian Lefevre, The Urban Transport Crisis in Europe and North America (London: MacMillian Press, 1996).: An overview of the social, economic and environmental problems brought on by the automobile, with a comparative study of eight nations: Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Great Britain, eastern Europe, Canada and the United States. The authors' grim conclusion: traffic jams and sprawl will grow steadily worse unless pro-active public policies are adopted.
Safdie, Moshe and Wendy Kohn, The City After the Automobile: An Architect's Vision (New York: Harper Collins, 1997).: This book offers an erudite, visionary critique of what cities could become if stronger city planning and land-use laws helped concentrate development in cities. The authors may veer into the fantastic by proposing publicly owned electric cars and elevated moving sidewalks, but who can argue with less reliance on cars and more public spaces?
Urban Land Institute, Parking Requirements for Shopping Centers, Second Edition (Urban Land Institute 1999).: How many parking spaces are needed for today’s shopping centers? Based on a comprehensive nationwide survey of parking at shoppingcenters, Parking Requirements for Shopping Centers: Summary Recommendations and Research Study Report provides the standards for all sizes of retail facilities—from small strip centers to major malls. One will learn how multiplex cinemas, food courts, and entertainment features affect parking, and how to make the most of existing space. The report was conducted under the direction of ULI–the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).
Urban Land Institue, The Dimensions of Parking, Fourth Edition (Urban Land Institute 2000).: Get the latest information on parking development and operations.; Whether you plan to offer free or pay parking, you will learn best practices for how to plan, design, finance, build, and operate a parking facility. Updated throughout, this edition covers the impact of sport utility vehicles and lights trucks, and best practices in financing, parking at commuter and subway rail stations and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Wachs, Martin and Margaret Crawford, The Car and the City: The Automobile, the Built Environment and Daily Urban Life (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992).: A brisk collection of twenty essays on the automobile's role in urban design, family life, the suburbs, commuting, and cultural life. Much of the material is historical; all of it has scholarly rigor.