Transports en commun et densification : vers une nouvelle configuration urbaine des villes états‑uniennes ?

Focusing on the development of mass transit system in the US cities used to be linked to mobility issues and especially as regard as the majority of commuters using their car alone to go to work. Nevertheless, for several years, lots of municipalities have been conducting planning operations so as t...

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Main Author: Gérald Billard
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Language:English
Published: Association AGF 2014-06-01
Series:Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/1850
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Transports en commun et densification : vers une nouvelle configuration urbaine des villes états‑uniennes ?
Bulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français
United States
Mass transit system
Light rail
Transit oriented development
Dallas
title Transports en commun et densification : vers une nouvelle configuration urbaine des villes états‑uniennes ?
title_full Transports en commun et densification : vers une nouvelle configuration urbaine des villes états‑uniennes ?
title_fullStr Transports en commun et densification : vers une nouvelle configuration urbaine des villes états‑uniennes ?
title_full_unstemmed Transports en commun et densification : vers une nouvelle configuration urbaine des villes états‑uniennes ?
title_short Transports en commun et densification : vers une nouvelle configuration urbaine des villes états‑uniennes ?
title_sort transports en commun et densification vers une nouvelle configuration urbaine des villes etats uniennes
topic United States
Mass transit system
Light rail
Transit oriented development
Dallas
url https://journals.openedition.org/bagf/1850
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