I have mentioned this resource to a number of people, and think that folks on this list would probably find it useful.
*A People’s History of Recent Urban Transportation Innovation <http://transitcenter.org/peoples-history/>* Here's a Streetsblog blurb about the publication: The Key Human Factors That Can Lead Any City to Transform Its Streets http://usa.streetsblog.org/2015/08/04/the-key-human-factors-that-can-lead-any-city-to-transform-its-streets/#more-163735 The ideas of grassroots advocates inspire a bold mayor and transportation > agency head, who create a sense of purpose and urgency that shakes up > agency culture, bringing plans from vision to reality in a short > timeframe. By quickly delivering tangible results, innovators in > government show the public what it means to move the city away from > car-centric design and toward streets where people can gather in public and > get around without driving. > Tsay shows how various cities have employed this strategy — old cities > like New York, Pittsburgh, and Chicago, with walkable street grids, > and newer cities like Charlotte, Portland, and Denver that grew on an > automobile-based model. > And that’s what makes the pattern of change described by TransitCenter so > exciting. While the existing built environment can create conditions that > are more or less favorable for transforming streets, in the end you can > make change happen anywhere. It’s the human factors that are actually > decisive. Full publication can be downloaded here: http://transitcenter.org/peoples-history/ Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] All opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any other group with which I am affiliated.
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