Transit-friendly Streets: Design and Traffic Management Strategies to Support Livable CommunitiesPresents 10 strategies used in both the United States and Europe to create transit-friendly streets. The strategies are followed by case studies of five communities that have pursued different initiatives to improve their livability by making their streets more transit-friendly. |
Contents
CHAPTER 4 Methods and Strategies to Create TransitFriendly Streets | 38 |
Conclusions and Future Research | 47 |
APPENDIX | 55 |
APPENDIX | 67 |
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