The geography of urban transportation / edited by Susan Hanson, Genevieve Giuliano.

Includes biliographical references and index.

-- Setting the scene -- The context of urban travel: concepts and recent trends -- City interactions: the dynamics of passenger and freight flows -- Transportation and urban form: stages in the spatial evolution of the American metropolis -- Impact of information technologies -- Planning for movement within cities -- The urban transportation planning process -- Reflections on the planning process -- GIS in urban-regional transportation planning -- Policy issues -- Public transportation -- Land use impacts of transportation investments highway and transit -- Transportation and energy -- The geography of urban transportation finance -- Social and environmental justice issues in urban transportation -- Transportation and the environment -- Managing the auto.