Transport planning and policy Books

Book SynopsisTransportation planners, engineers, and policymakers in the US face the monumental task of righting the wrongs of their predecessors while charting the course for the next generation. This task requires empathy while pushing against forces in the industry that are resistant to change. How do you change a system that was never designed to be equitable? How do you change a system that continues to divide communities and cede to the automobile? In Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities, transportation expert Veronica O. Davis shines a light on the inequitable and often destructive practice of transportation planning and engineering. She calls for new thinking and more diverse leadership to create transportation networks that connect people to jobs, education, opportunities, and to each other. Inclusive Transportation is a vision for change and a new era of transportation planning. Davis explains why centring people in transportation decisions requires a great shift in how transportation planners and engineers are trained, how they communicate, the kind of data they collect, and how they work as professional teams. She examines what “equity” means for a transportation project, which is central to changing how we approach and solve problems to create something safer, better, and more useful for all people. Davis aims to disrupt the status quo of the transportation industry. She urges transportation professionals to reflect on past injustices and elevate current practice to do the hard work that results in more than an idea and a catchphrase. Inclusive Transportation is a call to action and a practical approach to reconnecting and shaping communities based on principles of justice and equity.Table of ContentsForeword by tamika l. butler Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Transportation is Personal Chapter 2: Equity is more than a Baseball Graphic Chapter 3: Should there be a War on Cars? Chapter 4: Power, Influence, and the Complexity of People Chapter 5: Bringing People and Planning Together Chapter 6: The Task Ahead: Where the Hard Work Continues Acknowledgments Notes About the Author

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Book SynopsisIn some US and Canadian cities, transit has quietly been expanding and improving over the last few years, despite funding and ridership challenges. How do we assess the advances and failures of our current systems to move forward strategically and wisely? The first edition of Trains, Buses, People was dubbed “a transit wonk’s bible” and guided “a smarter conversation about urban transit” in the US. This second edition is fully updated and expanded to include eight Canadian cities and two new US cities (Indianapolis and San Juan, Puerto Rico). In Trains, Buses, People, Second Edition: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit, transit expert and “transportation hero” Christof Spieler provides a new section on inclusivity to help agencies understand how to welcome riders regardless of race, gender, income, or disability. Select cities include new maps overlaying transit and poverty data, and systems that have started construction since the first edition in 2018 have been added. Other new sections address network typologies, guideway types, station types, and fares. Spieler has spent over a decade advocating for transit as a writer, community leader, urban planner, transit board member, and enthusiast. He strongly believes that just about anyone—regardless of training or experience—can identify what makes good transit with the right information. In the fun, accessible, and visually appealing Trains, Buses, People, Second Edition: An Opinionated Atlas of US and Canadian Transit, Spieler shows how cities can build successful transit. He profiles the 49 metropolitan areas in the US and eight metropolitan areas in Canada that have rail transit or BRT, using data, photos, and maps for easy comparison. Spieler ranks the best and worst systems and he offers analysis of how geography, politics, and history complicate transit planning. He shows how the unique circumstances of every city have resulted in very different transit systems. Trains, Buses, People, Second Edition is intended for non-experts—it will help any citizen, professional, or policymaker with a vested interest evaluate a transit proposal and understand what makes transit effective. It shows that it is possible, with the right tools, to build good transit.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Transit Where the People Are What Transit Does Well Why We Get It Wrong PART 1: How Transit Works The History of Transit Drawing a Line Networks Modes Guideways Stations Fares Governance Funding Riders and Destinations Hopes and Fears PART 2: Basics of Successful Transit Density Activity Walkability Connectivity Frequency Travel Time Reliability Capacity Legibility Inclusivity Good Ideas from Abroad PART 3: Metro Areas Best and the Worst Intercity Rail The 57 Metro Areas in the United States and Canada that have rail transit or BRT Conclusion: A Transit Agenda Index

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Book SynopsisIn car-clogged urban areas across the world, the humble bicycle is enjoying a second life as a legitimate form of transportation. City officials are rediscovering it as a multi-pronged (or -spoked) solution to acute, 21st-century problems, including affordability, obesity, congestion, climate change, inequity, and social isolation. As the world’s foremost cycling nation, the Netherlands is the only country where the number of bikes exceeds the number of people, primarily because the Dutch have built a cycling culture accessible to everyone, regardless of age, ability, or economic means. Chris and Melissa Bruntlett share the incredible success of the Netherlands through engaging interviews with local experts and stories of their own delightful experiences riding in five Dutch cities. Building the Cycling City examines the triumphs and challenges of the Dutch while also presenting stories of North American cities already implementing lessons from across the Atlantic. Discover how Dutch cities inspired Atlanta to look at its transit-bike connection in a new way and showed Seattle how to teach its residents to realize the freedom of biking, along with other encouraging examples. Tellingly, the Dutch have two words for people who ride bikes: wielrenner (“wheel runner”) and fietser (“cyclist”), the latter making up the vast majority of people pedaling on their streets, and representing a far more accessible, casual, and inclusive style of urban cycling—walking with wheels. Outside of their borders, a significant cultural shift is needed to seamlessly integrate the bicycle into everyday life and create a whole world of fietsers. The Dutch blueprint focuses on how people in a particular place want to move.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Nation of Fietsers Chapter 1: Streets Aren't Set in Stone Chapter 2: Not Sport. Transport Chapter 3: Fortune Favors the Brave Chapter 4: One Size Won't Fit All Chapter 5: Demand More Chapter 6: Think Outside the Van Chapter 7: Build at a Human Scale Chapter 8: Use Bikes to Feed Transit Chapter 9: Put Your City on the Map Chapter 10: Learn to Ride Like the Dutch Conclusion: A World of Fietsers References Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisThe NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition is based on the experience of the best cycling cities in the world. The designs in this book were developed by cities for cities, since unique urban streets require innovative solutions. To create the Guide, the authors conducted an extensive worldwide literature search from design guidelines and real-life experience. They worked closely with a panel of urban cycleway planning professionals from NACTO member cities and from numerous other cities worldwide, as well as traffic engineers, planners, and academics with deep experience in urban cycleway applications. The Guide offers substantive guidance for cities seeking to improve bicycle transportation in places where competing demands for the use of the right of way present unique challenges. Each of the treatments addressed in the Guide offers three levels of guidance: Required: elements for which there is a strong consensus that the treatment cannot be implemented without; Recommended: elements for which there is a strong consensus of added value; and, Optional: elements that vary across cities and may add value depending on the situation. First and foremost, the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition will help practitioners make good decisions about urban cycleway design. The treatments outlined in the Guide are based on real-life experience in the world's most bicycle friendly cities and have been selected because of their utility in helping cities meet their goals related to bicycle transportation. The Guide is an indispensable tool every planner must have for their daily transportation design work.

