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1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 51 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Suzie Althens. |
| Summary |
As New York City's transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan managed the seemingly impossible and transformed the streets of one of the world's greatest, toughest cities into dynamic spaces safe for pedestrians and bikers. Her approach was dramatic and effective: Simply painting a part of the street to make it into a plaza or bus lane not only made the street safer, but it also lessened congestion and increased foot traffic, which improved the bottom line of businesses. Real-life experience confirmed that if you know how to read the street, you can make it function better by not totally reconstructing it but by reallocating the space that's already there. Breaking the street into its component parts, Streetfight demonstrates how to rewrite the underlying "source code" of a street, with pointers on how to add protected bike paths, improve crosswalk space, and provide visual cues to reduce speeding. Achieving such a radical overhaul wasn't easy, and Streetfight pulls back the curtain on the battles Sadik-Khan won to make her approach work. She includes examples of how this new way to read the streets has already made its way around the world, from pocket parks in Mexico City and Los Angeles to more pedestrian-friendly streets in Auckland and Buenos Aires, and innovative bike-lane designs and plazas in Austin, Indianapolis, and San Francisco. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Streets -- New York (State) -- New York -- Planning.
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City traffic -- New York (State) -- New York -- Planning.
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Pedestrian traffic flow -- New York (State) -- New York -- Planning.
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Pedestrian areas -- New York (State) -- New York -- Planning.
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Bicycle traffic flow -- New York (State) -- New York -- Planning.
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Transportation -- New York (State) -- New York -- Planning.
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Bicycle trails -- New York (State) -- New York -- Planning.
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Urban transportation policy -- New York (State) -- New York.
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| Added Author |
Solomonow, Seth, author.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Street fight : handbook for an urban revolution |
| ISBN |
9781666167313 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666167312 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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MWT14585987 |
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