Roadways for People
Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering
$51.66
- Paperback
244 pages
- Release Date
5 December 2022
Summary
“Seventy years of a car-only approach—not car-centric, it’s car-only—is actually not just non-driver hostile, it’s driver hostile. No one benefits.” —Beth Osborne, Director, Transportation for America
The car-only approach in transportation planning and engineering has led to the construction of roadways that have torn apart and devalued communities, especially Black and Brown communities. Forging a new path to repair this damage requires a community solutions-based approach …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781642832235 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1642832235 |
| Author: | Lynn Peterson, Elizabeth Doerr, Janette Sadik-Khan |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Island Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 244 |
| Release Date: | 5 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
Critics Review
“Roadways for People gives an honest depiction of how our industry historically has negatively impacted communities of color—by design, process, and all too often by intent. But most importantly, it lifts up the examples of communities and transportation professionals that are doing amazing work together—to restore and repair past harms while also creating thriving places that provide better outcomes for all.”—Beverly A. Scott, community builder; CEO, Beverly Scott Associates, LLC
“The greatest community power isn’t the ability to say no. It is the power to say yes to a project that transforms neighborhoods—and the people who live within them—that is the highest of civic virtues. There are few authorities as equipped to achieve this as Lynn Peterson. This book distills her 30-year career, her own personal journey, and the power of examples from transportation professionals and public servants across the country.”—Janette Sadik-Khan, Bloomberg Associates and former commissioner, NYC Department of Transportation
“After World War II, we asked engineers to reshape a continent from the top-down. Today, we ask them to do the same, but this time from the bottom-up in collaboration with local communities. Roadways for People is a long overdue shift in thinking.”—Charles Marohn, author of “Strong Towns” and “Confessions of a Recovering Engineer”
Lynn Peterson
Lynn Peterson is currently the Oregon Metro Council President, leading the nation’s only elected regional government, which oversees regional affordable housing, parks, tourism and cultural venues, garbage and recycling, and, of course transportation and land use planning.
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