Research Catalog

Title

Sustainable transport : planning for walking and cycling in urban environments / edited by Rodney Tolley.

Publication

Boca Raton, FL : Published in North America by CRC Press ; Cambridge, England : Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2003.

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Additional Authors

Tolley, R. S. (Rodney S.), 1946-

Description

xxi, 713 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Woodhead Publishing in environmental management

Uniform Title

Woodhead Publishing in environmental management.

Alternative Title

Planning for walking and cycling in urban environments

Subject

• Urban transportation policy
• Bicycle trails
• Sidewalks
• Pedestrians
• Transportation > Environmental aspects
• Sustainable development
• bicycle paths
• sidewalks
• pedestrians
• sustainable development
• Vervoer
• Duurzaamheid (milieu)
• Stedelijke gebieden
• Wandelen
• Fietsen (activiteit)
• Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction: talking the talk but not walking the walk / Rodney Tolley -- 1. Ecological footprints and urban transportation / William Rees -- 2. The relevance of climate change to future policy on walking and cycling / Mayer Hillman -- 3. The role of non-motorised modes in an environmentally sustainable transport system / Karst Geurs and Bert van Wee -- 4. Walking in a historical, international and contemporary context / Peter Newman -- 5. Does anyone walk anymore? / Werner Brog, Erhard Erl and Bruce James -- 6. The decline of everyday walking in the UK: explanations and policy implications / Rachel Goodman and Rodney Tolley -- 7. Vision for city traffic and mobility / Rolf Monheim -- 8. Winning back public space / Jan Gehl and Lars Gemzoe -- 9. Formal indicators of social urban sustainability / Sergio Porta -- 10. The role of cycling for women / Ursula Lehner-Lierz -- 11. The potential of non-motorised transport for promoting health / Nick Cavill -- 12. The walking economy / Ian Napier -- 13. Planning for cycling supports road safety / Roelof Wittink -- 14. Walking and its relationship to public transport / Carmen Hass-Klau -- 15. Perceptions of walking -- ideologies of perception / Daniel Sauter -- 16. Attitudes to walking and cycling / Sonja Forward -- 17. Overcoming the attitude barriers to greater cycle use / Hugh McClintock -- 18. Social and cultural influences on the future of walking -- the experts' opinion / Rodney Tolley, Karen Bickerstaff and Les Lumsdon -- 19. Cars and behaviour: psychological barriers to car restraint and sustainable urban transport / Rene Diekstra and Martin Kroon -- 20. Infrastructure planning for cycling / Jan Ploeger -- 21. Creating a better walking environment / Carlton Roberts-James -- 22. Making pedestrian facilities more usable and safer for all / Barbara McMillen -- 23. Walkable towns: the Liveable Neighbourhoods strategy / Evan Jones -- 24. The role of pedestrian precincts in adapting city centres to new lifestyles / Rolf Monheim -- 25. Safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Europe: the DUMAS approach / Maurizio Tira -- 26. Traffic safety for walkers and cyclists: the danger reduction approach / Ken Spence
• 27. Walking and cycling: what to promote where / Tim Pharoah -- 28. Fundamentals of pedestrian advocacy / Ellen Vanderslice -- 29. TravelSmart/Individualised Marketing in Perth, Western Australia / Bruce James and Werner Brog -- 30. Creating supportive environments for physical activity: encouraging walking / Cheryl Wright -- 31. Health conscious transport planning: barriers and opportunities to inter-sector collaboration / Adrian Davis -- 32. Green modes and US transport policy: TEA-21 / Andy Clarke -- 33. Bicycle transport in the US: recent trends and policies / Charles Komanoff and John Pucher -- 34. Planning for recreational cycling in the UK / Les Lumsdon -- 35. The politics of changing to green modes / Lynn Sloman -- 36. Segregation or integration of cycling in the road system: the Dutch approach / Tom Godefrooij -- 37. Conserving walkable environments in Japan / Toshio Kitahara -- 38. The Cycle Balance: benchmarking local cycling conditions / Frank Borgman -- 39. Implementing local cycling policies in Great Britain / Philine Gaffron -- 40. Barring the way: gated communities and walking / Matthew Burke -- 41. Promoting walking in the US: overcoming the 'stickiness' problem / Mark Fenton -- 42. Promoting walking in the UK: bottling walking and making it sell / Jim Walker -- 43. Non-motorised Transportation Demand Management / Todd Litman -- 44. Safer routes to Danish Schools / Soren Underlien Jensen and Camilla Hviid Hummer -- 45. Cycling and social inclusion / Jake Elster -- 46. Best practice in pedestrian facility design: Cambridge, Massachusetts / Cara Seiderman and Rosalie Anders -- 47. Designing streets for people / Barry Sellers -- 48. Bicycle theft in France / Nicolas Mercat and Frederic Heran -- 49. Breaking out by bike: cycling courses as a means of integration and emancipation / Angela van der Kloof -- 50. Network promotion: increasing bicycle use in Perth, Western Australia / Colin Ashton-Graham -- 51. Promoting cycling in Italian cities: the case of Padua / Marcello Mamoli -- 52. Promoting walking in British cities: the case of York / Daniel Johnson and Tim Carter -- 53. The UK 'Walking the way to Health' Initiative / Peter Ashcroft -- 54. Cycle training and the promotion of cycling / Ken Spence.

ISBN

• 0849317835
• 1855736144
• 9780849317835
• 9781855736146

LCCN

2004304785

OCLC

• ocm58468250
• 58468250
• SCSB-1314926

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library