"Mobility and Environment" calls for a mobility revolution which
does not simply mean taking a bus instead of a car: it implies a
dramatic shift in the political debate from a technical to a
political culture. The author introduces his book by disputing
non-political Sustainable Development policies which are among the
major culprits for the conservatism in environmental policies.
For at least forty years, urban mobility policies, based on
compulsive infrastructure building, have failed both in satisfying
transportation demand and in coping with high environmental
impacts. Nonetheless decision-makers keep employing the same
professionals and therefore they act as shepherds who commit their
sheep in the wolf s custody. Corrado Poli treats mobility policy as
a political, ethical, social and educational issue rather than as a
mere civil engineering one.
"Mobility and Environment "challenges some deeply entrenched
professional and economic monopolies which negatively affect urban
and transportation planning in North America and Europe, and argues
the old idea which bounded transportation and communication. A real
environmentalist effort in traffic planning should begin from new
technologies and from the analysis of citizens preferences. A
series of new projects are presented which include mobility demand
reduction and focus on democracy in planning."
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