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In an increasingly globalised world, despite reductions in costs
and time, transportation has become even more important as a
facilitator of economic and human interaction; this is reflected in
technical advances in transportation systems, increasing interest
in how transportation interacts with society and the need to
provide novel approaches to understanding its impacts. This has
become particularly acute with the impact that Covid-19 has had on
transportation across the world, at local, national and
international levels. Encyclopedia of Transportation, Seven Volume
Set - containing almost 600 articles - brings a cross-cutting and
integrated approach to all aspects of transportation from a variety
of interdisciplinary fields including engineering, operations
research, economics, geography and sociology in order to understand
the changes taking place. Emphasising the interaction between these
different aspects of research, it offers new solutions to
modern-day problems related to transportation. Each of its nine
sections is based around familiar themes, but brings together the
views of experts from different disciplinary perspectives. Each
section is edited by a subject expert who has commissioned articles
from a range of authors representing different disciplines,
different parts of the world and different social perspectives. The
nine sections are structured around the following themes: Transport
Modes; Freight Transport and Logistics; Transport Safety and
Security; Transport Economics; Traffic Management; Transport
Modelling and Data Management; Transport Policy and Planning;
Transport Psychology; Sustainability and Health Issues in
Transportation. Some articles provide a technical introduction to a
topic whilst others provide a bridge between topics or a more
future-oriented view of new research areas or challenges. The end
result is a reference work that offers researchers and
practitioners new approaches, new ways of thinking and novel
solutions to problems. All-encompassing and expertly authored, this
outstanding reference work will be essential reading for all
students and researchers interested in transportation and its
global impact in what is a very uncertain world.
Regularly amended and updated since its entry into force, this
agreement contains the conditions under which dangerous goods may
be carried internationally. This revised version is based on
amendments applicable as from 1 January 2023.
The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of
Dangerous Goods by Road is intended to increase the safety of
international transport of dangerous goods by road. Regularly
amended and updated since its entry into force, it contains the
conditions under which dangerous goods may be carried
internationally. This version has been prepared on the basis of
amendments applicable as from 1 January 2017. It contains in
particular new or revised provisions concerning for vehicles and
machineries; battery powered vehicles and equipment; marking and
labelling for lithium batteries in Class 9; instructions in
writing; construction and equipment of vehicles; use of LPG, CNG
and LNG as fuel for vehicles carrying dangerous goods.
The European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of
Dangerous Goods by Road is intended to increase the safety of
international transport of dangerous goods by road. Regularly
amended and updated since its entry into force, it contains the
conditions under which dangerous goods may be carried
internationally. This version has been prepared on the basis of
amendments applicable as from 1 January 2017. It contains in
particular new or revised provisions concerning for vehicles and
machineries; battery powered vehicles and equipment; marking and
labelling for lithium batteries in Class 9; instructions in
writing; construction and equipment of vehicles; use of LPG, CNG
and LNG as fuel for vehicles carrying dangerous goods.
This timely book explores the likely success or failure of
potential transport innovations. Chapters examine societally
relevant effects of transport transitions, including impacts on the
environment, accessibility, safety and more. It focuses on complex
innovations in which both public and private actors are involved.
Combining insights from innovation sciences with evolutionary
economics, business economics, managerial sciences, psychology and
history, the chapters consider state-of-the-art innovation theories
applied to sustainable transport, with an emphasis on approaches to
understanding behaviour. The book then explores a range of
potential transitions, covering technological innovations such as
vehicle electrification, e-bikes and light electric vehicles in
city logistics, before moving on to look at service innovations
including carsharing, mobility as a service and e-shopping.
Offering coverage of both frameworks and innovation examples
themselves, this book will be an interesting read for transport
studies and innovation scholars. It will also be a useful tool for
policy makers and planners working in the area.
This timely book explores the likely success or failure of
potential transport innovations. Chapters examine societally
relevant effects of transport transitions, including impacts on the
environment, accessibility, safety and more. It focuses on complex
innovations in which both public and private actors are involved.
Combining insights from innovation sciences with evolutionary
economics, business economics, managerial sciences, psychology and
history, the chapters consider state-of-the-art innovation theories
applied to sustainable transport, with an emphasis on approaches to
understanding behaviour. The book then explores a range of
potential transitions, covering technological innovations such as
vehicle electrification, e-bikes and light electric vehicles in
city logistics, before moving on to look at service innovations
including carsharing, mobility as a service and e-shopping.
Offering coverage of both frameworks and innovation examples
themselves, this book will be an interesting read for transport
studies and innovation scholars. It will also be a useful tool for
policy makers and planners working in the area.
This is an illustrated celebration of the pioneering development of
Formula E - the FIA-approved class of auto racing dedicated to
electric-powered cars.The Founding Partners of Formula E decided
that the event would be a platform to boost sustainable
innovations, a gateway to the cities of tomorrow and alternative
transport. After the very first Formula E season in 2014-2015, this
dream is already becoming a reality - and the best is yet to come.
Without fear or favour, Formula E is now moving forward with a
critical and (more importantly) enthusiastic approach to
encouraging and promoting development of the format. You will find
in this book examples of innovations developed at Formula E, or for
which Formula E is a fast-track to growth. The set-up of the race
is in itself an exceptional event. Here we focus on what is
happening behind the scenes. As you will see, Formula E is (much)
more than a race. Year after year, we will update this book with
new innovations and new exciting partnerships.
Eco-cities and Green Transport presents a systematic, uniform, and
structured way to examine different cities at different scales in
order to suggest unique solutions appropriate to each scale. The
book examines city infrastructure and the built environment,
transport system supply and demand, and transport behavior to offer
innovative policy solutions for various transport modes. With end
of chapter experiences and lessons summarized, the book provides an
in-depth analysis of the advantages and disadvantages for
transforming cities and their transport systems to meet residents
current and future needs. The increasingly rapid growth of global
urbanization requires cities to be built in an ecologically
sustainable, energy efficient, and livable way. A critical
component in achieving these goals is an urban transportation
system that uses natural resources as reasonably as possible. The
outcome of a ten-year data collection research effort by the author
and his team, the book sheds new insights into these challenges
using a thorough investigation of traffic systems in 20 cities from
13 countries throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States.
Data-Driven Solutions to Transportation Problems explores the
fundamental principle of analyzing different types of
transportation-related data using methodologies such as the data
fusion model, the big data mining approach, computer vision-enabled
traffic sensing data analysis, and machine learning. The book
examines the state-of-the-art in data-enabled methodologies,
technologies and applications in transportation. Readers will learn
how to solve problems relating to energy efficiency under connected
vehicle environments, urban travel behavior, trajectory data-based
travel pattern identification, public transportation analysis,
traffic signal control efficiency, optimizing traffic networks
network, and much more.
"Advances in Intelligent Vehicles" presents recent advances in
intelligent vehicle technologies that enhance the safety,
reliability, and performance of vehicles and vehicular networks and
systems. This book provides readers with up-to-date research
results and cutting-edge technologies in the area of intelligent
vehicles and transportation systems. Topics covered include virtual
and staged testing scenarios, collision avoidance, human factors,
and modeling techniques.
The Series in Intelligent Systems publishes titles that cover
state-of-the-art knowledge and the latest advances in research and
development in intelligent systems. Its scope includes theoretical
studies, design methods, and real-world implementations and
applications.
Provides researchers and engineers with up-to-date research results
and state-of-the art technologies in the area of intelligent
vehicles and transportation systems Covers hot topics, including
driver assistance systems; cooperative vehicle-highway systems;
collision avoidance; pedestrian protection; image, radar and lidar
signal processing; and V2V and V2I communications
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