Sustainable Transportation Planning - Tools for Creating Vibrant, Healthy, and Resilient Communities

Informationen zum Autor JEFFREY TUMLIN is an owner and sustainability practice leader of Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, a San Francisco?based transportation planning and engineering firm that focuses on sustainable mobility. Over the past nineteen years, he has led station-area, downtown, citywide, and campus plans, and he has delivered various lectures and classes in twenty U.S. states and five other countries. His major development projects have succeeded in reducing their traffic and CO2 emissions by as much as 40% and have accommodated many millions of square feet of growth with no net increase in motor vehicle traffic. These projects have won awards from the General Services Administration, American Planning Association, American Society of Landscape Architects, Congress for the New Urbanism, and Urban Land Institute. Klappentext "The Great American Dream of cruising down the parkway, zipping from here to there at any time has given way to a true nightmare that is destroying the environment, costing billions and deeply impacting our personal well-being. Getting from A to B has never been more difficult, expensive or miserable. It doesn't have to be this way. Jeffrey Tumlin's book Sustainable Transportation Planning offers easy-to-understand, clearly explained tips and techniques that will allow us to quite literally take back our roads. Essential reading for anyone who wants to drive our transportation system out of the gridlock."-Marianne Cusato, home designer and author of Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use and Avoid"The book is full of useful ideas on nearly every page."- Bill DiBennedetto of Triple PunditAs transportations-related disciplines of urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban economics, and social policy have undergone major internal reform efforts in recent decades Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, this book provides planning practitioners with the tools they need to achieve their cities' economic development, social equity and ecological sustainability goals. Starting with detailed advice for improving each mode of transportation, the book offers guidance on balancing the needs of each mode against each other, whether on a downtown street, or a small town neighborhood, or a regional network. Zusammenfassung "The Great American Dream of cruising down the parkway, zipping from here to there at any time has given way to a true nightmare that is destroying the environment, costing billions and deeply impacting our personal well-being. Getting from A to B has never been more difficult, expensive or miserable. It doesn't have to be this way. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Foreword ix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Why Transportation? 2 The Big Picture: Mobility vs. Accessibility 4 Structure of This Book 5 Chapter 2 Sustainable Transportation 7 What is Sustainability? 7 Chapter 3 Transportation and Public Health 23 The Human Body 23 Does This McMansion Make Me Look Fat? 26 Danger, Will Robinson! 27 Anger, Will Robinson! 28 Health and Equity 29 Driving and Social Health 31 Transportation and Trust 31 Conclusions 33 Chapter 4 The City of the Future 35 Yesterday's Tomorrowland 35 Imagining the Sustainable City of the Future 37 Chapter 5 Streets 45 Conceptualizing Streets 45 Principles of Street Design 48 Chapter 6 Pedestrians 51 Introduction 51 Pedestrian Planning Principles 51 Pedestrian Planning Tools 56 Pedestrian Design Tools 60 Measuring Pedestrian Success 69 Case Study: Marin County Safe Routes to Schools 71 Chapter 7 Bicycles 73 Introduction 73 Why Invest in Cycling? 73 Increasing Cycling 74 Key Cycling Principles 76...

