What are some Urban Planning books you recommend? (Baltimore, architect, class)
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I've read Human Transit. He makes a good case for service frequency being the most important determinant of a transit line's usefulness to its riders and would-be riders.
I've read Human Transit. He makes a good case for service frequency being the most important determinant of a transit line's usefulness to its riders and would-be riders.
I read the first few pages on Amazon, and it looks pretty cool. I agree that headway times are probably the most important thing to riders because it still gives the illusion of "independence' as opposed to being stuck on a certain schedule. I'm sure the author does a better job of hashing out that thesis than I would.
This book is part Urban Planning but also part Politics, in that the solution that it proposes to addressing the concentration of poverty in the Baltimore region is, at heart, a political one.
Not sure if I can post this here? It's not a competitor site to my knowledge at least, and the price is right (free E-Book released by the CNU recently): https://www.cnu.org/sites/default/fi...deas-10-24.pdf 25 Great Ideas of the New Urbanism.
I had a copy of How to Turn a Place Around, lent to me by someone at the local community advocacy agency, and I thoroughly enjoyed it as well.
I've also started reading Cities and People, but of course, that one is more historical in nature, but still probably lends some important principles.
I am bumping this post for some recommendations from last 2016 and onward. I am mainly looking for books on land use planning, city planning, neighborhood revitalization, and environmental (solid waste and recycling and hazard mitigation).
I see one of my favorites has already been mentioned (Cities for People by Jan Gehl).
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