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Book SynopsisThe fight for the future of the city street between pedestrians, street railways, and promoters of the automobile between 1915 and 1930.Before the advent of the automobile, users of city streets were diverse and included children at play and pedestrians at large. By 1930, most streets were primarily a motor thoroughfares where children did not belong and where pedestrians were condemned as “jaywalkers.” In Fighting Traffic, Peter Norton argues that to accommodate automobiles, the American city required not only a physical change but also a social one: before the city could be reconstructed for the sake of motorists, its streets had to be socially reconstructed as places where motorists belonged. It was not an evolution, he writes, but a bloody and sometimes violent revolution. Norton describes how street users struggled to define and redefine what streets were for. He examines developments in the crucial transitional years from the 1910s to the 1930s, uncov

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Book SynopsisThe European railway sector has gone through profound, yet mostly institutional, changes over the past 20 years, owing mainly to the initiatives of the European Commission. This book constitutes a first systematic account and assessment of the recent transformations of the European railway sector, whilst also covering the main segments such as passenger transport, high speed and freight.The expert contributors have been charting these developments over the past five years. They provide a critical analysis of relevant, yet contentious, issues such as competition, unbundling, regulation, access charging, standards and interoperability, and public-private partnerships.Practically-minded academics, as well as academically-oriented practitioners, interested in the railway sector and other public transport sectors will find this book to be a crucial read. It will also be of use to postgraduates studying infrastructure economics, policy and regulation.Contributors: N. Baron, A.S. Bergantino, J. Dehornoy, M. Dillon, N. Fearnley, M.Finger, R. Gevaers, T. Holvad, A. Jan, N. Keogh, G. Knieps, J. Maes, A. Meaney, P. Messulam, F. Mizutani, C. Nash, S. Olsen, J. Runde Krogstad, M. Sanchez-Borras, D. van de Velde, E. Van de Voorde, T. VanelslanderTrade Review'Railways - they are one of the most powerful and symbolic modes of transport. They are especially important for Europe and for many decades the EU has tried to facilitate their development. This book provides a lot of good analysis of the problems of contemporary European railways. It also contains many interesting proposals on how to solve these problems. Highly recommended reading for all who are interested in transport and logistics.' --Siim Kallas, former Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Transport 2010-2014Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Matthias Finger and Pierre Messulam 1. Rail Economics and Regulation Matthias Finger and Pierre Messulam 2. Railways and Demographic Change Nacima Baron 3. Competition and Third-party Access in Railroads Günter Knieps 4. European Railway Reform: Unbundling and the Need for Coordination Didier van de Velde 5. Commercialization and Managerial Independence Silvia Olsen, Nils Fearnley and Julie Runde Krogstad 6. High-speed Rail in Europe Marta Sánchez-Borràs 7. Incumbents and New Entrants in European Rail Freight Roel Gevaers, Jochen Maes, Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander 8. Incumbents and New Entrants Angela Stefania Bergantino 9. Rolling Stock Companies (Roscos) – Eexperience from Great Britain Matthew Dillon, Alexander Jan and Neil Keogh 10. What Does a Best-practice Railway Look Like? Chris Nash 11. Public-private Partnerships in the Rail Sector Julien Dehornoy 12. Mutual Recognition, Standards and Interoperability Torben Holvad 13. Non-discriminatory Access Beyond the Tracks Andrew Meaney 14. Rail Access Charges Pierre Messulam and Matthias Finger 15. Looking beyond Europe Fumitoshi Mizutani Index

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Book SynopsisEach year, 1.2 million people die from traffic fatalities, highlighting the need to design streets that offer safe and enticing travel choices for all people. Cities around the world are facing the same challenges as cities in the US, and many of these problems are rooted in outdated codes and standards. The Global Street Design Guide is a timely resource that sets a global baseline for designing streets and public spaces and redefines the role of streets in a rapidly urbanizing world. The guide will broaden how to measure the success of urban streets to include: access, safety, mobility for all users, environmental quality, economic benefit, public health, and overall quality of life. The first-ever worldwide standards for designing city streets and prioritising safety, pedestrians, public transport, and sustainable mobility are presented in the guide. Participating experts from global cities have helped to develop the principles that organise the guide. The Global Street Design Guide builds off the successful tools and tactics defined in NACTO's Urban Street Design Guide and Urban Bikeway Design Guide while addressing a variety of street typologies and design elements found in various contexts around the world. This innovative guide will inspire leaders, inform practitioners, and empower communities in realising the potential in their public space networks. It will help cities unlock the potential of streets as safe, accessible, and economically sustainable places.

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Book SynopsisThe nation''s transportation and water infrastructures play a vital role in the economy. Private commercial activities and the daily lives of individuals depend on that physical infrastructure, which is provided by all levels of government in the United States. Concerns about the nations'' infrastructure and its ability to support commerce and promote public well-being have prompted calls for greater infrastructure spending. This book analyses recent developments in spending on transportation and water infrastructure, trends in spending for capital and for operations and maintenance by the various levels of government, and the rationale for public spending on infrastructure.

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Book SynopsisDiscusses transport systems and the implementation of related public policy - a relevant topic with contemporary traffic congestion, environmental intrusion, transport safety, and budget issues. This is a useful resource for both experienced researchers and those new to the field.Table of ContentsIntroduction; K.J. Button, D.A. HensherTransport planning; D. Banister Traffic reduction; P.B. Goodwin Equity versus efficiency in transport systems; C. Nash The concept of optimal transport systems; R. Vickerman The economics of transport networks; K.J. Button Traffic congestion and congestion pricing; R. Lindsey, E. Verhoef Modal diversion; D.A. Hensher Induced travel and user benefits: clarifying definitions and measurement for urban road infrastructure; P.W. Abelson, D.A. Hensher Cost-benefit analysis in transport; P. Mackie, J. Nellthorp Transport subsidies; W. Rothengatter Transportation demand management; J.L. Gifford, O.J. Stalebrink Infrastructure capacity; T.R. Lakshmanan, W.P. Anderson Transport safety; I. Savage Environmental protection; E. Quinet, D. Sperling Transportation and economic development; K. Haynes, K.J. Button Bus services: deregulation and privatisation (lessons for third world cities); A. Armstrong-Wright Transportation in sparsely populated regions; A.E. Andersson Biking and walking: the position of non-motorized transport modes in transport systems; P. Rietveld Traffic calming; R. Brindle Specialized transport; D. Gillingwater, N. Tyler Women and travel; L.A. Schintler Cross-border traffic; K.J. Button Parking and traffic control; W. Young Road vehicle design standards; M.C. Case, M.G. Lay Junction design; R.N. Bird High-occupancy routes and truck lanes; D. Pitfield, R. Watson Urban traffic flow; A.D. May Traffic flow control; L.A. Schintler Traffic control devices and management; K.J. Button Intelligent transport systems; M.A.P. Taylor Transportation information systems; B. Benson Route guidance systems; D. Nelson, P.J. Tarnoff Modeling traffic signal control; M. Smith et al. Railway scheduling; R. Watson Public transport scheduling; A. Ceder Seaport terminal management; B. Thomas Air traffic control systems; G.L. Donohue Airport slot controls; A.M. Khan

