Edward Weiner Books

In this fifth edition, there is a strong emphasis on the growing concern over infrastructure resilience against serious storms, human activity, and population growth. It explores technologies that urban transportation planners are increasingly prioritizing, such as vehicle-to-vehicle communications and driverless cars, which could significantly enhance transportation systems. The text also examines the impact of transportation on traveler and public health, incorporating these concerns into the transportation and infrastructure planning process. The evolution of U.S. urban transportation policy over the last fifty years reflects the changing dynamics among federal, state, and local governments. This comprehensive work traces the history of urban transportation planning from the 1930s highway developments to contemporary issues like sustainable development, security, and pollution control. It highlights key national events and the influence of legislation, regulations, and advances in planning technologies. Notably, it covers the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962, which established a federal mandate for a cooperative urban transportation planning process involving states and local governments with federal support. The book asserts that urban transportation planning is now more sophisticated, costly, and complex than previous highway and transit planning efforts. It includes analyses of infrastructure threats, new resilience p