Transport planning and policy Books

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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Book SynopsisLooks at changes in technology, policy, economy and society, and makes an argument for a future where, by necessity, the car system will be re-designed and re-engineered. This book suggests that there are some hugely bleak dilemmas facing the twenty first century. It lays out what the authors' consider to be possible 'post-car' future scenarios.Trade Review"Dennis and Urry show us how to do social science: how to move effortlessly between the macro and the micro,how to integrate problem spaces we once thought incommensurate, how to understand how we got to where we are and where we might be going."Journal of Sociology "Dennis and Urry exhibit a refreshing understanding of the sheer inefficiency and inconvenience of cars."Lynsey Hanley, The Guardian "One great aspect of this book is that it manages to build some possible and realistic view of the future without neglecting its unpredictability. After the Car is a very inspiring book that we would recommend to all people interested in the future of transportation systems – especially those convinced by the importance of carfree perspectives in building it."Carbusters "One of the toughest things to do is to anticipate discontinuity, to envisage a world - a life - beyond the car. The authors practice this art of the impossible in a fascinating way, opening up the social and sociological imagination for alternative paths of modernization."Ulrich Beck, University of Munich "A persuasive and readable summary of why motoring as we know it is doomed. The authors systematically chart the new technologies, oil shortages, environmental and other pressures changing the way we travel and the world we live in. If you want to know what the future might look like, this book is for you. Jeremy Clarkson is an endangered species!"Steven Joseph, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Transport "After the Car is a useful contribution to the debate about the role of the car which poses some interesting questions about its future."Tony Bosworth, Friends of the EarthTable of ContentsPreface vi 1 Changing Climates 1 2 The Century of the Car 27 3 Systems 47 4 Technologies 62 5 Organizations 93 6 Models 109 7 Scenarios 131 Notes 165 Index 203

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Book SynopsisLooks at changes in technology, policy, economy and society, and makes an argument for a future where, by necessity, the car system will be re-designed and re-engineered. This book suggests that there are some hugely bleak dilemmas facing the twenty first century. It lays out what the authors' consider to be possible 'post-car' future scenarios.Trade Review"Dennis and Urry show us how to do social science: how to move effortlessly between the macro and the micro,how to integrate problem spaces we once thought incommensurate, how to understand how we got to where we are and where we might be going."Journal of Sociology "Dennis and Urry exhibit a refreshing understanding of the sheer inefficiency and inconvenience of cars."Lynsey Hanley, The Guardian "One great aspect of this book is that it manages to build some possible and realistic view of the future without neglecting its unpredictability. After the Car is a very inspiring book that we would recommend to all people interested in the future of transportation systems – especially those convinced by the importance of carfree perspectives in building it."Carbusters "One of the toughest things to do is to anticipate discontinuity, to envisage a world - a life - beyond the car. The authors practice this art of the impossible in a fascinating way, opening up the social and sociological imagination for alternative paths of modernization."Ulrich Beck, University of Munich "A persuasive and readable summary of why motoring as we know it is doomed. The authors systematically chart the new technologies, oil shortages, environmental and other pressures changing the way we travel and the world we live in. If you want to know what the future might look like, this book is for you. Jeremy Clarkson is an endangered species!"Steven Joseph, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Transport "After the Car is a useful contribution to the debate about the role of the car which poses some interesting questions about its future."Tony Bosworth, Friends of the EarthTable of ContentsPreface vi 1 Changing Climates 1 2 The Century of the Car 27 3 Systems 47 4 Technologies 62 5 Organizations 93 6 Models 109 7 Scenarios 131 Notes 165 Index 203

