Transport for suburbia : beyond the automobile age / Paul Mees.
Transport for suburbia : beyond the automobile age / Paul Mees.
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London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N388.40917/1
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English
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xiv, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Public transport 101 -- The automobile age -- Beyond the automobile age -- The compact city -- Planning, markets and public transport -- Toronto and Melbourne revisited -- The busway solution -- The Zurich model -- Towards a general theory of public transport network planning -- Planning a network -...
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London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2010.
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England
Date Published
2010.
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"The need for effective public transport is greater than ever in the 21st century. With countries like China and India moving towards mass-automobility, we face the prospects of an environmental and urban health disaster unless alternatives are found. It is time to move beyond the automobile age. But while public transport has worked well in the de...
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Transport for suburbia : beyond the automobile age / Paul Mees.
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"In association with the International Institute for Environment and Development"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-213) and index.
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N388.40917/1
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74VK3ZDz67Qd
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1844077403 (alk. paper)
9781844077403 (alk. paper)
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388.4091733
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991023649489702626