TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levine,Jonathan
AU  - Grengs,Joe
AU  - Merlin,Louis A.
TI  - From Mobility to Accessibility: Transforming Urban Transportation and Land-Use Planning 
SN  - 9781501716102
AV  - HE305 .L48 2020
U1  - 388.4 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - City planning
KW  - United States
KW  - Urban transportation
KW  - Planning
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Urban Studies
KW  - ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Transport Planning
KW  - U.S. urban planning
KW  - accessibility in social-equity
KW  - accessibility land use
KW  - accessibility metrics
KW  - accessibility models
KW  - accessibility planning
KW  - accessibility shift
KW  - accessibility studies case studies
KW  - accessibility thinking
KW  - accessibility transportation
KW  - accessibility-oriented planning
KW  - accessible urban design
KW  - building accessibility
KW  - city planning
KW  - city planning accessibility standards
KW  - city planning and accessibility studies
KW  - city planning manuals
KW  - evaluating regional transportation performance
KW  - how to be more accessible
KW  - improve mobility
KW  - improve transportation mobility
KW  - inclusive transportation
KW  - land use accessibility studies
KW  - land-use planning
KW  - metropolitan accessibility
KW  - metropolitan planning
KW  - modern city accessibility
KW  - nature of accessibility studies
KW  - nature of accessibility
KW  - public-transport accessibility
KW  - transport policy
KW  - transportation planning
KW  - transportation policies
KW  - transportation policy
KW  - transportation policy accessibility
KW  - transportation studies
KW  - urban design
KW  - urban form
KW  - urban transportation
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 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 --; Appendix A: Procedure for Accessibility Analysis for Land-Use Projects --; Appendix B: Variables Used in the Text --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Levine, 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 AssociationIn 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 on people's ability to reach destinations, rather than on their ability to travel fast.Existing models for planning and evaluating transportation, which have taken vehicle speeds as the most important measure, would make sense if movement were the purpose of transportation. But it is the ability to reach destinations, not movement per se, that people seek from their transportation systems. While the concept of accessibility has been around for the better part of a century, From Mobility to Accessibility shows that the accessibility shift is compelled by the fundamental purpose of transportation. The book argues that the shift would be transformative to the practice of both transportation and land-use planning but is impeded by many conceptual obstacles regarding the nature of accessibility and its potential for guiding development of the built environment. By redefining success in transportation, the book provides city planners, decisionmakers, and scholars a path to reforming the practice of transportation and land-use planning in modern cities and metropolitan areas
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501716102?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501716102
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501716102/original
ER  -