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Book SynopsisAnthony Francis is a consultant providing guidance on operating and commercial issues affecting the road, rail and aviation transport industries to passenger transport companies. He previously worked in senior strategic roles for the Department of Transport, the Strategic Rail Authority and Arriva.David Hurdle is an independent transport consultant and a transport and town planner. He has written and spoken extensively on sustainable transport issues. He has worked for local government and the public transport industry.Table of Contents Section - ONE: How the bus business works; Section - 01: Definition of road passenger transport; Section - 02: History, heritage, current challenges; Section - 03: The legal and regulatory framework; Section - 04: Planning; Section - 05: Vehicles and fuels; Section - 06: Operations; Section - 07: Fares, ticketing and other revenue – turning a social service into a business; Section - 08: Human resources case study: Metroline; Section - TWO: Wider engagement; Section - 09: The present and potential market for public transport; Section - 10: Bus provision and land use planning; Section - 11: Bus priority; Section - 12: Planning and operating a rural bus service; Section - 13: Further partnerships between bus operators, local authorities and employers; Section - 14: The bus industry in Wales; Section - 15: Working with the public; Section - 16: The value of the bus to society; Section - 17: Presentation; Section - 18: The future and new technology; Section - 19: Appendix I (by Cyril McIntyre) – Regulation of road passenger transport in the Republic of Ireland; Section - 20: Appendix II (by Gavin Booth) – Scotland’s buses; Section - 21: Index

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Book SynopsisA dynamically written visual history of the world's largest transit system in all its intriguing, colorful, and even seedy glory packed with compelling information, as well as fascinating graphics and illustrations.

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Book SynopsisAnalyzing federal transport policy in Canada over the past fifty years.

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Book SynopsisSubway and train enthusiasts, students of New York City history, and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this updated and authoritative reference work about one of the twentieth century's greatest urban achievements.Trade ReviewFrom Reviews of our Previous Edition: The humble New York subway car has its fans, as Gene Sansone demonstrates in his exhaustive survey. Featuring such curios as a private subway car built in 1904 for the director of the subway, his work also provides useful insights into such imponderables as why the cars on the F line are longer than those on, say, the 1 and 9 lines. -- Leo Carey New Yorker Offers the reader a comprehensive, accurate, well-illustrated, highly documented catalog of the nearly 5,800 current New York City subway cars, along with the many thousands of long-gone cars. Every subway student or enthusiast will return to it often to browse the pages or to research a specific car series. It is an indispensable companion to prior or future general histories of one of the world's greatest people movers. -- Richard L. Allman Railroad History Subway train enthusiasts, students of New York City history, and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this reference on the city's subway system. Book News 2004 Sansone clearly knows his subject inside and out, and presents it in a fascinating, entertaining manner. -- Nate MacMaster Railfan and Railroad 2005 Sansone comprehensively examines more than 5,000 New York City subway cars... The book can be enjoyed by readers interested in transit car history while subway enthusiasts will appreciate the ease with which specific cars can be researched. Choice 2005 Well organized and provides an abundance of data in both written and pictorial form. -- Efstathios I. Pappas Industrial Archaeology 2004 The product of years of meticulous research... Subway and train enthusiasts, students of New York City history, and specialists in the history of technology will appreciate this updated and authoritative reference work. NJ News 2010

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Book SynopsisExplores artistic production surrounding the world's most famous public transportation system, from just before its opening in 1904 onwards. Using images, this work offers perspectives on ways in which the subway has been used as a subject about which to make art, as a site within which to make art, and as a canvas upon which to make art.Table of ContentsContents Introduction Going Underground: Planning and Construction, to 1900 Subway Beautiful: Architecture Design and the Imagination, 1900-1904 "Come Take a Ride": Music Painting and Film,1900-1915 Futurism Underground: Modernist Painting, 1913-1929 Anything Goes in the Subway: Art and Social Realism, 1920-195 Race and the Subway: Painting and Illustration, 1920-1965 Hunters Spies and Voyeurs: Subway Photography, 1938-1956 Subway Art "Off the Wall": Maps, Assemblage, and Site-Specific Installation, 1966-2006 Chance in the Subway: Performance Art and Social Engagement, 1962-2001 "Words of the Prophets": Subway Graffiti 1969-1989 Armed for the Journey: Subway Photography, 1970-2002 "I Saw It in the BRT": Art and Advertising in the Subway 1926-1986 A "Living Museum": Public Art in the Subway 1973 to the Present Notes Index Copyright

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Book SynopsisThis book provides practical tools for creating form-based rules that help facilitate effective communication and consensus building, which are essential to ensuring healthy democratic processes in a regulatory culture.Trade Review"Outdated regulatory regimes waste time, create uncertainty, and too often compromise design quality. With a keen anthropological lens, Onaran explains the evolution and limitations of conventional code practice and offers practical remedies built on the best attributes of form-based codes. This book argues the strongest case to date for form-based approaches and is a must-read for those who care about the design of authentic and resilient places and the processes involved in crafting them." – Peter Park, Director, Peter J. Park, LLC, City Planning and Design, USA"Onaran’s book offers a clear view of both the methods and potential of well-framed and well-applied form-based codes. He focuses less on deep theory and more on principles and practical applications as he invites designers, planners and regulators to become well acquainted with what will surely become the zoning tool of choice in the 21st century." – Stefanos Polyzoides, Partner, Moule & Polyzoides Architects and Urbanists, USATable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The traffic light versus the officer Chapter 3: Informalization and the intellectual forces behind it Chapter 4: Challenges of informalization and the Vivant Cycle Chapter 5: Effective communication in interactive review processes Chapter 6: Archetypes and typologies Chapter 7: Crafting of lot types Chapter 8: Transect-based organization of a code that uses lot types Chapter 9: Dynamic lot types and tools to craft them Chapter 10: Coding for resilience Chapter 11: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWhile the individual benefits of car-based travel continues to be recognized, the wider environmental and social cost of automobiles is also significant. This title evaluates the evidence for better understanding 'what drives us to drive'.Table of ContentsUnderstanding Auto Motives. Conceptualising Car 'Dependence'. Motivating Changes in Auto Mobility. Mobility Without Accessibility: The Case of Car Use and Discretionary Activities. Insights on Car-Use Behaviors from Behavioral Economics. Drivers of Auto Ownership: The Role of Past Experience and Peer Pressure. The Car as a Material Possession: Exploring the Link between Materialism and Car Ownership and Use. Car Use and Gender: The Case of Dual-Earner Families in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Driving off into the Sunset: The Implications of the Growing Automobility of Older Travelers. Mobility vs. Affordability as Motivations for Car-Ownership Choice in Urban Fringe, Low-Income Australia. Driving to the Breadline. Migrating to Driving: Exploring the Multiple Dimensions of Immigrants' Automobile Use. Immigrants and Automobility in New Jersey: The Role of Spatial and Occupational Factors in Commuting to Work. Conclusions. Prelims.

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Book SynopsisUrban mobility is a major problem all over the world. This book addresses the problem of managing urban mobility systems in a novel way by considering the complexity and diversity of the conurbation and agents involved in a UMS, putting forward the evidence that urban mobility must be managed at system level.Table of ContentsIntroduction. A Theoretical Framework for the Management of Urban Mobility Systems. Simplifying Complexity in Urban Mobility Systems. Configuration of Quality Factors in Urban Mobility Systems. How to Set up a Management Model for Urban Mobility Systems. The Need for a Strategic Approach to Urban Development. Prelims.

