{"product_id":"movement-thalia-verkade-9781642833447","title":"Movement: How to Take Back Our Streets and Transform Our Lives","description":"\"This book will--no question--make you think in new ways. Why have we surrendered our cities to cars? What might it be like to inhabit a space designed for people instead? It's exciting and hopeful--this we can do!\" \u003cbr\u003e --Bill McKibben, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flag, The Cross, and the Station Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Almost everywhere in the world, streets are designed for travel at the highest speed, giving precedence to the chunkiest vehicles. We take for granted that the streets outside of our homes are designed only for movement from one point to another. But what happens if we radically rethink how we use these public spaces? Could we change our lives for the better? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMovement: How to Take Back Our Streets and Transform Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist Thalia Verkade and mobility expert (\"the cycling professor\") Marco te Brmelstroet take a three-year shared journey of discovery into the possibilities of our streets. They investigate and question the choices and mechanisms underpinning how these public spaces are designed and look at how they could be different. Verkade and te Brmelstroet draw inspiration from the Netherlands and look at what other countries are doing, and could do, to diversify how they use their streets and make them safer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the pandemic, decision-makers in cities around the world were confronted with the questions of who our streets belong to, how we want to use them, and who gets to decide. Making our communities safer, cleaner, and greener starts with asking these fundamental questions. To truly transform mobility, we need to look far beyond the technical aspects and put people at the center of urban design. \u003ci\u003eMovement\u003c\/i\u003e will change the way that you view our streets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thalia Verkade, Marco Te Brmelstroet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642833444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642833447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Island Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Thalia Verkade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45065069101311,"sku":"9781642833447","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_923342d7-a48d-417a-bf92-1e4a50f6eb77.jpg?v=1712125497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/movement-thalia-verkade-9781642833447","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}