Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the scene -- The context of urban travel: concepts and recen t trends -- City interactions: the dynamics of passenger and freight fl ows -- Transportation and urban form: stages in the spatial evolution o f the American metropolis -- Impact of information technologies -- Plan ning for movement within cities -- The urban transportation planning pr ocess -- Reflections on the planning process -- GIS in urban-regional t ransportation planning -- Policy issues -- Public transportation -- Lan d use impacts of transportation investments highway and transit -- Tran sportation and energy -- The geography of urban transportation finance -- Social and environmental justice issues in urban transportation -- T ransportation and the environment -- Managing the auto.