Travel by Design: The Influence of Urban Form on Travel by Marlon Boarnet (Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Irvine)
Can transportation problems be fixed by the right neighborhood design? The tremendous popularity of the 'new urbanism' and 'livable communities' initiatives suggests that many persons think so. As a systematic assessment of attempts to solve transportation problems through urban design, this book asks and answers three questions: Can such efforts work? Will they be put into practice? Are they a good idea?