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Marohn, Charles L., Jr.
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Urban transportation.
Urban transportation -- United States.
Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth.
Urban renewal.
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Marohn, Charles L., Jr.
Urban transportation.
Urban transportation -- United States.
Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth.
Urban renewal.
MARC Display
Confessions
of a
recovering
engineer
:
transportation
for a
strong
town
/ Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
by
Marohn, Charles L., Jr.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021.
Call #:
388.40973 M354c
Subjects
Urban
transportation
.
Urban
transportation
-- United States.
Cities and towns -- United States -- Growth.
Urban renewal.
ISBN:
9781119699293 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Transportation
for a
strong
town
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xxiv, 248 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The costs of the North American
transportation
system are too high -- not just in money, but in time, safety, and quality of life. Most Americans sense the
transportation
system is working against rather than for them, that the money spent on
transportation
may temporarily addresss a problem but ultimately makes their lives worse. They also feel powerless because they can't put their finger on why it's so bad, or how it can be made beter. Americans are rightly frustrated, yet what most suspect to be wrong about
transportation
is only part of the story. The reality is worse in many ways, with our efforts to fix these systems only reinforcing the problems we are hoping to solve. A new approach is neeeded.
Strong
Towns founder and president Charles Marohn, Jr. is a professional
engineer
and planner with decades of experience. In his work, he saw fisthand how the conventional approach to traffic engineering is making people less safe, bankrupting towns and cities, destroying the fabric of communities, and actually worsening the problems ( like congestion) engineers set out to solve. He founded
Strong
Towns in 2008 to advocate for a smarter, more resilient, and more fiscally reponsible approach. Over the last 12 years,
Strong
Towns has grown into an international movement of people from all walks of life who are challenging the status quo and changing how we build cities in the U.S. and Canada. [In the book,] Marohn pulls back the curtain on the North American
transportation
system. He explains how
transportation
got so bad, and why it keeps getting worse. He writes about the deadly toll of bad design, why the conventional approach puts cities on the road to insolvency, and why public transit is in trouble. He also talks about how
transportation
can be fixed -- and why fixing it will involve not just engineers, but local residents and officials who have become effective and empowered advocates, connected with others to make real change. No one should be consigned to living in a community where
transportation
gets worse while costing more. Rather than being a burden,
transportation
should fit with your life. It is possible to build a
transportation
system that makes, you, your family, and your community safer and more prosperous. This book will show you how."--Jacket.
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