Planning for cars in cities: Planners, engineers, and freeways in the 20th century

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-177

  Brown, Jeffrey R ^a   Morris, Eric A ^b   Taylor, Brian D ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Planning history; Transportation; Urban freeway

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LAND USE PLANNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; PLANNING HISTORY; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TWENTIETH CENTURY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 70549089896     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360802640016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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