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Multimodal Transport Security - Frameworks and Policy Applications in Freight and Passenger Transport (Hardcover): Joseph S.... Multimodal Transport Security - Frameworks and Policy Applications in Freight and Passenger Transport (Hardcover)
Joseph S. Szyliowicz, Luca Zamparini, Genserik L.L. Reniers, Dawna L. Rhoades
R4,161 Discovery Miles 41 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Rapid globalisation has led to the realization that the traditional modal approach to transporting people and goods is insufficient. Multimodal Transport Security illustrates the inevitable shift towards multimodal transportation systems, further enabled by modern technological innovations, and succinctly assesses the demanding and new security challenges that have accompanied this. The emergence of these complex transportation infrastructures has created exceedingly attractive terrorist targets owing to the potential for wide-scale disruption of global supply chains. Providing a conjoint analysis of key issues in both passenger and freight multimodal transportation security, expert contributors provide pivotal case studies highlighting the successes and failures of various policies and practices across several geographical regions. Adeptly drawing these strands together, the editors identify similarities and heterogeneities and in doing so, produce a practical illustration of the potential for further enhancement of multimodal security. An ever-increasing and worldwide concern with the improvement of security in transport places this unique and comprehensive text at the forefront of transportation literature. It will be of great value to students and scholars of public policy as well as policy makers in the fields of transportation and counter-terrorism. Contributors: M. Anderson, M. Bak, J. Burnewicz, E. Depre, Y. Giat, J. Hallikas, O.-P. Hilmola, E. Irandu, J.B. Kshirsagar, P. Kumar, L. Lattila, G. Nieuwenhuis, GL.L. Reniers, D.L. Rhoades, Y. Ru, B. Shapiro, J.S. Szyliowicz, L. Talarico, C. van Gulijk, J. Vilko, M.J. Williams, Y. Wiseman, C. Yu, L. Zamparini

ADR 2015: European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Russian) - Two volumes... ADR 2015: European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (Russian) - Two volumes (Paperback)
United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe
R4,795 R4,026 Discovery Miles 40 260 Save R769 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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 2015. It contains in particular new or revised provisions concerning transport of adsorbed gases; lithium batteries (including damaged or defective lithium batteries, lithium batteries for disposal or recycling); asymmetric capacitors; discarded packagings; ammonium nitrate and radioactive material; testing of gas cartridges and fuel cell cartridges; marking of bundles of cylinders; and the applicability of ISO standards to the manufacture of new pressure receptacles or service equipment.

Travel Plans for New Residential Developments: Insights from Theory and Practice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Chris De Gruyter Travel Plans for New Residential Developments: Insights from Theory and Practice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Chris De Gruyter
R3,872 R3,341 Discovery Miles 33 410 Save R531 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This thesis explores the use of travel plans for new residential developments as a tool for managing car use and encouraging the use of more sustainable forms of transport. It provides coverage of the scale of travel planning practice for new developments, industry perspectives on their development and implementation, and an assessment of their quality and effectiveness. It combines implementation theory and planning enforcement theory to identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of travel plans for new residential developments and to guide future travel planning practice. This thesis is useful and will appeal to both researchers and practitioners involved in transport planning for new residential developments.

Mega Transport Infrastructure Planning - European Corridors in Local-Regional Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Sandro... Mega Transport Infrastructure Planning - European Corridors in Local-Regional Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Sandro Fabbro
R3,376 Discovery Miles 33 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Based on the work of Poly5, or the Mediterranean Corridor, mega-transport infrastructure project, this ground-breaking reference explains how and why traditional top-down government-defined transport planning policies are failing, due to their tendency to eschew acknowledgement of profoundly multifarious local and regional issues. The authors use cognitive reports from the Mediterranean Corridor experience as a learning platform, unpacking the tangled sources of the challenges faced to find firm ground from which to embark upon future projects. They propose the replacement of the current fragmented and unbalanced implementation efforts across various territories with a bottom-up, holistic, inclusive approach in which individual territories and regions have buy-in from the outset, a chance to bring their strengths to bear on the broader infrastructural planning, an ongoing communication channel to report and tackle difficulties and clear, strategic directives to drive sustainable future growth of environmentally desirable and practical mega-transport systems.

E-Mobility in Europe - Trends and Good Practice (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Walter Leal Filho, Richard Kotter E-Mobility in Europe - Trends and Good Practice (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Walter Leal Filho, Richard Kotter
R4,053 R3,522 Discovery Miles 35 220 Save R531 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Focusing on technical, policy and social/societal practices and innovations for electrified transport for personal, public and freight purposes, this book provides a state-of-the-art overview of developments in e-mobility in Europe and the West Coast of the USA. It serves as a learning base for further implementing and commercially developing this field for the benefit of society, the environment and public health, as well as for economic development and private industry. A fast-growing, interdisciplinary sector, electric mobility links engineering, infrastructure, environment, transport and sustainable development. But despite the relevance of the topic, few publications have ever attempted to document or promote the wide range of electric mobility initiatives and projects taking place today. Addressing this need, this publication consists of case studies, reports on technological developments and examples of successful infrastructure installation in cities, which document current initiatives and serve as an inspiration for others.

Towards Sustainable Road Transport (Paperback): Ronald M. Dell, Patrick T. Moseley, David A. J. Rand Towards Sustainable Road Transport (Paperback)
Ronald M. Dell, Patrick T. Moseley, David A. J. Rand
R1,990 R1,835 Discovery Miles 18 350 Save R155 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Increasing pressure on global reserves of petroleum at a time of growing demand for personal transport in
developing countries, together with concerns over atmospheric pollution and carbon dioxide emissions, are
leading to a requirement for more sustainable forms of road transport. Major improvements in the efficiency
of all types of road vehicles are called for, along with the use of fuels derived from alternative sources, or
entirely new fuels. "Towards Sustainable Road Transport" first describes the evolution of vehicle designs and
propulsion technologies over the past two centuries, before looking forward to possible new forms of energy
to substitute for petroleum. The book also discusses the political and socio-economic drivers for change,
investigates barriers to their broad implementation, and outlines the state-of-the-art of candidate power
sources, advanced vehicle design, and associated infrastructure. The comprehensive technical information
supplied by an expert author team ensures that "Towards Sustainable Road Transport" will provide readers
with a clear understanding of the ongoing progress in this field and the challenges still to be faced.
Drivers of technological change in road transport and the infrastructure requirementsDiscussion of alternative fuels for internal combustion engines and fuel conversion technologiesDetailed exploration of current and emerging options for vehicle propulsion, with emphasis on hybrid/
battery electric traction, hydrogen, and fuel cellsComparative analysis of vehicle design requirements, primary power source efficiency, and energy storage
systems

Alternative Types of Roundabouts - An Informational Guide (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Tomaz Tollazzi Alternative Types of Roundabouts - An Informational Guide (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Tomaz Tollazzi
R4,116 R3,316 Discovery Miles 33 160 Save R800 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a history of roundabouts, an introduction to their design, calculations of their capacity and traffic-safety features. It describes the key features of standard roundabouts and their limitations. Alternative types of roundabouts are a fairly recent development and have only been implemented in a few countries to date. The book illustrates a broad variety of these recent alternative types of roundabouts, as well as proposed types still in the development phase, explaining for each the specific needs it meets, its advantages and drawbacks. In closing, the book offers an outlook on the role of roundabouts in future street traffic.

Transitions Towards Sustainable Mobility - New Solutions and Approaches for Sustainable Transport Systems (Hardcover, 2011... Transitions Towards Sustainable Mobility - New Solutions and Approaches for Sustainable Transport Systems (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
Jo A. E. E. Van Nunen, Paul Huijbregts, Piet Rietveld
R2,692 Discovery Miles 26 920 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Delivering a sustainable transport system is not just a matter of adopting a number of technological innovations to improve performance in terms of people, planet, and profits. A broader structural and societal transition is needed in technology, as well as in institutions, behavioural patterns, and the economy as a whole. In this broader view, neither the free market nor the public sector will be the unique key player in making this transition happen. Elements of such an approach are presented in this book in a number of domains: integrating transport infrastructure and land use planning, thus connecting fields that are rather unconnected in day-to-day policies; experiments with dynamic transport optimization, including reports on pilot projects to test the viability of transitions; towards reliable transport systems, describing a reversal from supply-driven towards demand-driven approaches; and sustainable logistics and traffic management, from 'local' city distribution to global closed supply chain loops.

