Urban Transportation Planning in the United States History, Policy, and Practice /

• Main Author: Weiner, Edward (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 4th ed. 2013.
• Subjects: Business.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

The development of U.S. urban transportation policy over the past half-century illustrates the changing relationships among federal, state, and local governments and the private sector. This comprehensive text examines the evolution of urban transportation planning from early developments in highway...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Early Highway Planning
• Launching Urban Transportation Planning and the Interstate Highway Program
• Urban Transportation Planning Comes of Age
• Improving Intergovernmental Coordination
• Rising Concern for the Environment and Citizen Involvement
• Beginnings of Multimodal Urban Transportation Planning
• Transition to Short-Term Planning
• Emphasizing Urban Economic Revitalization
• Decentralization of Decisionmaking
• Promoting Private Sector Participation
• The Need for Strategic Planning
• The Growth of Sustainable Development
• Expanding Participatory Democracy
• Moving Towards Performance Based Planning
• Concluding Remarks.