Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile: Surviving the End of the Automobile Age - Rilegato

Grescoe, Taras

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ISBN 10: 0805091734 ISBN 13: 9780805091731

Casa editrice: Times Books, 2012

Riassunto

Taras Grescoe rides the rails all over the world and makes an elegant and impassioned case for the imminent end of car culture and the coming transportation revolution

"I am proud to call myself a straphanger," writes Taras Grescoe. The perception of public transportation in America is often unflattering—a squalid last resort for those with one too many drunk-driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. Indeed, a century of auto-centric culture and city planning has left most of the country with public transportation that is underfunded, ill maintained, and ill conceived. But as the demand for petroleum is fast outpacing the world's supply, a revolution in transportation is under way.

Grescoe explores the ascendance of the straphangers—the growing number of people who rely on public transportation to go about the business of their daily lives. On a journey that takes him around the world—from New York to Moscow, Paris, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Bogotá, Phoenix, Portland, Vancouver, and Philadelphia—Grescoe profiles public transportation here and abroad, highlighting the people and ideas that may help undo the damage that car-centric planning has done to our cities and create convenient, affordable, and sustainable urban transportation—and better city living—for all.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Taras Grescoe is the award-winning author of four books and countless articles focusing on world travel. He's written for TheNew York Times, The Times (London), Wired, the Chicago Tribune Magazine, andthe Los Angeles Times. He currently lives in Montreal. He has never owned a car.

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Book by Grescoe Taras

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Times Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0805091734
• ISBN 13: 9780805091731
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 322