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Beyond Mobility

Planning Cities for People and Places

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Robert Cervero

    1. College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

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  2. Erick Guerra

    1. School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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  3. Stefan Al

    1. School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

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  • Written by some of the top authorities on transportation planning globally

  • Provides examples from Europe, North America, Asia, and, to a lesser extent, Africa

  • Extends beyond cities to address suburban projects

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Urban Recalibration

    • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
    Pages 1-14

  3. Making the Case

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-16
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    2. Better Communities

      • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
      Pages 17-34

    3. Better Environments

      • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
      Pages 35-46

    4. Better Economies

      • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
      Pages 47-64

  4. Contexts and Cases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-66
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    2. Urban Transformations

      • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
      Pages 67-86

    3. Suburban Transformations

      • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
      Pages 87-108

    4. Transit-Oriented Development

      • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
      Pages 109-142

    5. Road Contraction

      • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
      Pages 143-164

  5. Looking Forward

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-166
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    2. The Global South

      • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
      Pages 167-192

    3. Emerging Technologies

      • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
      Pages 197-210

    4. Toward Sustainable Urban Futures

      • Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, Stefan Al
      Pages 211-226

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 227-278
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About this book

This volume is about prioritizing the needs and aspirations of people and the creation of great places. This is as important, if not more important, than expediting movement. A stronger focus on accessibility and place creates better communities, environments, and economies. Rethinking how projects are planned and designed in cities and suburbs needs to occur at multiple geographic scales, from micro-designs (such as parklets), corridors (such as road-diets), and city-regions (such as an urban growth boundary). It can involve both software (a shift in policy) and hardware (a physical transformation). Moving beyond mobility must also be socially inclusive, a significant challenge in light of the price increases that typically result from creating higher quality urban spaces.

Authors and Affiliations

  • College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    Robert Cervero

  • School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Erick Guerra, Stefan Al

About the authors

Robert Cervero is Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of six books in the urban transportation field, including The Transit Metropolis, Transit Villages for the 21st Century, Paratransit in America, America’s Suburban Centers, and Suburban Gridlock, as well as numerous articles and research publications. He was a contributing author to the recent IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) Fifth Assessment and UN-Habitat's Global Report on Sustainable Mobility and in 2013 was ranked among the top 100 City Innovators Worldwide by UMB's Future Cities. He is an experienced consultant and advisor, and has conducted an evaluation of car-sharing in San Francisco, and case-based research on transportation and sustainable urbanism. He is also active on the international scene, advising and conducting research in Bogota, Colombia and Xi’an, China. He won the 2003 Article of the Year for the Journal of the American Planning Association. Cervero is a Fellow with the Urban Land Institute and the World Bank Institute, and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals.

Erick Guerra is Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses in transportation planning and quantitative planning methods. He has published a dozen articles on the relationship between transportation infrastructure, land use, urban development, and travel behavior.

Stefan Al is Associate Professor of Urban Design at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published several books, including Factory Towns of South China: An Illustrated Guidebook and The Strip: Las Vegas and the Architecture of the American Dream. As a practicing architect and urban designer, he has worked on renowned projects such as the Canton Tower in Guangzhou.

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