Making public transport work /
People have always traveled, but over the last century there has been an unprecedented increase in mobility. Hundreds of millions commute daily between home and work, relying more and more on cars and less on urban and intercity public transport. Faced with environmental concerns and the negative cu...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal, Que. :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | People have always traveled, but over the last century there has been an unprecedented increase in mobility. Hundreds of millions commute daily between home and work, relying more and more on cars and less on urban and intercity public transport. Faced with environmental concerns and the negative cultural and social effects of urban sprawl, governments and other agencies have attempted to reverse the decline in public transport use. In Making Public Transportation Work P.M. Bunting examines why problems have arisen and how they might be corrected. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 161 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780773571433 0773571434 1282861468 9781282861466 |