Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering: by L. Peterson and E. Doerr, Washington, Island Press, 2022, 236 pp., $32.00 USD (paperback) ISBN: 9781642832235

摘要: Lynn Peterson has a background in ecology and a keen appreciation for interconnectedness, contextuality and the perils of unintended consequences. These appreciations are woven through her approach to planning transportation infrastructure, and planning for people. She sees cities as ecological systems that are shaped by, and shape, the populations who dwell in and use them. In Roadways for People, Peterson (with Elizabeth Doerr) elevates one component of the planning ecology as central to our aspirations to plan and manage cities that are liveable, equitable, healthy and sustainable: the context of community. Its focus is on the power of inclusive community involvement in planning transport projects, and the challenges of allowing and enabling a deep appreciation of context to shape cities. In many ways, this book is a masterclass on community as context, providing a series of case studies on the …