Confessions of a recovering engineer : transportation for a strong town / Charles L. Marohn Jr.

By:

Marohn, Charles L. Jr [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2021.Edition: First EditionDescription: xxiv, 248 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9781119699293

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LOC classification:

HE 308 .M37 2021

Contents:

Introduction: Conversation with an Engineer -- Chapter 1: Embedded Values -- Chapter 2: The Difference Between a Road and a Street -- Chapter 3: Whose mistakes Do We Forgive? -- Chapter 4: Understanding Roads -- Chapter 5: Great Streets -- Chapter 6: Traffic Congestion -- Chapter 7: Intersections and Traffic Flow -- Chapter 8: Transportation Finance -- Chapter 9: Public Transit -- Chapter 10: Transportation Technology and Fads -- Chapter 11: The Routine Traffic Stop -- Chapter 12: Reforming Transportation Professions -- Chapter 13: My Confession.

Summary: Confessions of a Recovering Engineer will be a logical 'Part 2' to Marohn's book Strong Towns. It builds on Strong Towns: Bottom-Up Revolution by focusing on the core transportation insights Marohn has developed in more than a decade of writing for Strong Towns. The article Confessions of a Recovering Engineer (November 2011) remains the most widely read and distributed piece ever published on the Strong Towns website. In the past few years, we have seen an increase in public interest as it pertains to our local communities and improving upon them. Put simply, more and more people are beginning to care about their community and improving it. Confessions of a Recovering Engineer examines the one of the key elements of any community both large and small: the transportation system.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Architecture General Circulation	Environmental Planning	GC HE 308 .M37 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000020584

Includes index.

Introduction: Conversation with an Engineer --
Chapter 1: Embedded Values --
Chapter 2: The Difference Between a Road and a Street --
Chapter 3: Whose mistakes Do We Forgive? --
Chapter 4: Understanding Roads --
Chapter 5: Great Streets --
Chapter 6: Traffic Congestion --
Chapter 7: Intersections and Traffic Flow --
Chapter 8: Transportation Finance --
Chapter 9: Public Transit --
Chapter 10: Transportation Technology and Fads --
Chapter 11: The Routine Traffic Stop --
Chapter 12: Reforming Transportation Professions --
Chapter 13: My Confession.

Confessions of a Recovering Engineer will be a logical 'Part 2' to Marohn's book Strong Towns. It builds on Strong Towns: Bottom-Up Revolution by focusing on the core transportation insights Marohn has developed in more than a decade of writing for Strong Towns. The article Confessions of a Recovering Engineer (November 2011) remains the most widely read and distributed piece ever published on the Strong Towns website. In the past few years, we have seen an increase in public interest as it pertains to our local communities and improving upon them. Put simply, more and more people are beginning to care about their community and improving it. Confessions of a Recovering Engineer examines the one of the key elements of any community both large and small: the transportation system.

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