Future Transport in Cities by Brian Richards

Future Transport in Cities by Brian Richards

This new text shows how public transport is being integrated into the urban environment, what innovatory systems are being developed worldwide and how the city of the future and society might evolve without dependence on the car.

'Presents some of the best examples of integrating high quality transport with urban form through design' - Built Environment

'The book is visually stunning and well laid outThe book provides transport planners with a rich source of examples of successful 'off the wall' sustainable solutions to transport in a beautiful, easy to read package.' Local Transport Today

'Presents some of the best examples of integrating high quality transport with urban form through design.' - Built Environment

'It is a brilliant analysis of how things work in the real world and the promise of new technologies. Mandatory reading for Angelenos.' - LA Architect

'Stimulating, judicious and suprisingly optimistic book.' - The Architectural Review

'What follows is a feast of illustrative material and images, many produced by the author himself, which make the book sing. This book is very readable, as well as presentable, and will surely reach a wide audience.' - Urban Design Quarterly

'His book offers persuasive analysis of existing transport best practice across the world.' - New statesman

'The book is visually stunning and well laid out the book provides transport planners with a rich source of examples of successful 'off the wall' sustainable solutions to transport in a beautiful, easy to read package.' - Local Transport Today

A wide-ranging, well illustrated exploration of hot to achieve better mobility within urban centres without further increasing dependence upon the private car. Architect Brian Richards takes a globetrotting look at how the design of buildings and cities can be better integrated with publich transport systems and be geared toward the needs of pedestrians and cyclists.' - rudi.net (Resource for Urban Design Information)

'Future Transport in Cities offers many good illustrations with clear explanations and summarizes significant transport technologies.' - Yue Wu, APA Journal

Brian Richards trained as an architect at Liverpool and Yale. He has taught at the Architectural Association, and worked in Sweden, the United States, France and Morocco. He has worked as a consultant to OECD on pedestrian movement, and with London Transport on station planning and interchanges.

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ISBN 13	9780415261425
ISBN 10	0415261422
Title	Future Transport in Cities
Author	Brian Richards
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2001-10-18
Number of pages	176
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.