Books and Authors

Carter Lavin talks with Jeff Wood about the necessity of messy politics in obtaining street safety.

And we need to embrace that if we want to win.

"This book is an invitation to imagine a better world in which people are put before cars," says co-author Sarah Goodyear.

...and why it's so urgent that we work for a better future.

"Policy could be the decision to invest in a community, or to disinvest [in that community]. In Black, brown, low-income communities, the policy has been disinvestment."

America's car-dependent communities and the legal system that creates them aren't prepared for the rising proportion of seniors who can't safely drive, a new book argues — and before the "silver tsunami" crashes down on us, we need to make reforms.

The previous 11-plus months have been epic for urbanism-related books. Why not buy a few for the advocates on your holiday list?

A new book hopes to act as a "magic decoder ring" to our built environment — and a powerful tool to understand how sustainable transportation networks can fit within them.