Sadik-Khan, Janette, author. aut
Streetfight : handbook for an urban revolution / Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow.
New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
©2016.
xvi, 350 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
As New York Citys transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan managed the seemingly impossible and transformed the streets of one of the worlds 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 thats already there. Breaking the street into its component parts, Streetfight demonstrates, with step-by-step visuals, 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 wasnt 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. Many are inspired by the changes taking place in New York City and are based on the same techniques. Streetfight deconstructs, reassembles, and reinvents the street, inviting readers to see it in ways they never imagined.
9780525429845 (hardcover)
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Streets New York (State) New York Planning.
City traffic New York (State) New York Planning.
Pedestrian traffic flow New York (State) New York Planning.
Pedestrian areas New York (State) New York Planning.
Bicycle traffic flow New York (State) New York Planning.
Transportation New York (State) New York Planning.
Bicycle trails New York (State) New York Planning.
Urban transportation policy New York (State) New York.
Rues New York (État) New York Planification.
Circulation urbaine New York (État) New York Planification.
Circulation des piétons New York (État) New York Planification.
Circulation des cyclistes New York (État) New York Planification.
Transport New York (État) New York Planification.
Pistes cyclables New York (État) New York Planification.
Transports urbains Politique gouvernementale New York (État) New York.
Bicycle trails Planning.
City traffic Planning.
Pedestrian areas Planning.
Streets Planning.
Transportation Planning.
Urban transportation policy.
New York (State) New York.
Solomonow, Seth, author.
Solomonow, Seth author.
Street fight : handbook for an urban revolution
Localisation: Bibliothèque main 292658
Cote: BIB 237037
Statut: Disponible
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