Decisions about how we transport ourselves are considered a matter of per-sonal choice and in North America, the majority choose the private automo-bile. Yet, transportation infrastructure is a matter of public policy and greatly affects individual choice. After approximately 90 years of mass-production, the role of the car in the destruction of cities has been well established, as has the ecological unsustainability of its present (over)use. More recently, sociologists have identified that the automobile increases and entrenches social inequities. Consequently, this raises questions about the democratic and liberalizing quali-ties historically associated with the car. This paper examines the connections between social inequity and ecologi...
This article explores the history of automobility as ideology, its effect on individuals and its pos...
Taking advantage of a research trying to understand the relationship between road infrastructure and...
This thesis investigates how planning for urban land use, form, and design can contribute to reducin...
Significant changes must occur in human interaction with the natural environment if the world is to...
The twenty-first century finds civiliation heavily based in cities that have grown into large metro...
Automobile dependence is defined as a series of convergent land use and transportation conditions i...
[Extract] Of all dimensions of urban sustainability, nothing has more profound impact on the quality...
Active transportation modes in North America are often accounted as ‘white strips of gentrification’...
The 20th century witnessed revolutionary developments in transportation technology with major impact...
The city, since the industrialization period, is no longer the product of a single mind. With bold a...
The 20(th) century witnessed revolutionary developments in transportation technology with major impa...
Complexity rears its head in many forms in America’s urban transport sector -– in the marketplace, m...
The prevalence of urban sprawl, amplified levels of auto dependency, and nonwork travel during the a...
The post-war period expanded the North-american pattern of massive road transport to the whole OECD ...
What would a car-free downtown Toronto look like? As the threat of climate change looms and cities a...
This article explores the history of automobility as ideology, its effect on individuals and its pos...
Taking advantage of a research trying to understand the relationship between road infrastructure and...
This thesis investigates how planning for urban land use, form, and design can contribute to reducin...
Significant changes must occur in human interaction with the natural environment if the world is to...
The twenty-first century finds civiliation heavily based in cities that have grown into large metro...
Automobile dependence is defined as a series of convergent land use and transportation conditions i...
[Extract] Of all dimensions of urban sustainability, nothing has more profound impact on the quality...
Active transportation modes in North America are often accounted as ‘white strips of gentrification’...
The 20th century witnessed revolutionary developments in transportation technology with major impact...
The city, since the industrialization period, is no longer the product of a single mind. With bold a...
The 20(th) century witnessed revolutionary developments in transportation technology with major impa...
Complexity rears its head in many forms in America’s urban transport sector -– in the marketplace, m...
The prevalence of urban sprawl, amplified levels of auto dependency, and nonwork travel during the a...
The post-war period expanded the North-american pattern of massive road transport to the whole OECD ...
What would a car-free downtown Toronto look like? As the threat of climate change looms and cities a...
This article explores the history of automobility as ideology, its effect on individuals and its pos...
Taking advantage of a research trying to understand the relationship between road infrastructure and...
This thesis investigates how planning for urban land use, form, and design can contribute to reducin...