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Book SynopsisContains the proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, held in Adelaide in 2002. It covers intelligent transport systems; analytical techniques for road safety; travel demand modelling, congestion pricing; environmental impact analysis and more.Table of ContentsA step function for improving transit operations planning using fixed and variable scheduling, A. Ceder; A sensitivity-based solution algorithm for the network model of urban taxi services, K.I Wong et al; Transit network reliability - an application of absorbing Markov chains, M.G.H. Bell et al; Minimising the conflict between rail operations and infrastructure maintenance, M.Lake, L.J. Ferreira; Optimal terminus location for a rail line with many to many travel demand, S.C. Wirasinghe et al; Queue discharge flow and speed models for signalized intersections, R. Akcelik, M. Besley; The oversaturated isolated intersection, G.F Newell; Development and implementation of an adaptive control strategy in a traffic signal network - the virtual-fixed-cycle approach, N.H. Gartner; Unsignalized intersections - a third method for analysis, W. Brilon, N. Wu; Supply chain networks with multicriteria decision makers, J. Dong et al; Computerized decision support system for the operational management of transportation of sugar cane, R. Raicu, M.A.P Taylor; Normative pedestrian behaviour theory and modelling, S. Hoogendorn, P.H.L Bovy; Towards a unified approach to causal analysis in traffic safety using structural causal models, G. Davis; Identifying similarities and dissimilarities among road accident patterns, M. Nowakowska; A model to estimate the environmental impact of road transport, A. Alessandrini, M. Lemessi; Modelling risk taking behaviour in queuing networks with ATIS, Y. Yin et al; Modelling dynamic vehicle routing and scheduling with real time information on travel times, E. Taniguchi et al; Dynamic equilibrium network design, B. Heydecker; Algorithms for solving the probit path-based stochastic user equilibrium traffic assignment problem with one or more user classes, A. Rosa, M. Maher; A traffic flow model for urban traffic analysis - extensions of the LWR model for urban and environmental applications, F. Giorgi et al; Theory of congested highway traffic - empirical features and methods of tracing and prediction, B. Kerner; Moving bottlenecks - a theory grounded on experimental observation, J.C. Munoz, C.F. Daganzo; The performance of uncontrolled merges using a limited priority process, R.J. Troutbeck; Modelling of freeway ramp merging process observed during traffic congestion, M. Sarvi et al; A game theoretic analysis of merging-giveway interaction - a joint estimation model, H. Kita et al; Determination of optimal toll level and toll locations of alternative congestion pricing schemes, H. Yan et al; Trip travel time reliability in degradable transport networks, H.K. Lo; Optimal road tolls and parking charges for balancing the demand and supply of road transport facilities, W.H.K. Lam et al; Coupling of concurrent macroscopic and microscopic traffic flow models using hybrid stochastic and deterministic disaggregation, A. Poschinger et al; Some recent developments in continuum vehicular traffic theory, M. Zhang, W-H. Lin.

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Book SynopsisThese papers discuss how transport paradigms have evolved over the past decade. They show how to translate the understanding of the social and cultural elements of increased transportation of goods and people into more effective and less harmful transport strategies.Trade Review"Overall this book does not - nor does it even attempt to - provide the holy grail that is the answer of how one implements sustainable transport policy on the ground ... It does, though, contribute further ideas on a number of general and more specific policy areas and for this reason it is worth a look." Local Transport Today, July 2003. "The book makes useful contributions to the debate, some by well-known authors in the field. Whilst, it would have been very demanding to provide all the answers of how to delivery sustainable transport, this book provokes debate." The Transport Geography, Vol 30, No 2, Summer 2003.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Morphing mobility - a methodological critique; A. RootGlobalisation, Markets and Policy - the Need for New Paradigms; Transport, modernity and globalisation; C. McKenzie Limits of economics; K.H. Schaeffer & E. Sclar If public transport is the answer, what is the question?; K. Hamilton Post-Modernity and Reflexivity; Reflexivity in transport studies; T. Turrentine Moblising the mobile: the political inclusion of the transport user; S. McDonald-Walker Identity, lifestyle and the gaming interview; T. Turrentine Cultural Studies; The automobile era: a cultural analysis; K.H. Schaeffer & E. Sclar Ethnography of motor-bike boys; P. Willis The effects of different localities on children's play and development; M. Huttenmoser New Dimensions in Mobility Discourses; What is transport social exclusion?; J. Solomon Westernising travel policy: rickshaw pullers in Calcutta; J. Whitelegg et al. The city and the car; M. Sheller, J. Urry

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Book SynopsisThis overview of developments in transport survey methods from around the world emphasises survey quality and innovation. It contains selected papers from the International Conference on Transport Survey Quality and Innovation.Table of ContentsDeveloping standards of transport survey quality, P.R. Stopher, P.M. Jones; Planning and managing a household survey and a population census in a multicultural and multilingual context, R. Hirschowitz; The joys and tribulations of a continuous survey, H. Battellino, J. Peachman; Measuring the internal quality of the Montreal CATI household travel survey, R. Chapleau; Designing instruments to improve response, J. Zmud; Looking beyond commuter travel in Cape Town - methodological lessons from the application of an activity-based travel survey, R. Behrens; Survey instrument design, J.H. Pratt; Time-space diaries - merging traditions, A.S. Harvey; Quality and innovation in time use and activity surveys, R.M. Pendyala; Multi-cultural and multi-language transport surveys, with special reference to the African experience, Pat van der Reis, M. Lombard; Multi-lingual and multi-cultural conditions, C.H. Arce; Postal, telephone, and face-to-face surveys - how comparable are they?, P. Bonnel; Mixed-mode surveys, J. Morris, T. Adler; Multi-day and multi-period data, J-L. Madre; Standards and practice for multi-day and multi-period surveys, C.L. Purvis, T. Ruiz; Qualitative methods in travel behaviour research, K.J. Clifton, S.L. Handy; A qualitative survey technique to explore decision-making behaviour in new contexts, S.R. Mehndiratta et al.; On the role of qualitative methods in travel surveys, K.G. Goulias; Can you get there from here? A viewpoint on stated response survey innovation and quality, M.E.H. Lee-Gosselin; Stated preference surveys - do we have confidence tests of the results?, B. Norheim; Ensuring quality in stated response surveys, G. Sammer; Non-household surveys, D. Wofinden; Non-standard, non-household surveys, R.F. del Mistro, L. Shepperson; Insights on freight and commercial vehicle data needs, R.A. Garrido; Tracking along the transport chain via the shipper survey, C. Rizet et al.; The challenges of freight and commercial transport surveys, A.H. Meyburg, S. Rahman; Impact of new technologies in travel surveys, M. Wermuth et al.; Trip rate analysis in GPS-enhanced personal travel surveys, J. Wolf et al.; Using technology to improve transport survey quality, E. Murakami et al.; Respondent burden, E.S. Ampt; From respondent burden to respondent delight, J. de Dios Ortuzar, M. Lee-Gosselin; Reducing the effects of item nonresponse in transport surveys, T.J. Adler; Comparison of hot-deck and neural-network imputation, C.G. Wilmot, S. Shivananjappa; Item nonresponse, C.G. Wilmot, T.J. Adler; Nonresponse and travel surveys, N. Kalfs, Henk van Evert; Definitions of unit nonresponse in travel surveys, A.J. Richardson, A.H. Meyburg; Public use of travel surveys - the metadata perspective, K.W. Axhausen, M.R. Wigan; Data interrogation and management, J. Sharp; Summary and future directions, P.R. Stopher, P.M. Jones.

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Book SynopsisPrivatisation, regulation, deregulation, competition, funding, evaluation: these are all transport policy issues of great current interest worldwide, in the public arena as well as among researchers. This work is is organised into sections including: Institutional Settings and Markets; Planning Perspectives; and Asset Management and Funding.Trade Review"...sets the standard...essential for the study of transport and how it comes into play." -Markus Hesse for JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY (2006) "They've done it again!...very informative and provdes the reader with a lot of insights info institutions, strategies and policy...this book is a must for all academics and professionals who work in this area and do not yet have the basic knowledge on transport, strategy, policy, and institutions." --Bert van Wee, Delft University of TEchnology and Research School TRAIL for EJTIR, 6, no. 3 (2006), pp.293-300Table of ContentsInstitutional Settings and MarketsPlanning Perspectives Asset Management and Funding Regulatory Issues: Evaluation Frameworks Policy Issues

