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The growing prominence of transport in the city and its impact in its transformation is the subject of this essay. It highlights the key role played by transport in new urban strategies through a series of texts, case studies and projects that draw consideration to topics of debate in relation to pedestrianisation, mobility control, enhancing public transport and the problems of densification and decentralisation , among others.

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    http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Transport/Motor-vehicles.

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    See Center for Transit Oriented Development http://www.reconnectingamerica.org/public/todCenter.

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    Javier Monclús

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    Javier Monclús

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Monclús, J. (2018). Urban Transport and Technological Urbanism. In: Díez Medina, C., Monclús, J. (eds) Urban Visions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59047-9_18

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