Highway and traffic engineering Books

Book SynopsisThis edited open access book gives a comprehensive overview of small and lightweight electric three- and four-wheel vehicles with an international scope. The present status of small electric vehicle (SEV) technologies, the market situation and main hindering factors for market success as well as options to attain a higher market share including new mobility concepts are highlighted. An increased usage of SEVs can have different impacts which are highlighted in the book in regard to sustainable transport, congestion, electric grid and transport-related potentials. To underline the effects these vehicles can have in urban areas or rural areas, several case studies are presented covering outcomes of pilot projects and studies in Europe. A study of the operation and usage in the Global South extends the scope to a global scale. Furthermore, several concept studies and vehicle concepts on the market give a more detailed overview and show the deployment in different applications.Table of ContentsSmall electric vehicle concepts for sustainable future developments?- International Markets.- Case studies and applications of SEVs.- Impact studies and effects of SEV deployment.- Vehicle concepts and technologies.

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Book SynopsisThis book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of civil, environmental and construction engineering, as presented by researchers and engineers at the XXX Annual Russian-Polish-Slovak Seminar Theoretical Foundation of Civil Engineering (RSP), held in September 2021. Co-organized by six universities from Russia, Poland and Slovakia, the event covered diverse topics such as structural mechanics; building structures; geodesy and geotechnics; transport and environmental issues in civil engineering. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaborations.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Dynamic actions of a two-layer freely supported beam.- Chapter 2: Models of deformation of plates with double anisotropy.- Chapter 3: Parametric Study of Saw-cut Method.- Chapter 4: On the calculation of thin shells beyond the elastic limit.- Chapter 5: Homogenization in the problem of long-term loading of a layered elastic-creeping composite.- Chapter 6: Influence of the connectedness of thermoelastic fields on the stress-strain state of a circular rigidly fixed plate.- Chapter 7: Adhesive problem in the mechanics of materials.- Chapter 8: Asymptotic solution of elasticity problem in the vicinity of irregular boundary point.- Chapter 9:Mathematical modeling of the collapse form of the borehole walls.

