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Since the earliest days of civilization, streets have played an
important role in shaping society - but what is a street? Is it a
living ecosystem, a public space, a social space, an economic space
or a combination of these? The focus on automotive travel over the
past century has changed the role of streets in cities. This has
degraded the quality of urban life and contributed to public health
issues. This book offers a unique look at streets as locations that
can evolve to support the economic, social, cultural and natural
aspects of cities. Using modern urban design examples, it
challenges readers to focus not only on the livability and travel
benefits of roads, but on how the power of streets can be
harnessed. In so doing, it shapes more dynamic spaces for walking,
biking and living, and aims to stimulate urban vitality and
community regeneration, encouraging policymakers and individuals to
make changes in their own communities.
Since the earliest days of civilization, streets have played an
important role in shaping society - but what is a street? Is it a
living ecosystem, a public space, a social space, an economic space
or a combination of these? The focus on automotive travel over the
past century has changed the role of streets in cities. This has
degraded the quality of urban life and contributed to public health
issues. This book offers a unique look at streets as locations that
can evolve to support the economic, social, cultural and natural
aspects of cities. Using modern urban design examples, it
challenges readers to focus not only on the livability and travel
benefits of roads, but on how the power of streets can be
harnessed. In so doing, it shapes more dynamic spaces for walking,
biking and living, and aims to stimulate urban vitality and
community regeneration, encouraging policymakers and individuals to
make changes in their own communities.
With the rise of shared and networked vehicles, autonomous
vehicles, and other transportation technologies, technological
change is outpacing urban planning and policy. Whether urban
planners and policy makers like it or not, these transformations
will in turn result in profound changes to streets, land use, and
cities. But smarter transportation may not necessarily translate
into greater sustainability or equity. There are clear
opportunities to shape advances in transportation, and to harness
them to reshape cities and improve the socio-economic health of
cities and residents. There are opportunities to reduce collisions
and improve access to healthcare for those who need it
most-particularly high-cost, high-need individuals at the younger
and older ends of the age spectrum. There is also potential to
connect individuals to jobs and change the way cities organize
space and optimize trips. To date, very little discussion has
centered around the job and social implications of this technology.
Further, policy dialogue on future transport has
lagged-particularly in the arenas of sustainability and social
justice. Little work has been done on decision-making in this high
uncertainty environment-a deficiency that is concerning given that
land use and transportation actions have long and lagging
timelines. This is one of the first books to explore the impact
that emerging transport technology is having on cities and their
residents, and how policy is needed to shape the cities that we
want to have in the future. The book contains a selection of
contributions based on the most advanced empirical research, and
case studies for how future transport can be harnessed to improve
urban sustainability and justice.
With the rise of shared and networked vehicles, autonomous
vehicles, and other transportation technologies, technological
change is outpacing urban planning and policy. Whether urban
planners and policy makers like it or not, these transformations
will in turn result in profound changes to streets, land use, and
cities. But smarter transportation may not necessarily translate
into greater sustainability or equity. There are clear
opportunities to shape advances in transportation, and to harness
them to reshape cities and improve the socio-economic health of
cities and residents. There are opportunities to reduce collisions
and improve access to healthcare for those who need it
most-particularly high-cost, high-need individuals at the younger
and older ends of the age spectrum. There is also potential to
connect individuals to jobs and change the way cities organize
space and optimize trips. To date, very little discussion has
centered around the job and social implications of this technology.
Further, policy dialogue on future transport has
lagged-particularly in the arenas of sustainability and social
justice. Little work has been done on decision-making in this high
uncertainty environment-a deficiency that is concerning given that
land use and transportation actions have long and lagging
timelines. This is one of the first books to explore the impact
that emerging transport technology is having on cities and their
residents, and how policy is needed to shape the cities that we
want to have in the future. The book contains a selection of
contributions based on the most advanced empirical research, and
case studies for how future transport can be harnessed to improve
urban sustainability and justice.
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