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Book SynopsisBased on the MC-ICAM conference, this text discusses various questions relating to achieving a general public acceptance of various "road pricing" measures.Trade Review"...provides complementary breadth in exploring public and political acceptability from a variety of viewpoints...provides an interdisciplinary look at acceptability issues drawing on political, economic, sociological, psychological, and institutional (transportation professional) perspectives...seems to emphasize the relevant facets of the 'acceptability problem' and to underscore the need for interdisciplinary research in finding solutions." Michael Iacono, Journal of Transport Geography, May 2005 "provides a good overview of the acceptability of user fees on roads in Europe. ...the attitudes and problems discussed remain important for those interested in gaining public acceptance of road, or congestion, pricing schemes. ...a good mix of theory and case-study that makes the book accessible to all levels of readers." Randal Reed, Journal of Urban Technology, April 2005Table of ContentsPart 1 Setting the Stage - Acceptability Problem: Efficient pricing in transport - overview of European Commission's Transport Research Programme, C. Sikow-Magny; Acceptability of road user charging: meeting the challenge, P. Jones; Why are efficient transport policy instruments so seldom used?, B.S. Frey; Urban road pricing in Norway: public acceptability and travel behaviour, T. Tretvik; Reforming transport pricing: an economic perspective on equity, efficiency and acceptability, I. Mayeres, S. Proost. Part 2 European Research Results: European research results on transport pricing acceptability, J. Schade; Environmental awareness and acceptability of pricing policy in Germany, U. Kuckartz, H. Grunenberg; Success and failure - experiences from cities, B. Horsman; An analytical framework of pricing acceptability: application to four case studies, C. Raux, S. Souche; Acceptability of price changes in urban mobility, J.M. Viegas, R. Mac rio. Part 3 Behind Public Acceptability - Relevant Determinants: Factors influencing the acceptability and effectiveness of transport pricing, L. Steg; Acceptability of road user charging: the influence of selfish and social perspectives, S. Jaensirisak et al; Which role does the objective play? Empirical findings from Germany, O. H lzer; Determinants of people's acceptability of pricing measures - replication and extension of a causal model, S. Bamberg, D. R lle; Willingness to support traffic policy measures: the role of justice, H. Ittner et al. Part 4 Political Acceptability: Political acceptance of road pricing: goal conflicts in municipality decision making, L-O. Johansson et al; Individual uncertainty and the political acceptability of road pricing policies, E. Marcucci, M. Marini; Public and political acceptability of transport pricing: are there differences?, H. Link.

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Book SynopsisExamining the problems and characteristics of public transport systems in developing countries, this book discusses the alternative modes, management methods, and forms of ownership, control, regulation and funding, with particular emphasis on what is appropriate at different stages of development and for different cultural backgrounds.Trade Review"...this volume deals specifically with planning, regulation, management and control...particular emphasis on what is appropriate at different stages of development, and on the different cultural backgrounds within which operators must act...detailed coverage of urban bus services, often an area of considerable weakness. Management of transport services and vehicle maintenance, design and fleet planning are dealt with in depth...aimed at everyone involved in the provision of public transport in developing countries, including transport planners and consultants, managers, NGO and government officials, and students." Railway Gazette International "Iles' work will certainly be a useful reference source for undergraduate and professional transport students, and in-service trainees." -Gordon Pirie, JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY (2005)Table of ContentsProblems and Characteristics of Public Transport In Developing Countries. Public Transport Vehicle Types. Transport Infrastructure. Public Transport Stations and Terminals. Depots and Workshops. Ownership and Structure of the Public Transport Industry. Management Structure and Staff Functions. Routes and Schedules. Operating Systems and Procedures. Vehicle Design and Fleet Planning. Vehicle Maintenance and Manufacture. Personnel Management and Training. Operating Costs. Public Transport Revenue and Funding. Management Information and Record Systems. Financial Management and Control. Service Standards. Marketing, Publicity and Passenger Information. Regulation of Public Transport Services. Improving Public Transport Services. Glossary of Terms. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisExamines the behavioural foundations, often simplistic, that have limited land-use and transportation models in the past, and recommends alternative assumptions, frameworks and methods. This work includes the ways to measure and represent the processes of decision-making that lead to the organisation of human activities in time and space.Trade Review"...will serve as a cornerstone in the field of land use transportation modeling for years to come." -Venky Shankar, TRANSPORTATION JOURNAL (Apr-Jun 2006)Table of ContentsIntroduction. (M.E.H. Lee-Gosselin, S.T. Doherty). Section I: Conceptual Issues and Approaches. A Dynamic Understanding of Travel Demand: A Sketch. (K.W. Axhausen). Propositions for Modelling Household Decision-Making. (E.J. Miller). Operationalising Household Activity Scheduling Models: Addressing Assumptions and the Use of New Sources of Behavioural Data. (M.J. Roorda, S.T. Doherty, E.J. Miller). Conceptual Perspectives for Explaining Spatio-Temporal Behaviour in Urban Areas. (T. Ramadier, M.E.H. Lee-Gosselin, A. Frenette). Section II: Key Behavioural Components and Related Data Needs. Measuring Activity and Action Space/Time: Are Our Methods Keeping Pace with Evolving Behaviour Patterns? (T.M. McCray, M.E.H. Lee-Gosselin, Mei-Po Kwan). Modelling Learning and Adaptation in Route and Departure Time Choice Behaviour: Achievements and Prospects. (A. Jotisankasa, J.W. Polak). The Influence of Mobile and Immobile Communications on Activity and Travel Scheduling. (A.J. Richardson, R.K. Seethaler). The Creation of Simulated Household Travel Survey Data Based on Available Demographic Data from Households. (P. Stopher, J. Rose, P. Bullock). Section III: Operational Modelling Issues and Advances. GIS, Objects and Integrated Urban Models. (R.N. Buliung, P.S. Kanaroglou, H. Maoh). A Distributed Computing Approach for Transportation Modelling and Simulation: Application to an Airport System. (C. Ray, C. Claramunt). Design and Implementation of PECAS: a Generalised System for Allocating Economic Production, Exchange and Consumption Quantities (J.D. Hunt, J.E. Abraham). Hybrid Choice Models with Logit Kernel: Applicability to Large Scale Models. (D. Bolduc, M. Ben-Akiva, J. Walker, A. Michaud).

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Book SynopsisCovers a range of aspects of the modelling of transportation processes as complex systems. This work includes contributions that deal with some aspect of human behaviour whether as travellers, drivers, passengers, operators, or regulators reflecting the strides being made in developing theories and mathematical representations of these phenomena.Table of ContentsBilevel optimisation of prices in a variety of transportation models. A sequential experimental approach for analyzing second-best road pricing with unknown demand functions. Highway inventory control system. Path size and overlap in multi-modal transport networks. Pedestrian dynamics and evacuation: empirical results and design solutions. An empircal assessment of traffic operations. Reliability of freeway traffic flow: a stochastic concept of capacity. A critical comparison of the kinematic-wave model with observational data. Average velocity of waves propagating through congested freeway traffic. Microscopic three-phase traffic theory and its applications for freeway traffic control. Behavioural approach to instability, stop and go waves, wide jams and capacity drop. Controlling traffic breakdowns. Parameter estimation and analysis of car-following models. Modeling Impatience of drivers in passing maneuvers. A simulation model for motorway merging behaviour. Freeway ramp merging process observed in congested traffic: lag vehicle acceleration model. A first-order macroscopic traffic flow model for mixed traffic including moving bottleneck effects. A variational formulation of kinematic waves: bottleneck properties and examples. First-order macroscopic traffic flow models: intersection modeling, network modelling. Real-time estimation of travel times on signalized arterials. Calibration and validation of dynamic traffic assignment systems. Non-equilibrium dynamic traffic assignment. Precision of predicted travel time, the responses of travellers, and satisfaction in the travel experience. Behavioral dynamics in activity participation, travel, and information and communications technology. Modeling the joint labor-commute engagement decisions of San Francisco Bay Area residents. A model of daily time use allocation using fractional logit methodology. Efficient estimation of nested logit models using choice-based samples. Functional approximations to alternative-specific constants in time-period choice-modelling. Project-based activity scheduling for person agents. Modelling commercial vehicle empty trips: theory and application. Rationality and heterogeneity in taxi driver decision: application of a stochastic-process model of taxi behavior. A rolling-horizon approach to the optimal dispatching of taxis. Capacitated arc routing problem with extensions. User-equilibrium route set analysis of a large road network. Comparison of static maximum likelihood origin-destination formulations. A time-dependent activity and travel choice model with multiple parking options. Doubly dynamic equilibrium distribution approximation model for dynamic traffic assignment. A combined model of housing location and traffic equilibrium problems in a continuous transportation system.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an academic investigation into the impact of devolution on the formulation and delivery of transport policy in the UK. Using interviews with key policy makers, transport providers, business organisations and user groups, this book draws upon concepts and ideas from across the social sciences to inform their analysis.