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Book SynopsisPart 1: Theoretical results.- 1.Structural Model for US Gun Violence.- 2.Extending Jaynes: How Scientific & Economic Claims Are Judged.- 3.The a priori Procedure for Estimating the Location Parameter Under Elliptical Settings.- 4.Estimation of Under-reported COVID19 Cases with Susceptible-Infected-Removed Epidemiological Model via Stochastic Frontier Analysis.- 5.AI and Econometric Modeling: Deep Reinforcement Learning in Predictive Modeling.- 6.Multivariate Quantiles: Geometric and Measure-Transportation-Based Contours.- 7.Human Centered AI for Financial Decisions.- 8.Digital Economy, Labor Mobility and Industrial Structure Optimization: Empirical Analysis Based on Mediating Effect and Threshold Effect.- 9.Bayesian Model Selection Among Dispersed Integer-valued Time Series Models.- 10.Forecasting GDP with Many Predictors Using Sparse-group LASSO MIDAS.- 11.On Disintegration of Measures in Optimal Transport.- 12.Why Micro-Funding? Why Small Businesses are Important? Analysis Based on First Principles.- 13.Local-Global Support for Earth Sciences: Economic Analysis.- 14.Approximate Stochastic Dominance Revisited.- Part 2: Practical Applications.- 15.Border Crossing: Bayesian Gravity and Cross-Border Exports Between Myanmar and Its Neighbours.- 16.Investigating the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis: Empirical Study on the Relationships Among Carbon Emissions, International Crude Oil Prices, Total Factor Productivity, Research and Development, International Trade Balance in US.- 17.Do Green Taxes and Renewables Energy Matter for Environmental Quality in OECD Countries? Evidence from Monte Carlo Simulations.- 18.Can Monetary Policy Uncertainty Predict Exchange Rate Volatility? New Evidence from Hybrid Neural Network-GARCH Mode.- 19.Factors Affect Happiness and the Risk of Unhappiness in Thailand.- 20.Financial Development and Economic Growth: A Case of Developing Countries.- 21.Estimation Methods for the Coefficient of Variation of the Three-Parameter Lognormal Distribution: Their Application to Wind Speed Data Indicating Soil Erosion Effects.- 22.The determinants of carbon dioxide emissions in ASEAN-7: Evidence from Bayesian Model Averaging Approach.- 23.Data Analytics-Based Algorithm for Returning Intention to Rural Tourism Destinations of Tourists.- 24.Determination Weights for Models with a Large Number of Criteria, Applications for Evaluating the Quality of Life.- 25.The Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Sudden GDP and Commodity Price Changes on Inflation Using Markov-Switching Model: Insights from Six Southeast Asian Countries.- 26.Technical Efficiency of Agricultural production in the North East of Thailand: An Empirical Study with A Stochastic Frontier Analysis.- 27.Determinants of Fertility Intention and Behavior Under Economic Health and Policy Constraints in China.- 28.Bayesian Fixed-Effects Panel Kink Regression with Unknown Threshold with Application to the Impact of Economic Freedom on Economic Growth.- 29.Household Socio-economic Characteristics of NEETs in Thailand.- 30.Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analysis of the Technical Efficiency of Natural Resource Rent and Institutions Based on a Copula Stochastic Frontier Model.- 31.Analysis of Agricultural Production in China and Measurement of Technical Efficiency Using Copula-based Stochastic Frontier Model.- 32.Analysis of Factors Affecting China's Demographic Fertility Transition: A Random Forest Algorithm Approach.- 33.Quantile Prediction in the Capital Asset Pricing Model Using Histogram-valued Data.- 34.Spatial Regression Analysis of FDI and Economic Development: The World Perspective.- 35. Enhancing Time Series Forecasting in Foreign Exchange Markets with a Hybrid Model Based on Histogram-valued Data.- 36.An Analysis of the Dynamic Impact of Oil Price Fluctuations on China's Economy.- 37.Deep Reinforcement Learning for Automated of Asian Stocks Trading.- 38.Soft Skills and Work Efficiency Across Different Generations: Evidence from Thailand.- 39.The Impact of Green Finance Investments on Carbon Emissions Reduction: A finding of high-performance Stocks in the S&P Global Clean Energy Index Using Machine Learning with Bayesian  Additive Regression Trees.- 40.Analysis Of TimeVarying Coefficients And Forecasting Effects Between Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Its Determinants in Thailand.- 41.Relationships Among Financial and Commodity Markets on Economic Growth: New Evidence from Bayesian Estimation of Seemingly Unrelated Time Series Equations.- 42.A Quantile Regression for Computer Crimes Act in Thailand.- 43.How to Deal with Tail Dependence of Mixture Copula with an Extreme Weight.- 44.An Analysis of Volatility Spillover Effect between Energy and Agricultural Markets.- 45.Online Media Use and Risk of Cyberbullying Among Undergraduate Students of Chiang Mai Rajabhat University: Structural Equation Model.- 46.The Factors Influencing Consumers' Decisions to Purchase OTOP Products Through E-Marketplaces in Chiang Mai.- 47.Bayesian Model Selection in Learning Outcome.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Smart Cities.- Understanding Smart City Concepts.- Importance of Technology in Urban Development.- Computer Vision in Smart Cities.- Basics of Computer Vision.- Applications of Computer Vision in Smart Cities.- Challenges and Opportunities.- Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities.- IoT Infrastructure in Urban Environments.- IoT Sensors and Data Collection.- Integration of IoT in Smart Cities.- Internet of Vehicles (IoV) and Intelligent Transportation Systems.- IoV Fundamentals and Traffic Management.- Connectivity, Communication, and Vehicle Safety.- IoV Applications for Urban Mobility and Real-time Data Analytics.- Integration Challenges and Optimal Routing Protocols in IoT and IoV.- Standardization in Safe Autonomous Systems.- Software Infrastructure, Policies & Regulations for Intelligent Vehicles.- Computer Vision for Traffic Management.- Traffic Surveillance and Monitoring.

