Mobility First: A New Vision for Transportation in a Globally Competitive Twenty-first Century

by Sam Staley, Adrian Moore

Traffic congestion is a growing problem and unless policy makers and transportation officials make some dramatic changes, it will rise to unacceptable levels by 2030. In , Sam Staley and Adrian Moore explain the inefficient systems and politics that cause this escalating epidemic, presenting commonsense, high-tech solutions that will ease congestion and its troubling consequences.

The book considers transportation policy through the intersection of four crucial and timely elements: global, economic, and cultural competitiveness; urban development trends; demographics; and transportation engineering and design. It sets goals for congestion reduction, outlines performance standards that increase transparency, calls for the redesign of the regional transportation network, and describes sufficient investment in technology.

Genres: Urban Planning

224 pages, Hardcover

First published October 23, 2008

Reviews

[Peter Bednár · Rating 2 out of 5]

Area man working as Reason’s founder of urban policy institute swings big in an attempt to bury transit, ends up making unwittingly compelling arguments for transit.

Also: “…we have left the issues of climate AND LAND USE to admittedly brief appendices…”

As it turns out, those are pretty important omissions. Taking both into account would have made the book’s central remedy for congestion – building a lot of tunnels – seem like a pretty terrible idea.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dated, but relevant.