Governance and Sustainable Urban Transport in the Americas
This volume explores the governance patterns of three cities of the Americas, Seattle, Montreal, and Curitiba, which all present different but interesting cases in dealing with sustainable urban transport challenges. The authors stud
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Governance and Sustainable Urban Transport in the Americas
Jean Mercier · Fanny Tremblay-Racicot Mario Carrier · Fábio Duarte
Governance and Sustainable Urban Transport in the Americas
Jean Mercier Université Laval Québec, QC, Canada
Mario Carrier Université Laval Québec, QC, Canada
Fanny Tremblay-Racicot École nationale d’administration publique Québec, QC, Canada
Fábio Duarte Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-99090-3 ISBN 978-3-319-99091-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99091-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018953417 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: John Rawsterne/patternhead.com This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
Although progress in sustainable urban transport can emerge from a variety of areas of activity, from the private sector, from research in social science or in technology, the book presented here focuses on the contribution of the public sector and public sector decision-makers, those people that plan and manage our urban transport, at a time when there are real, day to day difficulties and immense challenges in attaining sustainable modes of transport in our cities and metropolitan areas, particularly in the Americas. This is why our first expression of appreciation goes to the many public servants who accepted to talk to us about their work, in Seattle, Montreal, and Curitiba (Brazil), when we visited them in 2011, 2013, and in 2018. University colleagues from different universities and research centers were involved at different points of the evolution of this project. Doug Macdonald of the University of Toronto and Jean C
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