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Book SynopsisStorm Daniel A Wake Up Call for Bridge Resilience in the Face of Extreme Weather.- Smart Flood Resilience of the Urban Transportation System the Case of Florence.- Achieving urban resilience thought environmental streetscape design and traffic calming A case study in the Municipality of Pylaia Hortiatis, Greece.- Adapting the design of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans to pandemic circumstances.- Corellating geographic, urban and mobility characteristcs of regional units in Greece with COVID-19 cases.- Sustainable Transport Literacy Definitions, Conceptual Frameworks and Assessments.- Non optimized demand responsive signal plans to support Adaptive Traffic Control Systems (ATCSs) in oversaturated traffic conditions.- A data-driven decision support system for multimodal network and traffic management SYNCHROMODE.- Investigation of Parking Characteristics in Private lots.- Dynamic Pricing for Resilient Parking Management.- Eco driving Strategies in Autonomous and Manual Vehicle Interaction.

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Book SynopsisUAV in Aviation Cost of Unsafe Events.- Identification of Disturbance Signals in Hydraulic Systems in Terms of Their Reliability.- Features of Optimization of Maintenance Plan for Thermoelectric Generators of Marine Propulsion Systems.- Analysis of Factors Influencing the Reduction of Road Transport Emissions in the Urban Environment.- Statistical Analysis of Corrosion Losses of the Main Oil Pipelines Linear Part.- Friction Resistance of PA Plastic Used to Make the Sickle Insert of an Internal Gear Pump.- Compatibility Analysis of Hydrogen Infrastructure and Ship Bunkering Needs.- Advancing Marine Air Quality Efficacy and Optimization of Experimental Helical Cyclonic Filter for Particulate Matter Reduction in Ship Emissions.

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Book SynopsisTowards sustainable and inclusive corridors: Rethinking the planning of infrastructure and spatial development.- Possibilities for supporting automated driving and leveraging vehicle data in road design and maintenance.- Economic Assessment of Free Public Transport in Athens.- Working women in transport: A toolkit for change.- MUNER - Italian MotorValley Excellence for education and innovation in automotive and sustainable mobility.

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Book Synopsis.- 1 Real-Time System For Detecting Harmful Ingredients In Underarm Products Using Optical Character Recognition And Machine Learning Techniques.- 2 Architecture To Recreate Immersive Scenarios For Practicing Sports In Gyms.- 3 Tuning Hopfield Neural Networks With Metaheuristic Hy-Perparameter Selection.- 4 Federated Learning Using Knowledge Distillation For Cnn-Based Ehealth Data Analysis.- 5 A Hybrid Data Mining Model For Early Detection Of Lung Cancer Utilizing Supervised Feature Extraction, etc.

