Synopses & Reviews
Cities will continue to accommodate the automobile, but when cities are built around them, the quality of human and natural life declines. Current trends show great promise for future urban mobility systems that enable freedom and connection, but not dependence. We are experiencing the phenomenon of peak car use in many global cities at the same time that urban rail is thriving, central cities are revitalizing, and suburban sprawl is reversing. Walking and cycling are growing in many cities, along with ubiquitous bike sharing schemes, which have contributed to new investment and vitality in central cities including Melbourne, Seattle, Chicago, and New York.
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We are thus in a new era that has come much faster than global transportation experts Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy had predicted: the end of automobile dependence. In The End of Automobile Dependence, Newman and Kenworthy look at how we can accelerate a planning approach to designing urban environments that can function reliably and conveniently on alternative modes, with a refined and more civilized automobile playing a very much reduced and manageable role in urban transportation. The authors examine the rise and fall of automobile dependence using updated data on 44 global cities to better understand how to facilitate and guide cities to the most productive and sustainable outcomes.
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This is the final volume in a trilogy by Newman and Kenworthy on automobile dependence (Cities and Automobile Dependence in 1989 and Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence in 1999). Like all good trilogies this one shows the rise of an empire, in this case that of the automobile, the peak of its power, and the decline of that empire.
Review
andquot;A profoundly important and optimistic book on planning our cities. Newman and Kenworthy complete their trilogy on automobile dependence by demonstrating that global trends are turning towards a more sustainable future for many metropolitan regions.andquot;
Review
andquot;The closing volume of Newman and Kenworthyand#39;s epic transportation trilogy outlines multiple paths to a post-automobile addiction world. It demonstrates how reducing automobile dependence can help us make rapid progress towards more sustainable, economically secure and healthy cities and accelerate decarbonisation to reduce climate change risk.andquot;
Review
andquot;Newman and Kenworthy offer a framework for a true democracy of transportation choice. This realistically optimistic book augurs the emergence of cities that will truly optimize their transportation systemsandmdash;economically, for resource efficiency, and for quality of life.andquot;
Review
andquot;The books of Newman and Kenworthy have opened doors for new thinking, new concepts and a new comprehensive theory. This book is a good basis for a paradigm shift and new orientation towards walking and transit urban fabrics.andquot;
Review
andquot;In these pages, Peter Newman and Jeffrey Kenworthy provide a definitive post-mortem for the era of car-dependence and a vision for safer, more sustainable and welcoming streets. From reinvigorated transit networks to smarter suburban development strategies to the downtown renaissance playing out in cities worldwide, Newman and Kenworthy have sketched a roadmap to an urban future powered not by internal combustion, but human ingenuity.andquot;
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andquot;This is a book I would like to walk into a city council meeting and thump on the table before the council and say and#39;Read it.and#39;andquot;
Synopsis
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The End of Automobile Dependence, Newman and Kenworthy look at how we can accelerate a planning approach to designing urban environments that can function reliably and conveniently on alternative modes. They consider a refined and more civilized automobile playing a very much reduced and manageable role in urban transportation. The authors examine the rise and fall of automobile dependence using updated data on 44 global cities to better understand how to facilitate and guide cities to the most productive and sustainable outcomes.
and#160;
This is the final volume in a trilogy by Newman and Kenworthy on automobile dependence (Cities and Automobile Dependence in 1989 and Sustainability and Cities: Overcoming Automobile Dependence in 1999). Like all good trilogies this one shows the rise of an empire, in this case that of the automobile, the peak of its power, and the decline of that empire.
About the Author
Peter Newman is a Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University and Director of the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute (CUSP) in Perth, Western Australia. and#160;Newman has served on the Board of Infrastructure Australia and as a Lead Author for Transport on the IPCCand#39;s 5th Assessment Report. He is the author of numerous books, includingand#160;
Resilient Cities,
Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems, andand#160;
Sustainability and Cities.
Jeffrey Kenworthy is a professor at Curtin University and a guest professor at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. He teaches and supervises postgraduate students in urban sustainability fields. He has authored numerous books and publications, includingand#160;Sustainability and Cities with Peter Newman
Table of Contents
Preface: The Trilogy
Chapter 1. The Rise and Fall of Automobile Dependence
Chapter 2: Urban Transportation Patterns and Trends in Global Cities
Chapter 3: Emerging Cities and Automobile Dependence
Chapter 4: The Theory of Urban Fabrics: Understanding the End of Automobile Dependence
Chapter 5: Transportation Planning: Hindrance or Help?
Chapter 6: Overcoming Barriers to the End of Automobile Dependence
Chapter 7: The End of Automobile Dependence: A Troubling Prognosis?
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Life after Automobile Dependence
Appendix
Endnotes and Reference