Governance and Sustainable Urban Transport in the Americas

• Main Authors: Mercier, Jean (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Tremblay-Racicot, Fanny (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Carrier, Mario (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Duarte, Fábio (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Transportation engineering.; Traffic engineering.; Urban geography.; Transportation.; Political science.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Governance and Government.

This volume explores the governance patterns of three cities of the Americas, Seattle, Montreal, and Curitiba, which all present different but interesting cases in dealing with sustainable urban transport challenges. The authors study empirical data from these three cities to analyze how specific go...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The context of sustainable urban transport
• Three cities of the Americas: policies and instruments in Seattle, Montreal and Curitiba
• Conclusion on the data
• Looking to the Future.