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Book SynopsisPart 1 Managing the Sustainable Development of Regional Transport and Logistics Systems in Line with the ESG Agenda.- Greening City Streets and Roads in Modern Urban Conditions.- An Optimal Method of Determining the Railway Track Plan.- Priority Areas of Public Transport Development in Cities.- The First Metropolitan Subway System: Origins, Design, and Initial Safety.- Advancing the Economic Development of Transport Systems Through Modeling.- Statistical Analysis of the Dynamics of Passenger Transportation on Railway Transport of the Republic of Uzbekistan.- Logistics System of Passenger Transportation in Large Cities Problems and Solutions.- Transport Services Trends in the Effective Use of Green Energy Sources in the Vehicle Network in the Context of Transformation.- A Systemic Approach to Managing Sustainable Development in the Fuel and Energy and Transport and Logistics Sectors within the Regional Economy of Russia An ESG Perspective.- Part 2 Digital Technologies and Infrastructure Support for the Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics Systems.- Modeling Traffic Flow Using the LWR Model and Finite Difference Numerical Method Analysis of Efficiency and Applicability in Urban Transport Infrastructure Conditions.- The Importance of Transportation Infrastructure in the Regional Economic Development.- Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Tools (Smart City Technologies) for Managing Infrastructure in Urbanized Systems.- Economic Characteristics and Principles of the Formation of the Transport Cluster in the Tourism Sector in the Conditions of the Digital Economy.- The Role of Globalization and Intercultural Communication in the Digitalization of the Economy and Transportation.- AI Integration in Smart Car Parking Stations.- Creation and Forecasting of Macroeconomic Models Using Information Technologies in the Transport Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic.- Logistics in the Digital World: Transition to Logistics 4.0.- Infrastructure Approach to Ensuring Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics Systems through Digital Technologies.- Part 3 Social Communications within Transport Logistics for Sustainable Development Aligned with the ESG Agenda.- Development of the Institution of Social Partnership in the Regional Economy of Russia for the Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics in Support of the Implementation of the ESG Agenda.- Methodology For Assessing the Marketing Potential of “O’ztemiryo’lyo’lovchi” JSC.- Navigating Success Language Skills Prove Crucial in Driving the Future of the Transportation Industry .- The Use of Digital Educational Resources in Language Training for Transport Specialists.- A Solution to Language Problems in the Communication and Documentation of Local and International Employees in the Development of the Transport Sector.- Investigating Linguistic Aspects of Terminology in the Automotive Sector.- Contribution of Tourism in India’s GDP in Pre- and Post-pandemic Scenarios.

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Book SynopsisExtracting Parameters of Vulnerable Road Users’ Behavior from Video Observation for Modeling of Urban Microsimulation.- Equitable Mobility - Appropriate Active Travel Facilities for the Aging Population.- Oxford roundabout and the art of safety: resistance to cycling infrastructure intervention.- Investigating the influence of mobile phone use on driving behavior with Machine Learning analysis.- Unveiling driving behaviour patterns during a naturalistic driving experiment.

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Book SynopsisCharacterization and Source Apportionment of Particulate Matter in Underground Railway Station.- Field study of pedestrian crossings deterioration over time: assessment of microplastics emission from road markings.- Analysis of Brake Particle Emissions During Laboratory Braking Tests.- Extent of L-vehicles Tampering and Impact on Noise and Emissions.- Towards sustainable urban freight transport: insights from data analysis of receiving and shipping behavior.

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Book Synopsis Introduction.- Strategic Choices in Territorial Development.- Review of Decision Support Methodologies in Literature.- Participation in Territorial Governance: A Group Decision-Making Context.- Methodological approach.- The Working Group.- Ranking of Alternatives Based on Individual Preferences.

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Book SynopsisPrefazione.- 1 L’uso delle tecnologie smart nei sistemi di trasporto stradali.- 2 Criteri di progettazione geometrico-funzionale delle Smart Road.- 3 Capacità e funzionalità delle Smart Road.- 4 Contesto normativo dei veicoli a guida autonoma. Analisi e confronto internazionale.- 5 L’Operational Design Domain per i sistemi di mantenimento in corsia dei veicoli a guida autonoma.- 6 I Floating Car Data.- 7 Pavement Management System: dalle strade convenzionali alle Smart Road.- 8 Le Smart Road e l’innovazione sensoristica: monitoraggio termico delle pavimentazioni stradali.- 9 Le pavimentazioni stradali automatizzate ed il caso studio della manutenzione preventiva con big-data derivati da autoveicoli connessi.- 10 Gestione della viabilità nel periodo invernale nelle Smart Road.- 11 Il ruolo del dato satellitare nel processo di gestione delle Smart Road.- 12 Electric Road Systems e “Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer System”. Il casto studio dell’Arena del Futuro.- 13 La gestione informativa digitale delle Smart Road.- 14 Il BIM per la manutenzione delle Smart Road.- Indice analitico.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Smart Identity and Vision.- Smart Strategy-building.- Smart Co-Creation and Interaction.- Smart Data Governance and Data Management.- Smart Mobility & Transport.- Smart Urban Development.- Smart Culture.

