Urban Mobility sheds light on mobility in twenty-first century Canadian cities. The book explores the profound changes associated with technological innovation, pandemic-induced impacts on travel behaviour, and the urgent need for mobility to meaningfully respond to the climate crisis.
Featuring contributions from leading Canadian and American scholars and researchers, this edited collection traverses disciplines including geography, engineering, management, policy studies, political science, and urban planning. Chapters illuminate novel research findings related to a variety of modes of mobility, including public transit, e-scooters, bike sharing, ride hailing, and autonomous vehicles. Contributors draw out the connections between urban challenges, technological change, societal need, and governance mechanisms. The collection demonstrates why the smart phone, COVID-19, and climate present a crucial lens through which to understand the present and future of urban mobility. The way we move in cities has been disrupted and altered because of technological innovation, the lingering impacts of COVID-19, and efforts to reduce transport-related emissions.
Urban Mobility concludes that the path forward requires good public policy from all levels of government, working in partnership with the private sector and non-profits to direct and address the best urban mobility framework for Canadian cities.
Edited by:
Shauna Brail,
Betsy Donald
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 480g
ISBN: 9781487551858
ISBN 10: 1487551851
Pages: 354
Publication Date: 24 September 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Figures List of Tables Contributors Acknowledgments Foreword/Preface Section I: Setting the Stage 1. Mobility Changes in the 21st Century City: How the iPhone, COVID, and Climate Changed Everything Shauna Brail and Betsy Donald Section II: The Big Picture – Framing the Questions 2. The Impacts of COVID Policies, Restrictions, and Behavioural Shifts on Urban Canadians Gabriel Cavalli and Anita M. McGahan 3. Cities in Crisis: COVID, Conflict, and Climate Change Tom Hutton 4. Urban Mobility and the Digital Economy: Capturing the Experiences of Canadian Cities Tara Vinodrai 5. Emerging Mobility Technologies and Transportation Systems in Canadian Cities Lisa Lorena Losada Rojas and Eric J. Miller Section III: Places, Patterns, and Challenges 6. Prospects for Public Transit Equity in the 21st Century: Lessons from COVID-19’s Impacts on Canada’s Largest Metropolis Matthew Palm and Steven Farber 7. E-Scooter Sharing as Hope or Hype? Bridging Transportation Equity Divides in Calgary Vivian Kong and Agnieszka Leszczynski 8. Bike Share Toronto: Building a Network to Meet the Demands of COVID and Beyond Spencer McNee and Eric J. Miller 9. Montreal’s Digital Mobility Ecosystem: A Place-based Story of a City undergoing a Mobility Transition Moe Hashemi, Hamed Motaghi, and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay 10. Examining Pandemic Pivots: From Ride Hailing to Food-hailing Shauna Brail and Betsy Donald Section IV: Governing Mobility 11. Integrated Mobility and the Governance of Urban Transit Elena Gorachinova, Lisa Huh, and David A. Wolfe 12. Regulating Autonomous Vehicles: Lessons from U.S. Cities Yuko Aoyama and Luis F. Alvarez León 13. The Evolution of Ride Hailing Regulation in Canadian Cities: COVID-19 and Policy Convergence Austin Zwick, Mischa Young, and Zachary Spicer 14. Mobility-as-a-Service: A Platform Solution in Search of a Business Model John Lorinc Section V: Moving Mobility Studies Forward 16. Conclusion Betsy Donald and Shauna Brail Index
Shauna Brail is an associate professor at the Institute for Management and Innovation, cross-appointed to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Betsy Donald is a professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen's University.
Reviews for Urban Mobility: How the iPhone, COVID, and Climate Changed Everything
"""In bringing together the multiple disruptions that have shaped urban mobility over past decades, Urban Mobility insightfully outlines how digital and green transitions not only influence how people and goods will move around cities but also shape urban form, urban economies, and the prospects for equitable cities. And it is a timely reminder of how much urban scholars and policy makers can learn from Canadian cities and Canadian research.""--Robyn M. Dowling, Dean of the School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Sydney ""Brail and Donald have assembled an interdisciplinary set of essays that make an important and timely contribution towards understanding how recent technologies, infectious disease, and climate change are shaping life in Canadian cities. This collection is a must-read for scholars in geography, urban studies, planning, and social justice, as well as for activists and policy makers who are concerned about the challenges we collectively face in making mobility more equitable and sustainable.""--Sarah Moser, Associate Professor of Geography, McGill University"