List of contents

Acknowledgments vii
 
Foreword ix
 
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
 
Why Transportation? 2
 
The Big Picture: Mobility vs. Accessibility 4
 
Structure of This Book 5
 
Chapter 2 Sustainable Transportation 7
 
What Is Sustainability? 7
 
Chapter 3 Transportation and Public Health 23
 
The Human Body 23
 
Does This McMansion Make Me Look Fat? 26
 
Danger, Will Robinson! 27
 
Anger, Will Robinson! 28
 
Health and Equity 29
 
Driving and Social Health 31
 
Transportation and Trust 31
 
Conclusions 33
 
Chapter 4 The City of the Future 35
 
Yesterday's Tomorrowland 35
 
Imagining the Sustainable City of the
 
Future 37
 
Chapter 5 Streets 45
 
Conceptualizing Streets 45
 
Principles of Street Design 48
 
Chapter 6 Pedestrians 51
 
Introduction 51
 
Pedestrian Planning Principles 51
 
Pedestrian Planning Tools 56
 
Pedestrian Design Tools 60
 
Measuring Pedestrian Success 69
 
Case Study: Marin County Safe Routes to Schools 71
 
Chapter 7 Bicycles 73
 
Introduction 73
 
Why Invest in Cycling? 73
 
Increasing Cycling 74
 
Key Cycling Principles 76
 
Design So That Everyone Will Enjoy Biking 81
 
Measuring Bicycle Success 101
 
Further Information 101
 
Chapter 8 Transit 105
 
Introduction 105
 
Transit Modes 106
 
Case Study: Los Angeles Metro Rapid 114
 
Case Study: Portland Streetcar 116
 
Case Study: San Diego Trolley 117
 
Design for Transit 121
 
Measuring Success 134
 
Case Study: Boulder, Colorado, Community Transit Network 136
 
Transit Planning Resources 136
 
Chapter 9 Motor Vehicles 139
 
Introduction 139
 
Designing for Cars 143
 
Design Manuals That Build upon Context 149
 
Design Guidance 151
 
Modeling Traffi c 166
 
Freeways 169
 
Chapter 10 Parking 173
 
Introduction 173
 
Parking Is Destiny 173
 
Parking Economics 101 175
 
Parking Tools 177
 
Parking Management Principles 181
 
Top Ten Parking Management Strategies 186
 
Chapter 11 Carsharing 205
 
Introduction 205
 
Types of Carsharing 206
 
Impacts 207
 
Where Carsharing Is Most Successful 208
 
Public Policies That Support Carsharing 212
 
Municipal Fleets 215
 
Jump-Starting a Program 216
 
Chapter 12 Stations and Station Areas 217
 
Introduction 217
 
Multimodal Access 219
 
Case Study: WMATA's Orange Line 232
 
Station Components 234
 
Case Study: BART Station Replacement Parking 236
 
Chapter 13 Transportation Demand Management 241
 
What Is Traffic Congestion and Why Does It Happen? 241
 
Planning for Reduced Traffic 244
 
Traffic Reduction: A How-To Guide 249
 
Chapter 14 Measuring Success 263
 
Definitions 263
 
How Performance Measures Are Used 264
 
How Performance Measures Are Misused 264
 
Measuring Success for Multiple Modes 270
 
Using Performance Measures to Balance Modes 270
 
Citywide Transportation System Measurements 277
 
Evaluating Project Alternatives 282
 
Additional Resources 285
 
Chapter 15 For More Information 287
 
Useful Online Resources 287
 
Required Reading 288
 
Useful Tools 289
 
Endnotes 297
 
Index 303

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"He has written a compact, engaging, and approachable text that is ideally suited to bringing a diverse group of students up to speed on the topic and providing and a launching point for supplementary readings and discussions. This book provides an ideal overview of key issues, a helpful quick reference on design guidelines, and a long reading list for those interested in digging further into the subject." (ced.berkeley.edu, August 2012)
 
"Sustainable Transportation Planning is an outstanding, easy to navigate source for planners of all kinds, not just transportation specialists... is an ideal book for America's many citizen-planners." (Better! Cities & Towns, April-May 2012)
 
". . .Tumlin argues that on the whole, transportation planning has remained overly focused on engineering. If planners took a broader approach to how urban regions work, he contends, they could serve those places more economically and also enhance liveability." (Better! Cities & Towns, March 2012)
 
"Tumlin's book starts with a provocative chapter on recent research into brain chemistry, noting how excessive driving makes us anti-social and stupid. Conversely, more walking and biking contribute to making us happier, sexier, and smarter." (Ecohome, March 2012)
 
"Transportation planning and urban planning, mobility and accessibility don't have to be mutually exclusive anymore, and Tumlin's book is a good place to learn about sustainable transportation planning." (wrdforwrd.com, January 2012)

Product details

• Authors: J Tumlin, Jeffrey Tumlin, Tumlin Jeffrey
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.02.2012
• EAN: 9780470540930
• ISBN: 978-0-470-54093-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Wiley Series in Sustainable Design; Wiley Series in Sustainable De; Wiley Series in Sustainable Design; Wiley Series in Sustainable De; Wiley Sustainable Design
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Architektur, Planung, Architecture, Planning, Stadtentwicklung, Urban Development, Transportation engineering, Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen, Civil Engineering & Construction, Verkehrsbau