The Advent of Unmanned Electric Vehicles - The Choices between E-mobility and Immobility (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): S. Van... The Advent of Unmanned Electric Vehicles - The Choices between E-mobility and Immobility (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
S. Van Themsche
R4,053 R3,522 Discovery Miles 35 220 Save R531 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Explaining in detail how new e-mobility technologies work, and the system requirements which must be fulfilled for these new technologies to be implemented, this book augments this analysis with discussion of the business models, financing and social and economic conditions that will foster the emergence of a new e-mobility industry. New e-mobility technologies and business models will initiate changes in work patterns and in our personal choices on transportation means. This book looks at how smart cities may apply the "internet of things" to the transportation environment and how this may create a complete set of new technologies and service offerings that will enable the advent of the unmanned vehicle society. This e-mobility revolution will disrupt the transport market and bring opportunities and threats for many potential actors. These consequences are analysed within. This book is suitable for anyone interested in the e-mobility revolution and its impact on the future of cars, buses and trains.

Engineering Economics and Finance for Transportation Infrastructure (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Elena S. Prassas, Roger P. Roess Engineering Economics and Finance for Transportation Infrastructure (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Elena S. Prassas, Roger P. Roess
R5,268 Discovery Miles 52 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This textbook provides a fundamental overview of the application of engineering economic principles to transportation infrastructure investments. Basic theory is presented and illustrated with examples specific to the transportation field. It also reviews the history of transportation finance, as well as current methods for funding transportation investments in the U.S. Future problems and potential solutions are also discussed and illustrated.

Road Traffic Congestion: A Concise Guide (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): John C. Falcocchio, Herbert S. Levinson Road Traffic Congestion: A Concise Guide (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
John C. Falcocchio, Herbert S. Levinson
R4,340 R3,539 Discovery Miles 35 390 Save R801 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book on road traffic congestion in cities and suburbs describes congestion problems and shows how they can be relieved. The first part (Chapters 1 - 3) shows how congestion reflects transportation technologies and settlement patterns. The second part (Chapters 4 - 13) describes the causes, characteristics, and consequences of congestion. The third part (Chapters 14 - 23) presents various relief strategies - including supply adaptation and demand mitigation - for nonrecurring and recurring congestion. The last part (Chapter 24) gives general guidelines for congestion relief and provides a general outlook for the future. The book will be useful for a wide audience - including students, practitioners and researchers in a variety of professional endeavors: traffic engineers, transportation planners, public transport specialists, city planners, public administrators, and private enterprises that depend on transportation for their activities.

