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| Popular low-density suburbs are served efficiently by car | |
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| In high-density areas, congestion limits efficiency of cars | |
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| Rapid growth of cities--a worldwide problem | |
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| Pedestrian streets in older towns enhance their livability | |
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| Superbly designed urban highways can serve low-density suburbs, but not urban cores, due to their large space consumption | |
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| Modern traffic engineering can promote integration of cars, bicycles, and pedestrians | |
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| High-capacity radial freeway | |
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| Highway congestion results in increased costs and wasted time | |
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| Pedestrian traffic: a basic element of urban livability | |
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| Shopping malls are pedestrian havens | |
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| Design of shopping malls for auto access only prevents their interaction with surrounding areas | |
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| Bicycle paths designed on sidewalks operate efficiently in many European cities | |
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| Federal laws--ISTEA and TEA-21--have stimulated construction of bikeways in U.S. cities | |
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| Freeways--category A highways--serve major corridors in large cities | |
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| Compact metro stations fit well into centers of cities, but freeway interchanges occupy large areas | |
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| Category B rights-of-way are often street medians used by LRT | |
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| Metro systems have high performance due to exclusive ROW | |
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| Houston uses many bus and HOV lanes for commuter transit services | |
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| Congestion defeats mobility of cars and traps transit vehicles | |
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| Comparison of street area taken by 69 passengers traveling by car and by bus | |
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| Towing advertising trailers through congested streets: huge social (congestion) cost is not charged to the user | |
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| The more accommodations for the car are provided, the less attractive the city is for people | |
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| At the height of car accommodation during the 1960s, car parks flooded cities | |
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| Los Angeles | |
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| Vienna | |
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| Improved highway design for urban areas | |
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| Initial design of I-95 in Philadelphia separated city from the river | |
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| Redesigned highway enables Old City access to the river | |
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| Rapid transit allows car users to park in suburbs and ride trains to city | |
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| New LRT systems have created efficient bus-rail intermodal networks | |
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| Construction of "Add-a-lane" and a wide, paved divider defeated lane designation as "2+ HOV" in Hartford | |
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| Demand for more freeway lanes continues to grow | |
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| Taming traffic in center city | |
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| Shopping street Zeil in Frankfurt was heavily congested | |
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| The same street after it became a pedestrian mall | |
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| Intermodal solution in Karlsruhe | |
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| Light rail transit on pedestrian street | |
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| The same LRT train on railway tracks | |
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| Street design for cars and pedestrians in a green environment | |
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| Pedestrian area with transit in the center of Hannover | |
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| Soundwalls reduce negative impacts of major freeways on their surroundings | |
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| Many cities design intermodal systems to encourage use of bicycles and transit | |
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| Excessive reliance on cars led to construction of six roadways with 18 lanes in a major corridor | |
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| Attractive landscaping along roadsides and interchanges in Seattle | |
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| Freeway ramp control is an efficient method to improve utilization of highways | |
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| The Area Licensing Scheme is a simple and effective method of preventing CBD congestion | |
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| Street design provides for cars, bicycles, and pedestrians | |
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| Traffic taming is employed for a pedestrian crossing on a state high-way that traverses the town center | |
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| Pedestrian zone served directly by transit | |
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| Diversity of light rail transit: high-speed line has a CBD distribution on streets | |
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| Careful desing of details enhances livability of cities | |
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| Intermodal system: pedestrians, cars, and buses | |
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| Coordinated land-use and transportation planning: high densities around metro stations | |