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Book Synopsis"Transportation and Traffic Theory: Papers Selected for Presentation at 17th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory, a Peer Reviewed Series Since 1959".

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Book SynopsisIain Sinclair is the author of numerous works of fiction, poetry non-fiction, including Lud Heat; White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings; Downriver; Radon Daughters; Lights Out for the Territory; Rodinsky's Room, with Rachel Lichtenstein; Landor's Tower; London Orbital; Dining On Stones; Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire and Ghost Milk; American Smoke and London Overground. Downriver won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Award. He lives in Hackney, east London.Trade Review'It isn't often that one reads a book and is convinced that it's an instant classic, but I'm sure that LONDON ORBITAL will be read 50 years from now. This account of his walk around the M25 is on one level a journey into the heart of darkness, that terrain of golf courses, retail parks and industrial estates which is Blair's Britain. It's a fascinating snapshot of who we are, lit by Sinclair's vivid prose, and on another level a warning that the mythological England of village greens and cycling aunts has been buried under the rush of a million radial tyres' J. G. Ballard, ObserverTable of ContentsPrejudices declare; soothing the seething - up the Lea Valley with Bill Drummond (and the Unabomber); Paradise Gardens - Waltham Abbey to Shenley; Colne and Green Way - Abbots Langley to Stains; diggers and despots - cutting the corner, Staines to Epsom; salt to source - Epsom to Westerham, through the valley of vision to Dartford and the river; blood and oil - Carfax to Waltham Abbey; millennium eve.

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Book SynopsisHere, Owen Gutfreund offers a fascinating look at how highways have dramatically transformed American communities nationwide, aiding growth and development in unsettled areas and undermining existing urban centers. Gutfreund uses a follow the money approach, showing how government policies subsidized suburban development, ] and fueled a chronic nationwide dependence on cars and roadbuilding, with little regard for expense, efficiency, ecological damage, or social equity. The consequence was a combination of unstoppable suburban sprawl, along with ballooning municipal debt burdens, deteriorating center cities, and profound changes in American society and culture. Gutfreund tells the story via case studies of three communities--Denver, Colorado; Middlebury, Vermont; and Smyrna, Tennessee. Different as these places are, they all show the ways that government-sponsored highway development radically transformed America''s cities and towns. Based on original research and vividly written, TweTrade Review"Twentieth-Century Sprawl demonstrates convincingly how the financing of highways became a de facto national policy that subsidized growth on the urban periphery at the expense of older cities and inner-ring suburbs. We are living with the consequences of this policy today. A compellingly important book."--David Schuyler, Professor of American Studies, Franklin and Marshall College, and author of A City Transformed: Redevelopment, Race, and Suburbanization in Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1940-1980"A good primer on the road we took to the suburbanization of America--so that we don't drive it exactly the same way in the future."--Detroit Free Press"In the first thorough history of urban sprawl, Owen Gutfreund reveals how misguided government programs, business lobbying, and civic boosterism led to America's radically decentralized urban landscape and shows the high social and financial costs of subsidizing automobility. Twentieth-Century Sprawl will appeal to historians, planners, and policy-makers--and anyone who wants to understand how we wound up in the traffic-clogged mess we're in."--Clifton Hood, Professor of History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and author of 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York"In examining three disparate sites--in Colorado, Tennessee, and Vermont--Owen Gutfreund convincingly argues that the impact of the automobile goes beyond individual preferences and local needs. Rather, he shows that automobility has been driven by government policies at all levels with profoundly disturbing consequences. Bound to fuel further criticism and debate, Gutfreund's study deserves close consideration in any future policy debate over the course of metropolitan development."--Howard Gillette, Jr., Professor of History, Rutgers University-Camden, and author of Between Justice and Beauty: Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C."In Twentieth-Century Sprawl, Owen Gutfreund challenges prevailing myths equating highway construction with equity and choice to show how competition over finances, route ways, and political authority gave rise to cross-sectoral coalitions among advocates from rural roads, inter-metropolitan parkways, and a national system of primary motorways. Through a carefully selected set of case studies the author links policy with practice and we come to see our contemporary urban landscape anew, as the product of specialized knowledge, narrow definitions of the public good, and a surprising degree of ad hoc planning."--Greg Hise, School of Policy, Planning & Development, USC

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Book SynopsisA technological analysis of the incredible complexity of the Tokyo subway system.

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Book SynopsisA technological analysis of the incredible complexity of the Tokyo subway system.

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Book SynopsisA potent re-examination of America's history of public disinvestment in mass transit. Many a scholar and policy analyst has lamented American dependence on cars and the corresponding lack of federal investment in public transportation throughout the latter decades of the twentieth century. But as Nicholas Dagen Bloom shows in The Great American Transit Disaster, our transit networks are so bad for a very simple reason: we wanted it this way. Focusing on Baltimore, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, and San Francisco, Bloom provides overwhelming evidence that transit disinvestment was a choice rather than destiny. He pinpoints three major factors that led to the decline of public transit in the United States: municipal austerity policies that denied most transit agencies the funding to sustain high-quality service; the encouragement of auto-centric planning; and white flight from dense city centers to far-flung suburbs. As Bloom makes clear, these local public policy decisions werTrade Review“American transit agencies are standing on the brink of a devastating fiscal cliff. . . . Dire though the present situation is, this is hardly the first time that transit officials have been locked in a Sisyphean struggle to maintain service levels with shrinking funding and ridership. As Bloom, a professor of urban policy and planning at Hunter College, describes in his new book, The Great American Transit Disaster, US public transportation has lurched from one crisis to the next throughout the past century.” * Bloomberg CityLab *“In this excellent socioeconomic history, Bloom offers a comprehensive and thought-provoking account of the rise and fall of US mass transit, skillfully assessing successes and stumbles so that we may learn from them and correct course.” * Booklist *“Serves as a powerful introduction for urban scholars, practitioners, and students interested in American public transit policy. Offering extensive historical hindsight, the book nicely prefaces any consideration of current trends related to public transit.” * Journal of Urban Affairs *“A timely exploration of America’s experience with transit.” * Journal of the American Planning Association *“Bloom begins The Great American Transit Disaster by debunking the popular historical conspiracy that big auto and tire manufacturers destroyed a robust urban streetcar system in the United States. But if it wasn’t an elaborate and nefarious plot on the part of the automobile industry to destroy a dense network of public urban transportation, what did? . . . This question sits at the center of Bloom’s extensively researched and expertly argued exploration of the demise of urban public transit in the United States. And, as in the best historical research and writing, his answer is layered and multifaceted.” * Pacific Historical Review *“Bloom makes a compelling case that Americans did this to themselves by demanding better streets for cars at the expense of transit, and favoring low-density, suburban living that makes cars indispensable and transit hard to justify. . . . The book’s greatest strength is its hard look at how racism helped ruin US transit.” * Newcity *“A worthy addition to Chicago’s Historical Studies of Urban America series.” * Technology and Culture *“The Great American Transit Disaster presents a thoughtful and thorough history of public transit development in a number of major American cities. As in his previous books, Bloom makes a significant contribution to the history of twentieth-century urban America.” * Jon C. Teaford, author of The American Suburb: The Basics *“Bloom is a distinguished and prolific scholar of American urban politics. In this cogent and deeply researched book, he seeks to explain why leaders in cities such as Atlanta, Detroit, and Chicago chose to invest in highways and airways rather than mass transit. Bloom, wisely and perceptively, avoids discredited anti-bus and anti-streetcar ideas, focusing instead on pay-as-you-go transit, auto-centric planning, and white flight. Nick Bloom, as always, is readable, assignable, and compelling.” -- Mark H. Rose, coauthor of A Good Place to Do Business: The Politics of Downtown Renewal since 1945Table of ContentsIntroduction Pre–World War II Part 1 Urban Transit Rise and Decline Chapter 1 Baltimore: City Leaders versus Private Transit Chapter 2 Chicago: A Limited Public Commitment to Transit Chapter 3 Boston: Reverse Engineering Public Transit The Postwar Transit Disaster, 1945 to 1980 Part 2 Unsubsidized Private Transit Chapter 4 Baltimore: Urban Crisis, Race, and Private Transit Collapse Chapter 5 Atlanta: Race, Transit, and the Sunbelt Boom Part 3 “Pay as You Go” Public Transit Chapters 6 Chicago: The Failure of “Pay as You Go” Public Transit Chapter 7 Detroit: Racism and America’s Worst Big-City Transit Part 4: Public Transit That Worked Better Chapter 8 Boston Pioneers Public Regional Transit Chapter 9 San Francisco: Deeply Subsidized Public Transit Conclusion Beyond Transit Fatalism Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWhat sets Staten Island apart from the rest of New York City? Kenneth M. Gold argues that the lack of a subway connection has deeply shaped Staten Island’s history and identity. He chronicles decades of recurrent efforts to build a rail link, using this history to explore the borough’s fraught relationship with the city as a whole.Trade ReviewWith this book, Kenneth M. Gold assures us that the ‘Forgotten Borough’ will be forgotten no more. He offers an insightful picture of Staten Island before the bridge and brings to light the little-known story of the tunnel that never was. This book enhances and complicates our understanding of twentieth-century New York. -- Jeffrey A. Kroessler, author of Sunnyside Gardens: Planning and Preservation in a Historic Garden SuburbThe Forgotten Borough helps rectify a long disservice to Staten Island by connecting it more firmly to New York City—despite the fact that the subway never did. Gold’s book is a worthy contribution to a place that is so close but has seemed so distant from the rest of Gotham. -- Martin V. Melosi, author of Fresh Kills: A History of Consuming and Discarding in New York CityGold’s book is a definitive reference for anyone who studies Staten Island history or who is involved with urban planning in the five boroughs and beyond. It is a masterpiece of exhaustive research that will constantly be consulted now and by future generations. -- Pat Salmon, retired curator of history of the Staten Island Museum and author of The Staten Island Ferry: A HistoryGold’s carefully researched book offers an unexpected and much-needed interpretation of New York’s ever-changing population. Gold reveals the contradictory implications of weaving together the five boroughs of New York City politically while leaving its transportation infrastructure incomplete. This book is a wonderful contribution to the field of urban and New York studies. -- Lori Weintrob, coeditor of Beyond Bystanders: Educational Leadership for a Humane Culture in a Globalizing RealityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: Consolidation and Its Aftermath1. Setting the Stage: Staten Island in the Late Nineteenth Century2. Joining the City: Staten Island and the Consolidation of New York, 18983. Envisioning the Future: What Consolidation Would Bring to Staten Island, 1890–1909Part II: A Subway for Growth4. Hitching a Ride: Early Efforts to Tunnel to Staten Island, 1900–19095. Leaving the Station: The Dual Contracts and Aftermath, 1909–19196. Planning the Region: The Hylan Tunnel and the Politics of Commerce, 1920–19237. Getting the Shaft: The Demise of the Hylan Tunnel, 1922–1925Part III: Subway Persistence and Automobile Emergence8. Driving the Narrows: New Options for Connection, 1925–19329. Facing the Competition: Last Gasps for a Subway and a Tunnel, 1933–194510. Spanning the Narrows: The Triumph of the Verrazano Bridge, 1945–196411. Assessing the Disconnect: What the Distance WroughtConclusionEpilogue: What the Bridge WroughtA Note on Staten Island’s Historic NewspapersSource AbbreviationsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisWhat sets Staten Island apart from the rest of New York City? Kenneth M. Gold argues that the lack of a subway connection has deeply shaped Staten Island’s history and identity. He chronicles decades of recurrent efforts to build a rail link, using this history to explore the borough’s fraught relationship with the city as a whole.Trade ReviewWith this book, Kenneth M. Gold assures us that the ‘Forgotten Borough’ will be forgotten no more. He offers an insightful picture of Staten Island before the bridge and brings to light the little-known story of the tunnel that never was. This book enhances and complicates our understanding of twentieth-century New York. -- Jeffrey A. Kroessler, author of Sunnyside Gardens: Planning and Preservation in a Historic Garden SuburbThe Forgotten Borough helps rectify a long disservice to Staten Island by connecting it more firmly to New York City—despite the fact that the subway never did. Gold’s book is a worthy contribution to a place that is so close but has seemed so distant from the rest of Gotham. -- Martin V. Melosi, author of Fresh Kills: A History of Consuming and Discarding in New York CityGold’s book is a definitive reference for anyone who studies Staten Island history or who is involved with urban planning in the five boroughs and beyond. It is a masterpiece of exhaustive research that will constantly be consulted now and by future generations. -- Pat Salmon, retired curator of history of the Staten Island Museum and author of The Staten Island Ferry: A HistoryGold’s carefully researched book offers an unexpected and much-needed interpretation of New York’s ever-changing population. Gold reveals the contradictory implications of weaving together the five boroughs of New York City politically while leaving its transportation infrastructure incomplete. This book is a wonderful contribution to the field of urban and New York studies. -- Lori Weintrob, coeditor of Beyond Bystanders: Educational Leadership for a Humane Culture in a Globalizing RealityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: Consolidation and Its Aftermath1. Setting the Stage: Staten Island in the Late Nineteenth Century2. Joining the City: Staten Island and the Consolidation of New York, 18983. Envisioning the Future: What Consolidation Would Bring to Staten Island, 1890–1909Part II: A Subway for Growth4. Hitching a Ride: Early Efforts to Tunnel to Staten Island, 1900–19095. Leaving the Station: The Dual Contracts and Aftermath, 1909–19196. Planning the Region: The Hylan Tunnel and the Politics of Commerce, 1920–19237. Getting the Shaft: The Demise of the Hylan Tunnel, 1922–1925Part III: Subway Persistence and Automobile Emergence8. Driving the Narrows: New Options for Connection, 1925–19329. Facing the Competition: Last Gasps for a Subway and a Tunnel, 1933–194510. Spanning the Narrows: The Triumph of the Verrazano Bridge, 1945–196411. Assessing the Disconnect: What the Distance WroughtConclusionEpilogue: What the Bridge WroughtA Note on Staten Island’s Historic NewspapersSource AbbreviationsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTransport policy is an increasingly difficult area for all national governments and regional/local authorities. Tackling car use and realising a sustainable transport system appears to be very difficult. Developing public transport is seen as an increasingly important element in improving the transport system, especially in densely populated areas. At the same time however, governments are under increasing pressure to cut taxation. As a result there is a growing gap between increasing policy need for public transport and government resources to fund that need. This timely book explores one solution to this dilemma, which is the use of local charges and taxes dedicated to support public transport. Unfare Solutions examines how and why such charges have evolved and how they do (or do not) relate to modern transport policy developments and theory. It shows innovative funding techniques developed by both public transport providers and federal and local authorities.Trade Review'...a book that is rich in content and which presents a methodical (if at times slightly over-academic) review of the possible solutions for funding public transport in the present-day environment. It is also well-illustrated and well-written. Special attention should be drawn to the boxed passages highlighting the lessons to be learnt from each type of LET, and providing further insight into the areas covered in the multifarious case studies.'Table of ContentsIntroductory Preface 1. Transport in a Sustainable Society 2. New Finance for Public Transport 4. Polluter Pays 5. Spreading the Burden 6. Evaluating LETs 7. LETs it be. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Analyst's Ear and the Critic's Eye is the first volume of literary criticism to be co-authored by a practicing psychoanalyst and a literary critic. The result of this unique collaboration is a lively conversation that not only demonstrates what is most fundamental to each discipline, but creates a joint perspective on reading literature that neither discipline alone can achieve. This book radically redefines the relationship between psychoanalysis and literary studies in a way that revitalizes the conversation between the two fields. This is achieved, in part, by providing richly textured descriptions of analytic work. These clinical illustrations bring to life the intersubjective dimension of analytic practice, which is integral to the book's original conception of psychoanalytic literary criticism. In their readings of seminal works of American and European literature, the authors address questions that are fundamental to psychoanalysis, literary studies, and the futuTrade Review"What does it mean to read? The Analyst’s Ear and the Critic’s Eye is a book that is probably best read backwards. Full versions or extended extracts of previously published essays on Kafka, Frost, and Philip Roth are reprinted in the appendices, and I think it helps to start with these essays before turning to the three main chapters. It would be a mistake to take the appended texts as read and, therefore, to ignore the context in which they are being re-read. In a book that is primarily concerned with engaged reading, where the interpellation of the individual as a reader may be seen as the main criterion of the book’s achievement, it is important for readers to participate actively in the reading experience."- Steven Groarke, The International Journal of Psychoanalysis"This book represents cutting edge work that will be of interest to psychoanalytic and literary critics. It will be of interest to literary scholars and those applying psychoanalysis to literature."- Ronald N.Turco, Psychodynamic Psychiatry, 2014“The premise of the book is that aspects of psychoanalytic listening and reading can uniquely enhance literary criticism and, secondarily, that psychoanalysts can enhance their literary readings by knowing what academics do.” -Ellen Handler Spitz, PhD, Writer, Lecturer, University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyTable of ContentsThe Analyst's Ear. How the Analyst Thinks. The Critic's Eye.