Safety and Security in Transit Environments - An Interdisciplinary Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Vania Ceccato, Andrew... Safety and Security in Transit Environments - An Interdisciplinary Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Vania Ceccato, Andrew Newton
R3,369 Discovery Miles 33 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Chapter "Crowd Spatial Patterns at Bus Stops: Security Implications and Effects of Warning Messages" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science: Transportation, Volume 14 (Hardcover, 14th edition): Cynthia Barnhart,... Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science: Transportation, Volume 14 (Hardcover, 14th edition)
Cynthia Barnhart, Gilbert Laporte
R5,346 Discovery Miles 53 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Preface
Transportation sustains economic and social activity and is central to operations research and management science. When operations research emerged as a structured field during World War II, some of the first problems investigated arose from the need to optimize military logistics and transportation activities. After the war ended, the scope of operations research applications broadened but transportation problems always occupied a central place. It is now widely recognized that some of the most successful applications of operations research are encountered in transportation, most significantly in the airline industry where it underlies almost every aspect of strategic, tactical and operational planning. This success story may be explained by a number of factors, the first being the economic importance of transportation. Also, the complexity and large scale of transportation problems call for powerful analytical techniques, and the high volumes involved imply that substantial savings can often be achieved through the use of optimization. Furthermore, transportation problems are highly structured, making them amenable to the use of efficient solution methods based on network optimization techniques and mathematical programming.
This book contains eleven chapters describing some of the most recent methodological operations research developments in transportation. It is structured around the main transportation modes, and each chapter is written by a group of well-recognized researchers. Because of the major impact of operations research methods in the field of air transportation over the past forty years, it is befitting to open the book with a chapter on airlineoperations management. While many past publications have focused on airline strategic and tactical planning, Ball, Barnhart, Nemhauser and Odoni have chosen to address the organization and control of recovery operations in the event of disturbances. This line of research is relatively new and of major importance to the airline industry. The second chapter, by Desaulniers and Hickman, surveys the planning of public transit operations. The problems addressed and the methods employed in transit planning, for example those arising in network design, passenger assignment, scheduling, and fleet and crew assignment, are often similar to those of the airlines. The railway optimization chapter, by Caprara, Kroon, Monaci, Peeters and Toth, covers the realm of planning problems encountered in railway planning, with an emphasis on European passenger railways. Again, several of these issues are similar to those observed in other modes, but some problems are specific to the railway industry, such as train platforming, rolling stock circulation, and train unit shunting. The fourth chapter, by Christiansen, Fagerholt, Nygreen and Ronen, contains an extensive survey of maritime transportation problems, methods and applications. Compared with other modes, maritime transportation has received relatively little attention from operations researchers. Yet this field is rapidly expanding with the consolidation of major shipping companies and the development of large container ports.
The next three chapters cover a variety of planning problems arising in vehicle fleet management. The chapter by Powell, Bouzaiene-Ayari and Simao addresses truck transportation planning in contexts where information processesare dynamic. The focus is on the development of models that capture the flow of information and decisions. The vehicle routing chapter, by Cordeau, Laporte, Savelsbergh and Vigo, concerns what is arguably the most central problem in distribution management. It surveys several families of vehicle routing problems, including classical models, inventory routing, and stochastic routing. In the transportation on demand chapter, Cordeau, Laporte, Potvin and Savelsbergh consider the planning of pickup and delivery operations made at the request of users, such as those encountered in courier services, dial-a-ride operations, dial-a-flight systems, and ambulance fleet deployment.

The eighth chapter, by Crainic and Kim, is devoted to intermodal transportation and ties in some planning issues encountered in railway, maritime, and trucking operations. This chapter describes methodologies relevant to the solution of system design and operations planning problems from the perspective of a carrier, or from that of an intermodal transfer facility operator. It also addresses problems encountered at the regional or national level. The next chapter, by Erkut, Tjandra and Verter, concerns the transportation of hazardous materials and includes a broad description of the issues encountered in this field, as well as methodological contributions on risk assessment, routing and scheduling, and facility location.
The last two chapters of the book cover the area of automobile transportation. Marcotte and Patriksson first survey the broad field of traffic equilibrium. Their chapter contains a rich account of the main equilibrium concepts, as well as subproblems and mathematical algorithms encountered inthis area. This chapter provides an informative bibliographical note at the end of each section. Finally, in the last chapter, Papageorgiou, Ben-Akiva, Bottom, Bovy, Hoogendoorn, Hounsell, Kotsialos and McDonald summarize some of the most important issues and recent developments encountered in ITS and traffic management. These include traffic flow models, route guidance and information systems, as well as urban and highway traffic control.
We are confident that this book will prove useful to researchers, students, and practitioners in transportation, and we hope it will stimulate further research in this rich and fascinating area. We are grateful to Jan Karel Lenstra and George L. Nemhauser who invited us to edit this volume. While the process took longer than we had expected, we found the experience highly rewarding. Our deep thanks go to all authors for the quality of their contributions, to the anonymous referees for their time, effort, and valuable suggestions, and to Gerard Wanrooy of Elsevier for his support.
Cynthia Barnhart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gilbert Laporte, HEC Montreal
*Volume 14 examines transport and its relationship with operations and management science
*11 chapters cover the most recent research developments in transportation
*Focuses on main transportation modes-air travel, automobile, public transit, maritime transport, and more

