简介：Throughinterviewswithleadinghistorians,urbanplanners,andgovernmentofficials,CONTESTEDSTREETSexploresthehistoryandcultureofNewYorkCitystreetsfrompre-automobiletimestothepresent.Thisexaminationallowsforanunderstandingofhowthecity,thoughthemostwellservedbymasstransitintheUnitedStates,hasslowlyrelinquishedwhatwasarich,multi-dimensionalconceptionofthestreetaspublicspacetoamindsetthatprioritizestherapidmovementofcarsandtrucksoverallotherfunctions.CentraltothestoryisacomparisonofNewYorktowhatisexperiencedinLondon,ParisandCopenhagen.Interviewsandfootageshotinthesecitiesshowcasehowcurtailingautomobileuseinrecentyearshasimprovedairquality,mitigatednoisepollutionandenrichedcommercial,recreationalandcommunityinteraction.Congestionpricing,busrapidtransit(BRT)andpedestrianandbikeinfrastructureschemesandlookedatindepth.NewYorkCity,thoughtomanythemostvibrantanddynamiccityonEarth,stillhaslessonstolearnfromOldEurope.…