Law, Engineering, and the American Right-of-Way

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This book explores the geography of the everyday roadway and contemplates how regulation and design shape our streets. People may question the hegemony of cars, but reimagining public streets is a major conceptual and technical challenge. Drawing from “new mobilities” and transport studies, Prytherch addresses how streets are structured by policy standards; what it means to have a right to the street; and how a more just street would look—in both theory and practice. He summarizes key traffic statutes, case laws, and engineering manuals, and interprets these in relation to mobility rights and justice. At its core, the book moves beyond criticism to highlight emerging movements which aim to develop more complete and livable streets for everyone.
This book explores the geography of the everyday roadway and contemplates how regulation and design shape our streets. People may question the hegemony of cars, but reimagining public streets is a major conceptual and technical challenge. Drawing from “new mobilities” and transport studies, Prytherch addresses how streets are structured by policy standards; what it means to have a right to the street; and how a more just street would look—in both theory and practice. He summarizes key traffic statutes, case laws, and engineering manuals, and interprets these in relation to mobility rights and justice. At its core, the book moves beyond criticism to highlight emerging movements which aim to develop more complete and livable streets for everyone.
Illuminates how technical intricacies of law and engineering exert powerful roles in the spatiality and social life of streets Is situated at the intersection of vibrant theoretical and policy debates Links theories of socio-spatial justice on the street to the practices that design and regulate the roadway

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David Prytherch

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Urban Planning Urban Geography Urban Mobility Transportation Studies Transportation Planning Social Justice Transit Equity Ethics and Policy-making Public Policy Transport Geography Social-spatial Relations landscape/regional and urban planning

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