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Book SynopsisTransport Justice develops a new paradigm for transportation planning based on principles of justice. Author Karel Martens starts from the observation that for the last fifty years the focus of transportation planning and policy has been on the performance of the transport system and ways to improve it, without much attention being paid to the persons actually using or failing to use that transport system.There are far-reaching consequences of this approach, with some enjoying the fruits of the improvements in the transport system, while others have experienced a substantial deterioration in their situation. The growing body of academic evidence on the resulting disparities in mobility and accessibility, have been paralleled by increasingly vocal calls for policy changes to address the inequities that have developed over time. Drawing on philosophies of social justice, Transport Justice argues that governments have the fundamental duty of providing virtuallyTrade ReviewNamed one of Book Authority's 100 Best Transportation Books of All Time"For academics, this book presents a long-overdue discussion on transport justice from a philosophical perspective. For practitioners, the rules developed in the book may serve as guidance and a starting point for establishing a transportation planning process that is more fair and inclusive. For policymakers, this book sheds light on the shortcomings of current financing, taxation, and project selection schemes and assists them in making informed decisions when implementing interventions in the transportation system." -Journal of the American Planning Association"In Transport Justice Martens considers many dimensions of fairness in society’s provision of physical accessibility, demonstrating clearly how concepts of justice developed by renowned thinkers like Rawls and Dworkin can be extended to, and quantified in, the assessment of urban transport systems to improve the process of regional transport planning." Martin Wachs, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California Los Angeles, USA"Transport Justice is an exceptionally important and original addition to urban studies literature. Combining theoretical and practical insights, it shows the way in which transportation policy, usually a technical domain focused on efficiency, can be a significant contributor to equity and sets up principles for evaluating transportation systems in terms of the distribution of benefits." Susan S. Fainstein, Author, The Just City"Karel Martens has written an insightful, thoughtful book that will transform the field of equity analysis of transportation systems. By focusing on accessibility and establishing new thresholds for analysis, he presents a new analytical framework that focuses on justice." Deb Niemeier, Ph.D., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, USA"Karel Martens observes that justice principles play a key role in the domains of housing, health care and education. In contrast, the domain of transport is dominated by one notion: efficiency, efficiency, efficiency. The choice of subject is therefore in itself already a revolution in our thinking about mobility... This book caters for readers who realize that scientific and societal progress benefits mostly from asking the right questions, even if sometimes there are no ready-made answers." Kris Peeters, Eindelijk, de essentie!"In Transport Justice, Martens addresses a large, informed and educated public, targeting both transport specialists, theoreticians and practitioners, as well as students and activists. It covers a very wide range of transportation planning issues. (…) All those working on transportation justice issues will benefit from reading the first two and last three chapters, which will certainly renew the debate about transportation fairness." -Fannie Bélanger-Lemay, UrbanitésTable of ContentsPart 1: Introduction1. Introduction2. Fairness in traditional transportation planningPart 2: Philosophical explorations3. Setting the stage4. The social meaning of transportation5. Accessibility as a primary good?6. Insuring for lack of accessibility7. Defining sufficient accessibilityPart 3: A new approach to transportation planning8. Transportation planning based on principles of justice9. Case study: The fairness of Amsterdam's transportation system10. Seeking transportation justice