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Book SynopsisThe twenty thematic chapters in this book provide a broad set of perspectives on the plight, possibilities and opportunities of urban transport in the developing world, set against the challenges of sustainable development.Trade Review’This edited collection is a rare treat for anyone with an interest in securing a sustainable transport future for the developing world. . . Such a book is most definitely both necessary and timely.’ -- Karen Lucas, Journal of Transport GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Harry T. Dimitriou and Ralph Gakenheimer PART I: SETTING THE CONTEXT 1. Introduction Ralph Gakenheimer and Harry T. Dimitriou 2. Transport and City Development: Understanding the Fundamentals Harry T. Dimitriou 3. Land Use and Transport in Rapidly Motorizing Cities: Contexts of Controversy Ralph Gakenheimer PART II: IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES 4. An International Comparative Perspective on Fast-rising Motorization and Automobile Dependence Jeffrey Kenworthy 5. The Future of Energy for Urban Transport Andreas Schäfer 6. Environmental Challenges of Urban Transport: The Impacts of Motorization John Ernst 7. Economic Fall-out of Failing Urban Transport Systems: An Institutional Analysis Elliott Sclar and Julie Touber 8. Non-motorized Urban Transport as Neglected Modes V. Setty Pendakur 9. Poverty and Urban Mobility: Diagnosis Toward a New Understanding Xavier Godard 10. Institutional and Political Support for Urban Transport Edward Dotson PART III: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE 11. Environmental Evaluation in Urban Transport Michael Replogle 12. Equity Evaluation of Urban Transport Eduardo A. Vasconcellos 13. Use and Abuse of Economic Appraisal of Urban Transport Projects Walter Hook 14. Road Crashes and Low-income Cities: Impacts and Options Amy Aeron-Thomas and Goff Jacobs 15. Bus Rapid Transit: A Review of Recent Advances Lloyd Wright 16. Rail Rapid Transit Advances Roger J. Allport 17. Informal Public Transport: A Global Perspective Robert Cervero and Aaron Golub 18. Options for Travel Demand Management: Traffic Bans versus Pricing Anjali Mahendra 19. Mainstreaming Sustainable Urban Transport: Putting the Pieces Together Christopher Zegras 20. Conclusions: Emergent Crucial Themes Harry T. Dimitriou and Ralph Gakenheimer Index

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Book SynopsisThe analyses found in City Distribution and Urban Freight Transport aim to improve knowledge in this important area by recognizing and evaluating the problems, with a focus on urban freight transport systems.Trade Review[T]he authors' use of relatively wide range of case studies and innovative methods as well as the clarity with which the analysis is presented makes this book a valuable reference for planners and policymakers. It provides an understanding of the key issues of urban freight distribution in modern cities. The book also appeals to academic scholars and graduate students in the field of either urban planning or public policy, who can also benefit from the extensive and solid foundation laid for future research. --Zhenhua Chen, The Review of Regional StudiesThis book is an important contribution to the study of the subject [of urban freight transport], focusing strongly on the inter-related issues of efficiency and sustainability. --Allan Woodburn, Journal of Transport GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction – City Distribution: Challenges for Cities and Researchers PART I: THE PROBLEM SITUATION AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS 1. City Distribution, a Key Element of the Urban Economy: Guidelines for Practitioners Laetitia Dablanc 2. Urban Freight Transport: The Challenge of Sustainability H.J. (Hans) Quak 3. Characteristics and Typology of Last-mile Logistics from an Innovation Perspective in an Urban Context Roel Gevaers, Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander PART II: POSSIBLE METHODOLOGIES 4. Urban Freight Policy Innovation for Rome’s LTZ: A Stakeholder Perspective Amanda Stathopoulos, Eva Valeri, Edoardo Marcucci, Valerio Gatta, Agostino Nuzzolo and Antonio Comi 5. Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis: A Case Study on Night-time Delivery for Urban Distribution Cathy Macharis, Ellen Van Hoeck, Sara Verlinde, Wanda Debauche and Frank Witlox 6. Definition of a Set of Indicators to Evaluate the Performance of Urban Goods Distribution Initiatives Sandra Melo and Álvaro Costa PART III: CASE STUDIES OF EUROPEAN CITIES 7. City Logistics in Italy: Success Factors and Environmental Performance Carlo Vaghi and Marco Percoco 8. Transport of Goods to and from the Center of Brussels: Using the Port to Improve Sustainability Tom van Lier and Cathy Macharis 9. Optimization of Urban Deliveries: Evaluating a Courier, Express and Parcel Services Pilot Project in Berlin Julius Menge and Paul Hebes 10. The Use of Rail Transport as Part of the Supply Chain in an Urban Logistics Context Jochen Maes and Thierry Vanelslander 11. Evaluation of Urban Goods Distribution Initiatives: An Empirical Overview in the Portuguese Context Sandra Melo Index

