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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Urban Recalibration
Challenges to Creating Sustainable and Just Cities
The Case for Moving Beyond Mobility
Contexts for Urban Recalibration
Emerging Opportunities and Challenges
Part One: Making the Case
Chapter 2: Better Communities
Increasing Social Capital and Sociability
Shared Spaces, Complete Streets, and Safety
Public Health and Walkability
Social Equity, Diversity, and Opportunity
Chapter 3: Better Environments
Defining Sustainable Cities and Transport
Reducing Oil Dependence
The Climate Challenge: Decarbonizing Cities and Transport
Local Pollution
Environmental Mitigation and Urban Recalibration
Chapter 4: Better Economies
Lifestyle Preferences and Economics
The Big Picture
Access and Land Markets
Freeways and Motorways
Public Transit
Transport Infrastructure in the Global South
Road Restraints, Pedestrianization, and Economic Performance
Urban Amenities and Nature
Community Designs and Economic Performance
Part Two: Contexts and Cases
Chapter 5: Urban Transformations
Dockland Conversions
London Docklands
Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam
Canalside, Buffalo
Redevelopment of Warehouse Districts
Southside Charlotte, North Carolina
22@Barcelona
Rail-to-Greenway Conversions
The High Line, New York City
The Atlanta BeltLine
The Great Allegheny Passage
Gleisdreieck Park, Berlin
Chapter 6: Suburban Transformations
Office Park Retrofits
Bishop Ranch, San Ramon, California
Hacienda, Pleasanton, California
Cottle Transit Village, San Jose, California
Edge City to Suburban TOD: Tysons, Virginia
Revamped Malls and Shopping Centers
Other Suburban Retrofits
Chapter 7: Transit-Oriented Development
The TOD Process: Planning and Typologies
Node versus Place
Nodes of Access
TODs as Places
TOD Planning and Typologies in Portland
TOD Design and Guidelines
The TOD Standard
Place Identity: Oakland’s Fruitvale Station
The Pearl District, Portland, Oregon: Streetcar-Oriented Development
The Beaverton Round, Portland, Oregon: TOD’s Market Limits
Hong Kong: Rail Development, Place-Making, and Profiteering
MTR and R+P
R+P and TOD
Connecting Places in Other TOD Place Types
Green TODs
Kid-Friendly TODs
TOD as Adaptive Reuse: Experiences from Dallas
Chapter 8: Road Contraction
Traffic Calming
Car-Free Districts
Road Dieting
Green Connectors
Roadway Deconstruction and Reassignments
Urban Regeneration in Seoul
Land Reclamation in Seoul
Improved Transit Connectivity in Seoul
Capitalizing the Benefits of Greenways
San Francisco’s Freeway-to-Boulevard Conversions
Neighborhood Impacts
Traffic and Safety Impacts
Part Three: Looking Forward
Chapter 9: The Global South
Transit Cities
Nonmotorized Cities
Motorcycle Cities
Designing for a Planet of Suburbs
Improving Suburban Conditions
Suburban Upgrading
Planning for Suburbs
Enabling Mortgage Markets
Organic Place-Making
Designing for a Transit Metropolis
Transit and TOD Challenges in China
Bus Rapid Transit
The TransMilenio Experience (Bogotá, Colombia)
Experiences in Ahmedabad, India
BRT–Land Use Integration in Guangzhou
BRT in Indonesia
Suburban Transit Investments
Ciudad Azteca: A Different Kind of TOD
Medellín Metrocable
Chapter 10: Emerging Technologies
Ride-Hailing and Shared-Ride Services
Driverless Cars: The Elephant in the Room
The State of Driverless Cars
Safety
Expanding Transit Options
A Parking Revolution
Getting the Price of Car Travel Right
Freight Movement in Cities
Communication Technologies
The Realm of Possibility
Chapter 11: Toward Sustainable Urban Futures
Density and Design
Megatrends and Urban Futures
Aging Societies
Shifting Lifestyle Preferences and the Millennials
Twenty-First-Century Employment
Beyond Mobility Metrics
Mobility and Sustainability
Accessibility
Livability
Affordability
Inclusive Cities
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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