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Book SynopsisIt is generally accepted â the US administration excepted - that the emissions reduction targets agreed in the Kyoto Protocol are only the beginning of what needs to be achieved in international climate negotiations. While studies suggest that major emission reductions by industrialized countries can be achieved at low economic cost, both these and early reductions by developing countries are inevitably a major political challenge. This book focuses on European policy toward climate change, specifically its ramifications for the aviation industry. With air travel predicted to grow enormously in the coming years, the issue of climate change is hugely topical for this important industry.Accessible to students, academics and practioners, this book is useful reading for all those with an interest in climate change, the aviation industry, or both.Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Tables. Acknowledgments. 1. Flying into Heavy Weather 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Aviation’s Past, Present and Future 1.3 Climate Change and Cumulative Emissions 1.4 Opportunities for Aviation 1.5 Climate and Aviation Policy 1.6 Comparative Assessment 1.7 Aviation in the Wider Energy Context 2. Aviation: Past, Present and Future 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Past 2.3 The Future 2.4 The Wider Context 2.5 Summary 3. Climate Change & Cumulative Emissions 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Global Climate Change 3.3 Climate Targets in the EU 3.4 Summary 4. Opportunities for Aviation 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Shifting Environmental Focus 4.3 Aircraft Engine Technology 4.4 Airframe Design 4.5 Low-Carbon Fuels 4.6 Operations 4.7 Contrails and Cirrus Clouds 4.8 Summary 5. Climate and Aviation Policy 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Global Policies and Drivers 5.3 EU Policies and Drivers 5.4 UK Policies and Drivers 5.5 Summary 6. Comparative Assessment 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Aviation Emission Scenarios for the EU 6.3 Aviation Emission Scenarios for the UK 6.4 Summary 7. Aviation in the Wider Energy Context 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The Tyndall Scenario Method 7.3 The Energy Policy Context 7.4 Scenario Method 7.5 Tyndall’s 60% Energy Scenarios 7.6 Tyndall’s Cumulative Carbon Scenarios 8. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThere is currently considerable concern with limiting the growth of transport demand, the use of resources and related pollution. This book makes a major contribution to the debate on transport and the environment.Trade Review'A fundamental first-stop for planners, environmentalists, academics and policymakers alike.' - Economic and Social Research CouncilTable of ContentsIntroduction. Transport and Global Warming: Modelling the Impacts of Alternative Policies. Forecasting Road Traffic Growth: Demograhpic Change and Alternative Policy Scenarios. Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Transort Sector. Public Attitudes to Transport Issues: Findings from the British Social Attitudes Surveys. Logistical Restructuring, Freight Traffic Growth and the Environment. Part 2: Regional Aspects. Introduction. Unintended Effects of Transport Policies. Transport Provision and Regional Development in Europe:Towards a Framework for Appraisal The Environment, Efficient Pricing and Investment in Transport: Environment, Efficient Pricing and Investment in Transport: A Model and Some Results for the UK. Creating Sustainable Supply Chain: Modelling and Key Relationships. Improving Air Quality: Lessons from California. Part 3: Local Aspects. Introduction. The Location of New Residential Developments: Its Influence on Car-Based Travel. ^ Movement and Mobility in the Post-Fordist City. Greener Transport Towns: Publicly Acceptable, Privately Resisted. Anomolies and Biases in the Contingent Valuation Method. Non-User Benefits from Investment in Urban Light Rail: Evidence from Sheffield. Conclusion. Index.

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Book SynopsisMatthew Paterson identifies the political forces that have led to the dominant role of the car in contemporary society and argues that projects to reduce the environmental impacts of cars need to deal with these forces in order to achieve their goals.Trade Review'Quite simply the definitive book on car culture and global environmental politics. Paterson convincingly explains the rise of automobility, its umbilical link to the ecological and socio-economic unsustainability of capitalist accumulation as well as outlining the powerful cultural and ideological dynamics that 'naturalise' and 'normalise' the car; while also offering strategies of resistance to the car and alternative mobility futures for car-addicted societies. Comprehensive, authoritative, scholarly and eloquently written, Paterson has set the gold standard by which other contributions to this field must be judged.' John Barry, Reader in Politics, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy, Queen's University Belfast'Matthew Paterson brings together political and cultural theories to develop an intricate environmental analysis of the political economy of automobiles. Scholars and students of global ecological change will not want to miss the opportunity to engage with his original and provocative conclusions.' Peter Dauvergne, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Politics, University of British Columbia'This book is not just about cars. It is about a global economic system and a complex set of cultural practices that have produced the modern, mobile subject. With his characteristic creative flair, Matthew Paterson demonstrates that we need to understand how this peculiarly modern subject emerged before we can move beyond automobility and discover other forms of freedom and motion that revitalise both local communities and ecosystems.' Robyn Eckersley, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Melbourne'Matthew Paterson has done it again, this time with a tour de force on the automobile! As in his previous works on environment and climate change, he navigates with aplomb and clarity the endless and mystifying detours associated with motor cars, those who drive them, and the societies built around them. Paterson's navigation of the automobility system should be required reading for those concerned about technology, environment and sustainability as well as in classes on democratic politics, global political economy, and international relations.' Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz'This is a horrifically compelling account of why, despite the obvious need for alternatives, global development centres on the car. … anyone seeking deeper analysis of the car's dominance will not be disappointed.' London CyclistTable of Contents1. Introduction: (auto)mobility, ecology, and global politics; 2. Automobility and its discontents; 3. Don't stop movin': the pro-car backlash; 4. Automobile political economy; 5. The car's cultural politics: producing the (auto)mobile subject; 6. Swampy fever, Mondeo man; 7. Greening automobility?; 8. Conclusions'.

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Book SynopsisEmphasizing the numerical and functional aspects of designing footways, crossings, roundabouts, and other spaces where pedestrian and vehicular traffic interact, this book provides detailed guidance on the design of pedestrian facilities to ensure the safety, comfort and convenience of pedestrians and other road users.

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Book SynopsisWhat factors shaped the airports policy of the busiest aviation city in the world? What has been the role of politicians, planners and communities? Why has it proved so difficult to make a decision on airports and stick to it?Inside London''s Airports Policy is the first book to provide a complete history of London''s airport policy, considering whether we can make better decisions if we learn from the lessons of history. Based on the author''s extensive industry experience, and detailed research of key documents, public records and academic papers, plus interviews with key individuals, the book sets out the studies, consultations, inquiries, commissions and debates that have directed London''s Airport policy on the troubled flight path which it has taken.The book covers in detail a period from the mid-1970s, when the Maplin project was cancelled, to the present day. Along the way, there are periods of incremental growth with new terminals at Heathrow, Gatwick

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Book SynopsisThe contents of this book include fundamental research on pedestrian movement, the theories, techniques and tools for pedestrian modelling, and a range of original case studies that illustrate how pedestrian modelling can facilitate design and safety decisions.

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Book SynopsisEnergy and Mobility in Smart Cities brings together a collection of expert perspectives focusing on key themes underlying successful smart city developments. With a particular emphasis on developments relating to energy and mobility, the book provides a far-reaching analysis of key drivers of innovation.

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Book SynopsisChronicling 30 years of public protest, government U-turns and environmental destruction, this is the story of Britain's transport policyTrade Review'Insightful and full of wonderful colour and incident - this is probably the best dissection of an 'environmental' movement that I have read' -- Charles Secrett, former head of Friends of the Earth England'As a movement for social change it is important that we understand our own history. This is a compelling read.' -- Gail Bradbrook, Co-Founder of Extinction Rebellion'Entertainingly lifts the lid on the real-world to-ing and fro-ing of policy making in what is often a hotly - and sometimes a bitterly - contested environment' -- Steve Gooding, Director of the RAC Foundation'I couldn't put it down until I'd read it right to the end. And even then I wanted more. It's fascinating, important, and very well-informed' -- Professor Phil Goodwin, Emeritus Professor of Transport Policy at UCLTable of ContentsPreface Timeline of Events List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements 1. The Biggest Road-Building Programme Since the Romans (1989–92) 2. Direct Action, Arrests and Unexplained Violence 3. The Newbury Bypass, Reclaim the Streets and ‘Swampy’ 4. The Biggest Hit on the Road Programme Since the Romans Left (1992–7) 5. Integrated Transport, the New Labour Ideal (1997–2000) 6. The Fuel Protests and their Aftermath 7. How Road Pricing Came to London – and Nowhere Else 8. Airport Expansion and Climate Change 9. The Campaign Against a Heathrow Third Runway 10. High-Speed Rail: False Starts and Big Decisions 11. HS2: ‘On Time and On Budget’ 12. Return to Road-building and Airport Expansion (2010–17) 13. The Climate Rebellion Begins 14. The Climate Emergency Changes the Transport World 15. Protest and the Limits to Growth of Transport – and Other Things Afterword Notes Index

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