Transit villages for the 21st century

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Transit villages for the 21st century

Michael Bernick, Robert Burke Cervero

McGraw-Hill, c1997

  • : hbk

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This is a guide to the new wave of "transit villages", communities that hug metropolitan rail systems in order to reduce "gridlock" and expedite growth. It shows how this new approach to urban development encourages community development, and includes case studies of successful transit villages.

Table of Contents

Part I: Transit Villages: Retrospective and Prospective. Transit Villages and the Contemporary Metropolis. America's Early Transit Villages. Part II: The Case for Transit Villages. Transit Villages and Public Policy. The Built Environment and the Demand for Transit. Part III: Transit Villages in America. San Francisco Bay Area: Transit's New Urbanism. Washington, D. C. : Post Edge City. Southern California: Transit Villages in the Heartland of the Automobile. New York: Commuter Town Revival. IV: Transit Villages Abroad. Stockholm: The Sustainable Metropolis. Tokyo: Transit Villages and the Private Railway. Singapore: The Master Planned Metropolis. Part V: Into the Future. Building Transit Villages in the Real World. Building Transit Villages in the 21st Century.

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