Recent Advances in City Logistics - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on City Logistics (Hardcover): Eiichi... Recent Advances in City Logistics - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on City Logistics (Hardcover)
Eiichi Taniguchi, Russell G Thompson
R4,975 Discovery Miles 49 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Urban freight transport has become an essential issue in urban planning. There are many challenges and problems relating to increasing levels of traffic congestion, negative environmental impacts and energy consumption. To cope with these complicated problems, new city logistics schemes are required that are aimed at increasing the efficiency of urban freight transport systems as well as reducing traffic congestion and impacts on the environment. Recent developments in ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) help tackle these difficult problems. As well, the corporate social responsibility of shippers and freight carriers promotes public-private partnerships in urban freight transport planning.
This book, Recent Advances in City Logistics, is an outcome of the Fourth International Conference on City Logistics (City Logistics IV held in Langkawi in 2005) organised by the Institute for City Logistics (www.citylogistics.org). It includes recent developments in the modelling, evaluation and planning of city logistics schemes. Since city logistics measures have already been implemented in several cities, a review of the performance of these innovative schemes is presented. As well, an overview of the data collection for modelling, evaluating and benchmarking city logistics schemes and intermodal freight transport for city logistics is given. Recent developments and applications of ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) in city logistics are covered.
*Outlines developments in modelling, evaluation, and planning of city logistics schemes
*Reviews performance of existing innovations
*Overview of data collection techniques

Electric and Hybrid Buses for Urban Transport - Energy Efficiency Strategies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Bogdan Ovidiu Varga,... Electric and Hybrid Buses for Urban Transport - Energy Efficiency Strategies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Bogdan Ovidiu Varga, Calin Iclodean, Florin Mariasiu
R4,722 Discovery Miles 47 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a systematic assessment of the performance of electric and hybrid buses in urban areas on a daily basis and presents a complete set of technical scenarios to promote their efficient exploitation. It will also help readers understand how future buses will perform on specific roads and how the latest technologies can be integrated into existing fleets by proposing a methodology for evaluating the energy consumption for general and specific routes and scenarios. Covering all aspects relating to the daily use of electric and hybrid buses, including maintenance strategies, power train configuration, battery replacements, route evaluation, and charging speed, emphasis is placed on energy efficiency and effective implementation. Addressing key developments in intelligent vehicle technologies, the book presents innovative transportation technologies and a broad range of topics in transportation-related sustainability research, from vehicle systems and design, to mass transit systems.

The Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Dorina Pojani, Dominic Stead The Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Dorina Pojani, Dominic Stead
R5,036 Discovery Miles 50 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This edited volume discuses urban transport issues, policies, and initiatives in twelve of the world's major emerging economies - Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, and Vietnam - countries with large populations that have recently experienced large changes in urban structure, motorization and all the associated social, economic, and environmental impacts in positive and negative senses. Contributions on each of these twelve countries focus on one or more major cities per country. This book aims to fill a gap in the transport literature that is crucial to understanding the needs of a large portion of the world's urban population, especially in view of the southward shift in economic power. Readers will develop a better understanding of urban transport problems and policies in nations where development levels are below those of richer countries (mainly in the northern hemisphere) but where the rate of economic growth is often increasing at a faster rate than the wealthiest nations.

Making Urban Transport Sustainable (Hardcover): N Low, B. Gleeson Making Urban Transport Sustainable (Hardcover)
N Low, B. Gleeson
R1,426 Discovery Miles 14 260 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Making Urban Transport Sustainable addresses the future of urban transport as a global issue. Money is being poured into roads, railways, and airports at a time when the global atmosphere is threatened and oil production has reached its peak. If the world's environment and societies are to be sustained, urban transport has to change. Contributions by experts from the developed and developing worlds discuss the severity of the problem and suggest potential solutions.

