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Still stuck in traffic : coping with peak-hour traffic congestion / Anthony Downs.

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Still stuck in traffic : coping with peak-hour traffic congestion / Anthony Downs.
Author
Downs, Anthony.

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xi, 455 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"In this revised and expanded edition of his work Stuck in Traffic, Anthony Downs examines the benefits and costs of various anticongestion strategies. Drawing on a significant body of research by transportation experts and land-use planners, he counters environmentalists and road lobbyists alike by explaining why seemingly simple solutions, such as expanding public transit or expanding roads, have unintended consequences that cancel out their apparent advantages. He argues that while there might be some measurable gains from increasing housing densities, most other land-use strategies have little effect. Indeed, the most powerful solutions, including higher gasoline taxes, increased public funding for transit, and highway tolls, are also the least palatable politically."--Jacket.
Series Statement
James A. Johnson metro series
Subject
  • Land use, Urban > United States
  • Landschaftsentwicklung
  • Traffic flow > United States
  • USA
  • Verkehrsablauf
  • Verkehrspolitik
ISBN
  • 0815719299 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780815719298 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004004190
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries