20 essays on their relationship.

Technology, not radical environmentalism will save us.

Creating Walkable Places: Compact mixed-use solutions

by Adrienne Schmitz

Demonstrates ways of creating pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use developments
through a variety of visual media.

Regional visioning, integrating transportation and land use.

Ever see a device at an intersection and want to ask, “You looking at me?”

Transportation determines the character of the city.

This work predicts the end of cheap oil and radical changes in everyday life.

A classic satire of big city politics and grassroot activism as the pushcart vendors resist the truckers who blame them for traffic congestion.

Reinventing the Automobile: Personal urban mobility for the 21^st Century

by William Mitchell

Automobile industry experts provide insight into the future of environmentally and passenger friendly vehicles.

The Road More Traveled : Why the congestion crisis matters more than you think and what we can do about it

by Theodore Balaker

Suggests ways to increase mobility and decrease road congestion in the near future.

Ten-year-old Lucinda roller skates around the streets of turn-of-the-century New York in this award-winning classic.

 Sprawl: A compact History              

by Robert  Bruegmann

Provides defense for urban sprawl, while examining the benefits and refuting the arguments against the subject.

This Land: the battle over sprawl and the future of America          

by Anthony Flint

The story of the anti-sprawl movement and those who aim to fight back.

Traffic: Why we drive the way we do and what it says about us

by Tom Vanderbilt 

A look at the assumptions drivers can make behind the wheel, leading to poor commuting decisions.

This work depicts the infrastructure beneath the streets that makes cities work.

Two influential people with sincere but opposed visions for urban life.