Charles L. Wright: Fast Wheels, Slow Traffic

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>How transport modes can be combined to produce affordable and environmentally sound solutions<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9780877229117&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="871_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Fast Wheels, Slow Traffic</h1> <h3>Charles L. Wright</h3> <P>cloth 0-87722-911-2 $49.95, Mar 92, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Print</FONT> <BR> 304 pp 6x9 </P><p><I>Fast Wheels, Slow Traffic</I> shows how the characteristics of modes of transportation can be combined to produce affordable, environmentally sound solutions to urban transport problems&#151solutions tailored to meet the demands of cities with radically different economies and transportation needs. With provocative and often entertaining examples, Charles Wright elucidates the problems endemic to urban transportation systems and the faculty analysis endemic to urban planning. <p>In examining the traits of various transport modes, Wright builds a case that favors busses over cars or railway systems. All manner of conveyances studied, including walking and cycling, and practical examples are drawn from both the United States and abroad. One such example is Bras�lia, the modernistic Brazilian capital, designed in the 1950s, which is a paradox of modern transportation. Here, city planners, relying on the automobile, separated residential and business districts. As a result, Bras�lia, with lower population density than other Brazilian cities, has far greater congestion and has become notoriously dangerous city for pedestrians trying to cross the street. <p>The author demonstrates how promoters of expensive transport systems have "lied with statistics" to make their cases. Whether it's a matter of crossing the street in Bras�lia or riding a bike in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Wright sees transport planning as a cooperative process&#151the best solutions are simple, low-cost, environmentally sound, and sustainable. <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>Tables and Figures <br>Preface <br>Acknowledgments <br>Conversions and Abbreviations <p><b>Part I: Introduction</b> <br>1. The Urban Transport Problem <br>2. On Method and Madness <p><b>Part II: Characteristics of Transport Modes, Cities, and Users</b> <br>3. Capacity of Transport Modes and the Use of Urban Space <br>4. Energy, Pollution, and the Urban Environment <br>5. Public Expense, Health, and Accidents <br>6. Transport Characteristics and Individual Preferences <br>7. Modes of Urban Transportation (with Howard M. Bunch) <br>8. Characteristics of Cities and Their Transport Users <p><b>Part III: Formulating and Evaluating Transport Strategies and Projects</b> <br>9. Selected Modes and City Types <br>10. Project Formulation and Evaluation <br>11. Viable and Sustainable Transport Strategies <br>12. Summary and Conclusion <p>Notes <br>References <br>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><b>Charles L. Wright</b> is Associate Professor of Economics, currently on leave from the University of Bras�lia.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/urban.html" TARGET="_top">Urban Studies</a> </p> <BR><h2 class="inpageheading">In the series</H2> <P><I><a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/conflicts.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Click for other books in this series!'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" target="_top">Conflicts in Urban and Regional Development</a></i>, edited by John R. Logan and Todd Swanstrom. </p><p><i>Conflicts in Urban and Regional Development</i>, edited by John R. 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