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume presents research results of the PPP European Green Vehicle Initiative (EGVI), focusing on Electric Vehicle Systems Architecture and Standardization Needs. The objectives of energy efficiency and zero emissions in road transportation imply a paradigm shift in the concept of the automobile regarding design, materials, and propulsion technology. A redesign of the electric and electronic architecture provides in many aspects additional potential for reaching these goals. At the same time, standardization within a broad range of features, components and systems is a key enabling factor for a successful market entry of the electric vehicle (EV). It would lower production cost, increase interoperability and compatibilities, and sustain market penetration. Hence, novel architectures and testing concepts and standardization approaches for the EV have been the topic of an expert workshop of the European Green Vehicles Initiative PPP. This book contains the contributions of current European research projects on EV architecture and an expert view on the status of EV standardization. The target audience primarily comprises researchers and experts in the field.Table of ContentsCurrent Issues in EV Standardization.- Barriers and Opportunities for SMEs in EV technologies: from research to innovations.- OpEneR – Approaching optimal energy management for fully electrified vehicles.- A framework for electric vehicle development: from modelling to engineering through real-world data analysis.- HiWi Project: High Efficiency Electric Drives.- eFuture – Safe & Efficient Electrical Vehicle.

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Book SynopsisThis text provides an introduction to the mathematical modeling and subsequent optimization of vehicle propulsion systems and their supervisory control algorithms.Automobiles are responsible for a substantial part of the world's consumption of primary energy, mostly fossil liquid hydrocarbons and the reduction of the fuel consumption of these vehicles has become a top priority. Increasing concerns over fossil fuel consumption and the associated environmental impacts have motivated many groups in industry and academia to propose new propulsion systems and to explore new optimization methodologies. This third edition has been prepared to include many of these developments.In the third edition, exercises are included at the end of each chapter and the solutions are available on the web.Table of ContentsVehicle Energy and Fuel Consumption - Basic Concepts.- IC-Engine-Based Propulsion Systems.- Electric and Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems.- Non-electric Hybrid Propulsion Systems.- Fuel-Cell Propulsion Systems.- Supervisory Control Algorithms.

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Book SynopsisThe concept of a livable smart city presented in this book highlights the relevance of the functionality and integrated resilience of viable cities of the future. It critically examines the progressive digitalization that is taking place and identifies the revolutionized energy sector as the basis of urban life. The concept is based on people and their natural environment, resulting in a broader definition of sustainability and an expanded product theory. Smart City 2.0 offers its residents many opportunities and is an attractive future market for innovative products and services. However, it presents numerous challenges for stakeholders and product developers.Table of ContentsChallenges for Cities.- Product Development for Cities.- Social Change in Cities.- Digitalization of Urban Life.- Profile of Smart City 2.0.

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Book SynopsisThis textbook covers the theoretical principles and technology of railway and tramway vehicles. In addition to the legal principles, driving resistances, drives, brakes, running dynamics and running gears as well as the supporting structures and superstructures are dealt with. Great importance is attached to clear illustrations and numerous examples. With the help of this book, even engineers and railway enthusiasts from other disciplines can successfully familiarize themselves with the field of railway vehicle technology. The present edition has been revised and supplemented by the chapter "Engineering in rail vehicle construction".Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Driving resistances of rail vehicles.- Driving machines, power transmission.- Brakes for rail vehicles.- Wheelset guidance, suspension, damping.- Supporting structures and superstructures of rail vehicles.- Engineering in rail vehicle construction.

