Street smart: The rise of cities and the fall of cars
Description
"America's dependency on the automobile began with the 1908 introduction of Henry Ford's car-for-everyone, the Model T. The "battle for right-of-way" in the 1920s saw the demise of streetcars and transformed America's streets from a multiuse resource for socializing, commerce, and public mobility into exclusive arteries for private automobiles. The subsequent destruction of urban transit systems and post WWII suburbanization of America enabled by the Interstate Highway System and the GI Bill forever changed the way Americans commuted. But today, for the first time in history, and after a hundred years of steady increase, automobile driving is in decline. Younger Americans increasingly prefer active transportation choices like walking or cycling and taking public transit, ride-shares or taxis. This isn't a consequence of higher gas prices, or even the economic downturn, but rather a collective decision to be a lot less dependent on cars--and if American cities want to keep their younger populations, they need to plan accordingly. In Street Smart, Sam Schwartz explains how. In this clear and erudite presentation of the principles of smart transportation and sustainable urban planning--from the simplest cobblestoned street to the brave new world of driverless cars and trains--Sam Schwartz combines rigorous historical scholarship with the personal and entertaining recollections of a man who has spent more than forty years working on planning intelligent transit networks in New York City. Street Smart is a book for everyone who wants to know more about the who, what, when, where, and why of human mobility"--
More Copies In Prospector
Loading Prospector Copies...
More Details
Contributors:
ISBN:
9781610395649
9781469063027
9781469063034
9781469063027
9781469063034
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View
Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 3f4b06de-41dc-d397-1cf7-d9c72d41ddf3 |
---|---|
Grouping Title | street smart the rise of cities and the fall of cars |
Grouping Author | samuel i schwartz |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2021-02-02 14:15:35PM |
Last Indexed | 2021-02-25 00:02:27AM |
Novelist Primary ISBN | 9781469063034 |
Solr Details
accelerated_reader_point_value | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
accelerated_reader_reading_level | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auth_author2 | Hagen, Don. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author | Schwartz, Samuel I. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author2-role | Hagen, Don. Hagen, Don.|Narrator hoopla digital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author_display | Schwartz, Samuel I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
available_at_bemis | Bemis Public Library | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
detailed_location_bemis | Bemis Lower Level | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
display_description | "America's dependency on the automobile began with the 1908 introduction of Henry Ford's car-for-everyone, the Model T. The "battle for right-of-way" in the 1920s saw the demise of streetcars and transformed America's streets from a multiuse resource for socializing, commerce, and public mobility into exclusive arteries for private automobiles. The subsequent destruction of urban transit systems and post WWII suburbanization of America enabled by the Interstate Highway System and the GI Bill forever changed the way Americans commuted. But today, for the first time in history, and after a hundred years of steady increase, automobile driving is in decline. Younger Americans increasingly prefer active transportation choices like walking or cycling and taking public transit, ride-shares or taxis. This isn't a consequence of higher gas prices, or even the economic downturn, but rather a collective decision to be a lot less dependent on cars--and if American cities want to keep their younger populations, they need to plan accordingly. In Street Smart, Sam Schwartz explains how. In this clear and erudite presentation of the principles of smart transportation and sustainable urban planning--from the simplest cobblestoned street to the brave new world of driverless cars and trains--Sam Schwartz combines rigorous historical scholarship with the personal and entertaining recollections of a man who has spent more than forty years working on planning intelligent transit networks in New York City. Street Smart is a book for everyone who wants to know more about the who, what, when, where, and why of human mobility"-- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
format_bemis | Book eAudiobook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
format_category_bemis | Audio Books Books eBook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
id | 3f4b06de-41dc-d397-1cf7-d9c72d41ddf3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
isbn | 9781469063027 9781469063034 9781610395649 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
item_details
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
itype_bemis | Juvenile Biography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
last_indexed | 2021-02-25T07:02:27.059Z | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
lexile_score | -1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
literary_form | Non Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
literary_form_full | Non Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
local_callnumber_bemis | 388.40973 SCHWARTZ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
owning_library_bemis | Bemis Public Library | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
owning_location_bemis | Bemis Public Library | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
primary_isbn | 9781610395649 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
publishDate | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
record_details
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
recordtype | grouped_work | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
scoping_details_bemis
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
subject_facet | City planning -- United States Electronic books Local transit -- United States Nonfiction Political science Politics Urban transportation -- United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Street smart : the rise of cities and the fall of cars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Street smart : the rise of cities and the fall of cars / Samuel I. Schwartz with William Rosen Street smart : the rise of cities and the fall of cars [electronic resource] / Samuel I. Schwartz Street smart [electronic resource] : The rise of cities and the fall of cars. Samuel I Schwartz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | Street smart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | The rise of cities and the fall of cars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | City planning Local transit Nonfiction Political science Politics Urban transportation |