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Guides, Books and More
Americans with Disabilities Act
Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation
- Set up by the Washington State Legislature and the Governor to conduct a comprehensive analysis of statewide transportation needs and priorities - served from 1998 - 2000. The commission's documents and reports are still available online.
Carfree Cities
- The website that goes with the book of the same name by J. H. Crawford. Also visit their bi-monthly electronic newsletter, Carfree Times, at www.carfree.com/cft.
International Walk Our Children to School Day
Making Streets That Work
- Workbook and Video
for more information contact Seattle Department of Transportation Neighborhood Transportation Services Division
Marcie Wagoner
206/684-7570
Safe Routes to School
- This popular program is spreading across Canada and the U.S. designed to decrease traffic and pollution and increase the health of children and the community.
Smart Moves
- This annual campaign was formerly called "Oil Smart."
Surface Transportation Policy Project
- National information and numerous links to further sites.
1100 17th St., NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202/466-2636
Walkable America Checklist
- Getting America on its Feet! A detailed checklist to decide if your neighborhood is a friendly place to walk, with ideas for improving your community's score (from Partnership for a Walkable America).
Walkinginfo.org
- This pedestrian and bicycle information center has many resources and information tools and links on walking and pedestrian issues.
Washington State Department of Transportation NW Planning and Policy Office
Washington State Pedestrian Users Guide
Washington State Transportation Commission
- P.O. Box 47308
Olympia, WA 98504-7308
Phone: 360/705-7070
Books
The Car and the City: 24 Steps to Safe Streets and Healthy Communities (New Report, No. 3)
by Alan Thein Durning
ISBN: 1886093032
Bristling with facts about the actual cost of cars and car infrastructure, moved along by the success story of Vancouver, B.C.'s West End, suggestions for improving cities livability run the gamut from city planning solutions, to innovative ideas for auto insurance. Profiles Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver- by car, train, bicycle, and foot.
Divorce Your Car! Ending the Love Affair with the Automobile
By Katie Alvord
ISBN: 0865714088
Our romance with cars, begun with enthusiasm more than 100 years ago, has in fact become a very troubled entanglement. On a collective level, divorcing cars can bring us cleaner air, clearer water, less noise, and friendlier communities. It can foster better transportation options, more compact cities, and correspondingly more farmland, wildlife habitat, and parks. On a personal level, it can be incredibly liberating, bringing less stress, more money, better health and fitness, reduced risk of accidental death, and a simpler lifestyle. Divorcing your car can take many forms, from simply using it less to not owning one at all. This practical guide shows how divorcing a car can be fun, healthy, money-saving, and helpful to the planet in the process.
How Cities Work : Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken
by Alex Marshall
ISBN: 0292752407
To build better cities, Marshall asserts, we must understand and intelligently direct the forces that shape them. Without prescribing any one solution, he defines the key issues facing all concerned citizens who are trying to control urban sprawl and build real communities. He points out, as few new urbanists do, that cities exist for the economic advantage of its citizens and that it is the transportation system that ultimately determines the form of regions.
Stuck in Traffic: Coping With Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion
by Anthony Downs
ISBN: 081571923X
In this new book, Anthony Downs looks at the causes of worsening traffic congestion, especially in suburban areas, and considers the possible remedies. He analyzes the specific advantages and disadvantages of every major strategy that has been proposed to reduce congestion. In non-technical language, he focuses on two central issues: the relationships between land-use and traffic flow in rapidly growing areas, and whether local policies can effectively reduce congestion or if more regional approaches are necessary.
Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence
by Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy
ISBN: 1559636602
The authors make the case that the essential character of a city's land use results from how it manages its transportation, and that only by reducing our automobile dependence will we be able to successfully accommodate all elements of the sustainability agenda. They provide an updated survey of global cities that examines a range of sustainability factors and indicators, and, using a series of case studies, demonstrate how cities around the world are overcoming the problem of automobile dependence. They also examine the connections among transportation and other issues - including water use and cycling, waste management, greening the urban landscape, and more.
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