Main entry:

Cervero, Robert.

Title & Author:

The transit metropolis : a global inquiry / Robert Cervero.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1998.

Description:

xiii, 464 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-448) and index.
The case for the transit metropolis. Transit and the metropolis: finding harmony -- Transit and the changing world -- Public policies and the sustainable transit metropolis -- Adaptive cities: creating a transit-oriented built form. Orbiting the city with rail-served satellites: Stockholm, Sweden -- The hand-shaped metropolis: Copenhagen, Denmark -- The master-planned transit metropolis: Singapore -- The entrepreneurial transit metropolis: Tokyo, Japan -- The hybrids: adaptive cities and adaptive transit. Making transit work in the land of the Autobahn: Munich, Germany -- Busways and the hybrid metropolis: Ottawa, Canada -- Creating a linear city with a surface metro: Curitiba, Brazil -- Strong-core cities: transit and central city revitalization. Creating frist-class transit with transit-first policies: Zurich, Switzerland -- Trams, trains, and central city revitalization: Melbourne, Australia -- Adaptive transit: tailoring transit to save cities and suburbs. Adaptive light rail transit: Karlsruhe, Germany -- Guided busways: Adelaide, Australia -- Hierarchical transit: Mexico City, Mexico -- The transit metropolis of tomorrow. Drawing lessons and debunking myths -- North America's aspiring transit metropolises.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"Noted transportation expert Robert Cervero provides an on-the-ground look at more than a dozen mass transit success stories, introducing the concept of the "transit metropolis"--A region where a workable fit exists between transit services and urban form. The author has spent more than three years studying cities around the world, and he makes a compelling case that metropolitan areas of any size and with any growth pattern - from highly compact to widely dispersed - can develop successful mass transit systems."--Jacket.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

1559635916 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9781559635912 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Urban transportation Planning.
Local transit Planning.
Land use Planning.
City planning.
Commuting.
Transportation
City Planning
Transports urbains Planification.
Transports publics Planification.
Utilisation du sol Planification.
Urbanisme.
Migrations alternantes.
urban planning.
Lokaal vervoer.
Stadsplanning.
Forensisme.
Transporte urbano.
Planejamento territorial urbano.
Planejamento de transportes.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203801
Call No.: HE305 .C474 1998
Status: Available