"Probably the most important book for the industry since Peter
White's "Planning for Public Transportation," Professor Vuchic's
contribution is valuable because in its pages it gives references
to almost every basic hardware option likely to face the transport
planner or entice the politician."
--Bus and Coach
"Contains between two covers for the first time most everything
anybody would want to know about the history, evolution,
technology, characteristics, and applications of transit
systems."
--"APA Journal"
"Probably one of the most complete histories ever written on the
development and growth of the various forms of urban
transportation. It is a well-written, well-illustrated volume that
belongs on the bookshelf of anyone seriously interested in mass
transit."
--"National Railway Bulletin"
"Every engineer and planner of urban public transit facilities
and systems needs [this] book."
--"ITE News"
A comprehensive modern guide to urban transportation
The founding, shaping, and growth of human communities
throughout history have been products of complex interactions of
many forces. One major force has always been transportation.
Transportation has played a key role in determining the location of
cities; their size; their form; and their structure. Today, the
United States has a population of 300 million people driving 136
million cars and served by over 6,000 public transit agencies. With
such daunting statistics, the challenge to the transportation
professional is significant indeed.
In "Urban Transit: Systems and Technology," Vukan Vuchic has
assembled the guide to urban transportation that the industry
needs. Broad in scope and deeplyresearched, this book covers the
entire field of transit in all its modes and aspects. Vuchic begins
with an overview of the history of transit and its role in urban
development, illuminating how transportation both responded to the
needs of communities and, in turn, helped shape them.
Defining relevant terms and concepts, the text then examines:
Urban transit modes--highway, rail, automated, specialized,
paratransit, and unconventional concepts--and the most efficient
systems designs for each System components, vehicles, travel ways,
terminals, and control systems Vehicle propulsion (diesel,
electric, and others), fully supported with equations and
analytical methods for vehicle dynamic performance and travel
times
Bringing every aspect of urban transport between two covers,
"Urban Transit: Systems and Technology" is a primary resource for
professionals and students who are designing and operating these
key components of urban infrastructure.
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