[sustran] Re: NEW BOOK: URBAN TRANSPORT IN EUROPE & USA

[Chaohe Rong]

> 
> The National Transit Institute would like to 
> bring to your attention an important new book 
> just published by Dr. John Pucher of Rutgers 
> University (NJ, USA) and Dr. Christian Lefevre 
> of the University of Paris (France):
> 
> THE URBAN TRANPSPORT CRISIS IN EUROPE AND 
>            NORTH AMERICA
> 
> 
> Authors:  John Pucher and Christian Lefevre
> Publisher:  Macmillan Press, UK  (London, England)
> Date:  August 1996
> Pages:  226
> Price:  14.99 British pounds (approx. $20 USD)
> ISBN:   0-333-65551-6     (paperback)
> 
> 
> Summary:
> 
> Increasing levels of auto ownership and use 
> are causing severe social, economic, and 
> environmental problems in virtually all
> countries in Europe and North America.  
> This book documents the worsening transport 
> crisis and differences among countries in their
> urban transport and land-use systems.  The 
> focus is on public policies to deal with 
> urban transport problems.  Through in-depth
> case studies of eight countries, the book 
> seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of 
> alternative solutions to transport problems, 
> and thus a way out of the transport crisis.
> 
> The introductory chapters discuss the main 
> themes of the book and place the analysis 
> in an overall, international context.  Eight
> chapters are devoted to detailed analysis 
> of urban transport in specific countries 
> and regions:  Germany, France, The Netherlands,
> Italy, Great Britain, Eastern Europe, Canada, 
> and the USA.  The concluding chapter is devoted 
> specifically to comparisons among the eight 
> country case studies and, in particular, to 
> drawing useful lessons from the successes 
> and failures of alternative policies. 
> 
> In virtually every chapter, the essential 
> role of non-motorized transport is emphasized.
> Indeed, in most European countries, roughly
> half of all urban travel is by walking or 
> bicycling, in sharp contrast to the mere 10% 
> modal split share of non-motorized urban travel 
> in both the United States and Canada.  As is 
> shown in the book, many of the social and 
> environmental problems in North American
> cities can be attributed to the excessive 
> reliance on automobile transport and the 
> underdevelopment of public transit and
> non-motorized modes.
> 
> Another key feature of the book is detailed 
> analysis of public transport developments in 
> each country, including finance, technology, 
> marketing, and regional multi-modal coordination 
> of transit services.  Contrary to assertions in 
> some auto-oriented publications, the book 
> documents that transit has been extremely 
> successful in some countries, with increasing
> transit ridership and even rising modal 
> split shares of public transit.  It is not 
> inevitable that public transit be in decline.  
> The success or failure of transit is shown 
> to be primarily the result of supportive
> public policies, not due to any inherent 
> shortcomings of transit itself. 
> 
> 
> about the authors:    
> 
> John Pucher is Professor of Urban Planning 
> at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA
> 
> Christian Lefevre is Associate Professor 
> of Urban Studies at the University of Paris, 
> Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris, and Associate
> Researcher at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts 
> et Chaussees, Paris, France.   
> 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, it is only possible to order 
> the book directly via fax or email from 
> Macmillan UK in England.  There is not yet 
> a North American distributor for the book.  
> 
> Orders can be placed directly with Macmillan 
> UK via email or fax:
> 
> EMAIL address for ordering book:
> 
> c.shepheard at macmillan.co.uk         
> 
> 
> FAX number for ordering book:
> 
> 011-44-1256-479-476 (attn: Ms. Charlotte Shepheard)
> 
> 
> Title:  The URBAN TRANSPORT CRISIS IN EUROPE 
>                  AND NORTH AMERICA
> 
> Authors:    John Pucher and Christian Lefevre
> Date:   1996
> 
> ISBN:   0-333-65551-6     (paperback)
> Cost:   14.99 British pounds 
>         (roughly $20) plus postage
> 
> All credit cards accepted for payment.  
> Mail delivery takes about two weeks or so, via DHL.
> 
> EMAIL FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE at Macmillan:
> 
> c.stockwell at macmillan.co.uk  
> 
> 
> To contact the authors:  
> 
> John Pucher
> Department of Urban Planning
> Rutgers University, Bloustein School
> 33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 302
> New Brunswick, New Jersey   08901--1900
> Fax:  908-932-2253
> Phone:  908-932-3822, ext. 722
> Email: pucher at rci.rutgers.edu
> 
> 
> Christian Lefevre
> Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris
> Email:  lefevre at latts.enpc.fr
> 
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