| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Urban and industrial environments |
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Urban and industrial environments.
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| Contents |
Urban freeways and America's changing cities -- The 1930s : forays into the urban realm -- Urban freeways and national policy, 1939-1945 -- Postwar urban freeways : scaling up for a city on wheels, 1946-1956 -- Changing visions and regulations for highway planning -- Urban freeway stories : three cities among dozens -- Conclusions and epilogue : urban highways and the American city |
| Summary |
The story of the evolution of the urban freeway, the competing visions that informed it, and the emerging alternatives for more sustainable urban transportation. Urban freeways often cut through the heart of a city, destroying neighborhoods, displacing residents, and reconfiguring street maps. These massive infrastructure projects, costing billions of dollars in transportation funds, have been shaped for the last half century by the ideas of highway engineers, urban planners, landscape architects, and architects - with highway engineers playing the leading role. In this book, the authors describe the evolution of the urban freeway in the United States, from its rural parkway precursors through the construction of the interstate highway system to emerging alternatives for more sustainable urban transportation. The authors describe controversies that arose over urban freeway construction, focusing on three cases: Syracuse, which early on embraced freeways through its center; Los Angeles, which rejected some routes and then built I-105, the most expensive urban road of its time; and Memphis, which blocked the construction of I-40 through its core. Finally, they consider the emerging urban highway removal movement and other innovative efforts by cities to re-envision urban transportation |
| Analysis |
ARCHITECTURE/Urban Design |
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ENVIRONMENT/General |
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URBANISM/Transportation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-346) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Express highways -- United States -- History
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Express highways -- Government policy -- United States -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Transportation.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Public Transportation.
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Express highways
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Express highways -- Government policy
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ellis, Cliff, 1951- author.
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| LC no. |
2012022866 |
| ISBN |
0262312387 |
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9780262312387 |
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