Traffic Theory (Hardcover, 2002 ed.): Denos C. Gazis Traffic Theory (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
Denos C. Gazis
R4,137 Discovery Miles 41 370 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Everything should be made as simple as possible-but not simpler" Albert Einstein Traffic Theory, like all other sciences, aims at understanding and improving a physical phenomenon. The phenomenon addressed by Traffic Theory is, of course, automobile traffic, and the problems associated with it such as traffic congestion. But what causes congestion? Some time in the 1970s, Doxiades coined the term "oikomenopolis" (and "oikistics") to describe the world as man's living space. In Doxiades' terms, persons are associated with a living space around them, which describes the range that they can cover through personal presence. In the days of old, when the movement of people was limited to walking, an individual oikomenopolis did not intersect many others. The automobile changed all that. The term "range of good" was also coined to describe the maximal distance a person can and is willing to go in order to do something useful or buy something. Traffic congestion is caused by the intersection of a multitude of such "ranges of good" of many people exercising their range utilisation at the same time. Urban structures containing desirable structures contribute to this intersection of "ranges of good." xii Preface In a biblical mood, I opened a 1970 paper entitled "Traffic Control -- From Hand Signals to Computers" with the sentence: "In the beginning there was the Ford."

Schedule-Based Dynamic Transit Modeling - Theory and Applications (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): Nigel H.M. Wilson, Agostino Nuzzolo Schedule-Based Dynamic Transit Modeling - Theory and Applications (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
Nigel H.M. Wilson, Agostino Nuzzolo
R2,810 Discovery Miles 28 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Schedule-Based Dynamic Transit Modeling: Theory and Applications outlines the new schedule-based dynamic approach to mass transit modeling. In the last ten years the schedule-based dynamic approach has been developed and applied especially for operational planning. It allows time evolution of on-board loads and travel times for each run of each line to be obtained, and uses behavioral hypotheses strictly related to transit systems and user characteristics. It allows us to open new frontiers in transit modelling to support network design, timetable setting, investigation of congestion effects, as well as the assessment of new technologies introduction, such as information to users (ITS technologies).

The contributors and editors of the book are leading researchers in the field of transportation, and in this volume they build a solid foundation for developing still more sophisticated models. These future models of mass transit systems will continue to add higher levels of accuracy and sensitivity desired in forecasting the performance of public transport systems.

Access to Destinations (Hardcover, New Ed.): David Levinson, Kevin Krizek Access to Destinations (Hardcover, New Ed.)
David Levinson, Kevin Krizek
R4,146 R3,692 Discovery Miles 36 920 Save R454 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Much of land use and transportation planning today aims to reduce traffic congestion. However, the barometers typically used to measure congestion provide only a snapshot of a select dimension of a city's transportation system and fail to accurately reflect how easy it is to reach destinations. Comprehensive and policy relevant measures useful to land-use and transportation planning need to capture both land use and travel dimensions.

This book focuses on the science and policy around the multi-modal concept of accessibility. If the goal is to create physical environments that are accessible, this work provides an up date
account that can advance empirically grounded research and planning practice relating to accessibility.

Rights in Transit - Public Transportation and the Right to the City in California's East Bay (Hardcover): Kafui Attoh Rights in Transit - Public Transportation and the Right to the City in California's East Bay (Hardcover)
Kafui Attoh; Series edited by Mathew Coleman, Sapana Doshi
R2,923 Discovery Miles 29 230 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Is public transportation a right? Should it be? For those reliant on public transit, the answer is invariably "yes" to both. Indeed, when city officials propose slashing service or raising fares, it is these riders who are often the first to appear at that officials' door demanding their "right" to more service. Rights in Transit starts from the presumption that such riders are justified. For those who lack other means of mobility, transit is a lifeline. It offers access to many of the entitlements we take as essential: food, employment, and democratic public life itself. While accepting transit as a right, this book also suggests that there remains a desperate need to think critically, both about what is meant by a right and about the types of rights at issue when public transportation is threatened. Drawing on a detailed case study of the various struggles that have come to define public transportation in California's East Bay, Rights in Transit offers a direct challenge to contemporary scholarship on transportation equity. Rather than focusing on civil rights alone, Rights in Transit argues for engaging the more radical notion of the right to the city.