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Book SynopsisEinleitung.- Rechtsgrundlagen und Normen für Gefahrguttransporte.- Klassifizierung, Bezettelung und Kennzeichnung von Gefahrgütern.- Barrieren zwischen Gut und Umgebung; Umschließungen.- Transportkette und Verantwortlichkeiten.- Wertung der Wirtschafts- und Sicherheitslage.- Schlussbemerkungen mit Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisAn Improved YOLOv9-Based Algorithm for Monitoring Individuals Climbing on Trains at Railway Intermediary Stations.- A YOLOv5-Based Approach for Detecting Train Occupancy Disruption and Pedestrian Intrusion on Railway Tracks.- Mixed Traffic Flow Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv5.- The Impact of Contraflow Left-turn Lane Design on Arterial Signal Coordination.- Applicability Analysis and Application Research of Variable Speed Limit Strategy on Highways.- Automated Rutting Measurement System Based on Low-Cost RGB-D Sensor for Asphalt Pavement.- A UAV-based Method for Joint Calibration of Roadside Cameras and Millimeter-wave Radar.- Bridging Heterogeneous Gap: A POI Correlation Learning Graph Convolution Network for Traffic Forecasting.- A straight cruising control strategy for intelligent networked vehicles based on signalized intersection guidance partitioning.- RCTracker: An Efficient Roadside Cooperative Tracker for Real-world Smart Transportation.

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Book SynopsisResearch on Automatic Transportation Scheme of Metro Station Based on Passenger-Freight Cooperation Mode.- Passenger Flow Assignment Model for Multi-routing Operation of Urban Rail Transit Based on Regret Theory.- Low-carbon Multimodal Transport Path Optimization Based on Genetic Particle Swarm Algorithm.- Demand Forecasting of Cold Chain Logistics for Agricultural Products Based on Gray BP Neural Networks.

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Book SynopsisPublic space is an essence of urban life, of a city's living quality. The (re-) transformation of space today used by the dense traffic prevalent in urban areas into truly public space is a highly effective way to increase its quality and quantity in cities of all sizes and larger metropolitan areas. The starting point of any such increase is to ensure a better balance between the various uses of space: more room for pause and the slow traffic of pedestrians and cyclists, less for handling of goods and the faster, passive mobility by car. Traditional planning principles in urban and traffic design will no longer do; new approaches and instruments are required. This new book introduces to the reader these approaches and instruments, affecting the actual design as well as the planning process, as creative strategies rather than as a rigid set of rules. It is about networking, co-production, involving local businesses, co-usage of space, circular metabolism, and an appropriate aesthetic. Using inspiring reference projects as well as their own work, architects and urban designers Stefan Bendiks und Aglaée Degros offer a forward-looking insight into how traffic space can become much needed public space. Text in English and German.

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Book SynopsisDieses Fachbuch fasst in einzigartiger Weise zusammen, wie das europäische Eisenbahnregelwerk als gemeinsame Aufgabe der ganzen Branche entwickelt wird, welche Inhalte die einzelnen Rechtsakte haben und welche Auswirkungen sich unter anderem auf Sicherheitsmanagement und Fahrzeugzulassung ergeben. Das Buch bewegt sich im Umfeld des aktuellen Europäischen Eisenbahnrechts, seiner historischen Herkunft bis hin zur Bahnreform, den Prozessen seiner Entwicklung und seiner Anwendung im heutigen Alltag eines sicheren und zuverlässigen Bahnbetriebs.Table of ContentsDer Aufbau des Bahnsystems.- Akteure und Prozesse der Europäischen Union.- Das Eisenbahnregelwerk der Europäischen Union.- Prozesse und Akteure der europäischen Eisenbahngesetzgebung.- Umsetzung des Eisenbahnregelwerks der Europäischen Union.- Vereinheitlichung nationaler Eisenbahnregelwerke.- Sicherheitsmanagement.- Interoperabilität.- Fahrzeugzulassung.

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