Mobility First

A New Vision for Transportation in a Globally Competitive Twenty-first Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Traffic congestion is a growing problem and unless policy makers and transportation officials make some dramatic changes, it will rise to unacceptable levels by 2030. In , Sam Staley and Adrian Moore explain the inefficient systems and politics that cause this escalating epidemic, presenting commonsense, high-tech solutions that will ease congestion and its troubling consequences.The book considers transportation policy through the intersection of four crucial and timely elements: global, economic, and cultural competitiveness; urban development trends; demographics; and transportation engineering and design. It sets goals for congestion reduction, outlines performance standards that increase transparency, calls for the redesign of the regional transportation network, and describes sufficient investment in technology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-12-16
Mått160 x 238 x 17 mm
Vikt431 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742558793

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Sam Staley is the director of urban and land use policy at the Reason Foundation. He is also senior fellow at both the Indiana Policy Review Foundation and the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions. His books include The Road More Traveled: Why the Congestion Crisis Matters More Than You Think, and What We Can Do About It (Rowman & Littlefield 2006) and Smarter Growth: Market-Based Strategies for Land Use Planning in the 21st Century. Adrian Moore is vice president of research at Reason. He is the coauthor of Curb Rights: A Foundation for Free Enterprise in Urban Transit.

Chapter 1 ForewordPart 2 Part I. The Congestion ConundrumChapter 3 Chapter 1. It's the Cars, Stupid!Chapter 4 Chapter 2. Congestion's Relentless PursuitPart 5 Part II. Mobility and Global CompetitivenessChapter 6 Chapter 3. The Need for SpeedChapter 7 Chapter 4. The Apple of AutomobilityChapter 8 Chapter 5. A New Approach to Congestion and TransportationPart 9 Part III. Getting from Here to ThereChapter 10 Chapter 6. Eight Steps to Building Road CapacityChapter 11 Chapter 7. The Missing LinkChapter 12 Chapter 8. Taking System Management SeriouslyChapter 13 Chapter 9. Transitioning TransitPart 14 Part IV. Making It WorkChapter 15 Chapter 10. Where's the Beef? Funding Twenty-first Century MobilityChapter 16 Chapter 11. Charting the UnchartedChapter 17 Appendix A. Transportation and Climate ChangeChapter 18 Appendix B. Land Use and Transportation Choice

Speaking from our experiences in Texas, Sam Staley and Adrian Moore get it right in Mobility First. As our nation’s population continues to grow and our infrastructure continues to age, we need to come up with new solutions to meeting transportation needs. The recommendations in Mobility First will no doubt cause an uproar in some quarters, but the position they take is one that will move the dialogue forward and help America remain competitive in our increasingly global economy.