Sustainable Transportation Planning: Tools for Creating Vibrant, Healthy, and Resilient Communities

Written in clear, easy-to-follow language, this book provides planning practitioners with the tools they need to achieve their cities economic development, social equity and ecological sustainability goals. The book begins with criticism of conventional transportation practice, noting how the professions usual tools have exacerbated rather than solved the congestion problems they were designed to address. More importantly, past practice has made transportation the biggest single producer of CO2 emissions in North America. Building upon successful case studies from around the world, however, the author provides step-by-step guidance for how cities can solve the twin problems of congestion and CO2, while also improving their quality of life and economic performance.  Starting with detailed advice for improving each mode of transportation, the book offers guidance on balancing the needs of each mode against each other, whether on a downtown street, or a small town neighborhood, or a regional network.