Transforming Urban Transport brings into focus the origins and
implementation pathways of significant urban transport innovations
that have recently been adopted in major, democratically governed
world cities that are seeking to advance sustainability aims. It
documents how proponents of new transportation initiatives
confronted a range of administrative, environmental, fiscal, and
political obstacles by using a range of leadership skills,
technical resources, and negotiation capacities to move a good idea
from the drawing board to implementation. The book's eight case
studies focus on cities of great interest across the globe-Los
Angeles, Mexico City, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul,
Stockholm, and Vienna-many of which are known for significant mayor
leadership and efforts to rescale power from the nation to the
city. The cases highlight innovations likely to be of interest to
transport policy makers from all corners, such as strengthening
public transportation services, vehicle and traffic management
measures, repurposing roads and other urban spaces away from their
initial function as vehicle travel corridors, and turning sidewalks
and city streets into more pedestrian-friendly places for walking,
cycling, and leisure. Aside from their transformative impacts in
transportation terms, many of the policy innovations examined here
have altered planning institutions, public-private sector
relations, civil society commitments, and governance mandates in
the course of implementation. In bringing these cases to the fore,
Transforming Urban Transport advances understanding of the
conditions under which policy interventions can expand
institutional capacities and governance mandates, particularly
linked to urban sustainability. As such, it is an essential
contribution to larger debates about what it takes to make cities
more environmentally sustainable and the types of strategies and
tactics that best advance progress on these fronts in both the
short- and the long-term.
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