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Book SynopsisIn From Mobility to Accessibility, an expert team of researchers flips the tables on the standard models for evaluating regional transportation performance. Jonathan Levine, Joe Grengs, and Louis A. Merlin argue for an "accessibility shift" whereby transportation planning, and the transportation dimensions of land-use planning, would be based...
Trade ReviewLevine, Grengs, and Merlin marshal a compelling case to shift to accessibility-oriented planning, providing much needed conceptual clarity as to what accessibility is and is not. But their book also represents a major step toward transforming accessibility from a vaguely defined aspiration into concrete measures that can guide planning decisions.
* Journal of the American Planning Association *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Accessibility Shift
1. What Is Transportation For?
2. Evolution of the Accessibility Concept
3. Accessibility in Everyday Planning
4. Accessibility and Urban Form
5. The Special Case of Public-Transport Accessibility
6. Accessibility in Social-Equity Evaluation
7. Nonwork Accessibility
Conclusion: Envisioning the Accessibility Shift
