The organization of transport a history of users, industry, and public policy
"Over the past ten years, the study of mobility has demonstrated groundbreaking approaches and new research patterns. These investigations criticize the concept of mobility itself, suggesting the need to merge transport and communication research, and to approach the topic with novel instrument...
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Routledge
2014
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction Christopher Kopper and Massimo Moraglio
- 2. Clashes of Cultures: Road vs. Rail in the North-Atlantic World during the Inter-War Coordination Crisis Gijs Mom
- 3. Half-Holiday Excursions and Rambling Clubs - How did Leisure Shape the Mobilities of the Early Twentieth Century? Jill Ebrey
- 4. Towards a Better Understanding of Bicycles as Transport Peter Cox
- 5. Mobile Worths: Disputes Over Streets Jim Conley-- 6. Urbanization and Transport Restructuring Before World War II: A Comparison Between London and Osaka Takeshi Yuzawa
- 7. Why the "Los Angelization" of German Cities Did Not Happen: The German Perception of U.S. Traffic Planning and the Preservation of the German City Christopher Kopper
- 8. Automobility, Utopia, and the Contradictions of Modern Urbanism, Concerning Karel Teige Steven Logan
- 9. The Conquest of Urban Mobility: The Spanish Case, 1843-2012 Alberte Martinez and Jesus Miras
- 10. Shifting Transport Regimes: The Strange Case of Light Rail Revival Massimo Moraglio
- 11. The Creation and Perpetuation of an Automobile-Oriented Urban Form: Dispersed Suburbanism in North America Pierre Filion
- 12. Transportation Planning as Infrastructural Fix: Regulating Traffic Congestion in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area John Saunders
- 13. Move and Maintain: Mapping Multi-Local Lifestyles in Hyderabad, India Angela Jain and Gowkanapalli Lakshmi Narasimha Reddy
- 14. Dwelling In Between? Multi-Location between History and New Socio-Technical Systems Hans-Liudger Dienel and Massimo Moraglio