Global Advancements in Connected and Intelligent Mobility - Emerging Research and Opportunities (Hardcover): Fatma Outay,... Global Advancements in Connected and Intelligent Mobility - Emerging Research and Opportunities (Hardcover)
Fatma Outay, Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar, Elhadi Shakshuki
R5,227 Discovery Miles 52 270 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Vehicle accidents on the roads and highways occur every minute of every day, most often resulting in a loss of life or property damage. With advancing technology, vehicle infrastructure integration can increase road safety and transport efficiency through wireless sensor communications and other systems. These recent developments can bring inestimable economic value and will play a role in the next generation of vehicle products and traffic safety. Global Advancements in Connected and Intelligent Mobility: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that discusses the recent advances, safety, and efficiency in connected vehicles, as well as the next generation of communication network development. Featuring research on topics such as vehicular networks, telematics, and context-aware intelligence, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, traffic safety specialists, traffic control technicians, auto technicians, planning agencies, environmental managers, standardization governors, academicians, students, researchers, and industry practitioners seeking coverage on intelligent transportation systems.

Transportation Systems Analysis - Models and Applications (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2009): Ennio Cascetta Transportation Systems Analysis - Models and Applications (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2009)
Ennio Cascetta
R6,729 Discovery Miles 67 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"This book provides a rigorous and comprehensive coverage of transportation models and planning methods and is a must-have to anyone in the transportation community, including students, teachers, and practitioners." Moshe Ben-Akiva, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Financing Transportation Networks (Hardcover): David M Levinson Financing Transportation Networks (Hardcover)
David M Levinson
R3,406 Discovery Miles 34 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Pollution, alternative fuels, congestion, intelligent transportation systems, and the shift from construction to maintenance all call for a reconsideration of the existing highway revenue mechanisms, especially the gas tax. David Levinson explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway finance, in particular the use of tolls, and supports that theory with empirical evidence. The author examines highway finance from the perspective of individual jurisdictions and travellers, and considers their interactions rather than specifying a single optimal solution. Congestion pricing has long been a goal of transportation economists, who believe it will result in a more efficient use of resources. Levinson argues that if the governance were to become more decentralized, and collection costs continue to drop, tolls could return to prominence as the preferred means of financing roads for both local and intercity travel. An approach that creates the local winners necessary to implement road pricing is required before it can be expected to become widespread. Economists, civil engineers, planners, students and policymakers will find this detailed examination of transportation networks enlightening and useful.

Mathematical Methods on Optimization in Transportation Systems (Hardcover, 2001 ed.): M. Pursula, Jarko Niittymaki Mathematical Methods on Optimization in Transportation Systems (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
M. Pursula, Jarko Niittymaki
R4,146 Discovery Miles 41 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book contains selected papers from the presentations given at the 7th EURO-Working Group Meeting on 'Iransportation, which took place at the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), Finland, during August 2-4, 1999. Altogether 31 presentations were given and 14 full papers have been selected in this publication through a peer review process coordinated by the editors. The papers in this book cover a wide range of transportation problems from the simulation of railway traffic to optimum congestion tolling and mode choice modeling with stated preference data. In general, the variety of papers clearly demonstrates the wide areas of interest of people who are involved in the research of transportation systems and their operation. They as well demonstrate the importance and possibilities of modeling and theoretical approaches in the analysis of transportation systems and problem solving. Most of the papers are purely theoretical in nature, that is, they present a theoretical model with only a hypothetical example of applica tion. There are, however, some papers, which are closer to the practice or describe applications of and give interesting results of studies made by known methodologies. It is especially noteworthy, that half of the accepted papers deal with planning and operation of public transport."

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