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Book SynopsisIn the last forty years or so the research field exploring the relationship and interaction between transport and development has developed rapidly.Trade Review'The role of transport in the development of cities and regions is a topic of immense importance. The editors have brought together authors from all over the world with experience of the methods needed to assess the impact of transport and analysis of the evidence of a varied range of projects. The result is a genuine Handbook of the state of the art, but with clear insights into future problems. It is highly recommended reading for researchers, policy makers and politicians.' --Roger Vickerman, University of Kent, UK'This timely compendium offers some of the best, up-to-date knowledge on how transport and development, richly defined, jointly shape each other. Written by some of the most authoritative voices in the field and encyclopedic in its coverage, the Handbook on Transport and Development brings together fresh, grounded insights from across the globe, at multiple geographic scales, and for everything from bikeways to fast inter-city trains. It is a wonderful reference and must-have library addition to anyone who cares about charting sustainable urban, regional, and mobility futures.' --Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, US'For more than a century cities have been urged to integrate the two fields of urban planning and transport planning. But too often these professional fields have evolved in their own institutional silos. Now they are beginning to grow together again in a new joint practice. This book will be a foundational text for the real practice of transport and urban development planning. It contains contributions from all the principal scholars in the field, and examines all the main issues and fields of inquiry. It does fine justice to the legacy of Professors Sir Peter Hall and Piet Rietveld. To practitioners and researchers I say, "Have this book to hand on your shelf".' --Nicholas Low, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORT AND DEVELOPMENT 1. The Transport and Development Relationship Robin Hickman, Moshe Givoni, David Bonilla and David Banister PART II URBAN STRUCTURE AND TRAVEL 2. Urban Structure and Travel Philip Stoker, Susan Petheram and Reid Ewing 3. Urban Passenger Transport Energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: A Global Review and Assessment of Some Reduction Strategies Peter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy 4. Homes, Jobs and Commuting: Development Location and Travel Outcomes Peter Headicar 5. New Household Location and the Commute to Work: Changes over Time Robin Hickman and David Banister 6. Spatial Structure and Travel: Trends in Commuting and Non-commuting Travels in US Metropolitan Areas Peter Gordon and Bumsoo Lee 7. New Urbanism and Travel Marcial Echenique and Alastair Donald 8. Residential Location and Travel: Hangzhou and Copenhagen Compared to Studies in Cities Worldwide Petter Naess 9. Public Transport-Orientated Development and Network Effects Carey Curtis 10. The Effects of Neighbourhood Type and Self-Selection on Driving: A Case Study of Northern California Xinyu (Jason) Cao 11. The Role of Attitudes in Accounting for Self-Selection Effects Bert Van Wee and Patricia Mokhtarian 12. How Stable are Preferences for Neighbourhood Type and Design in Residential Moves? Kevin J. Krizek, Ahmed El-Geneidy and Ryan Wilson 13. Community Design and Active Travel Susan Handy 14. Street Networks Wesley Marshall, Norman Garrick and Stephen Marshall PART III TRANSPORT AND SPATIAL IMPACTS 15. Transport and Urban Development Piet Rietveld and Frank Bruinsma 16. Methods for Estimating the Economic Impact of Transportation Improvements: An Interpretive Review Michael Iacono and David Levinson 17. Transport Projects and Wider Economic Impacts Torben Holvad and Steen Leleur 18. Urban Freight: Freight Strategy, Transport Movements and the Urban Spatial Economy David A. Hensher and Zheng Li 19. Spatial Implications of Public Transport Investments in Metropolitan Areas: Some Empirical Evidence Regarding Light Rail and Bus Rapid Transport Eran Feitelson and Orit Rotem-Mindali 20. High-Speed Trains and Spatial-Economic Impacts. A British-French Comparison on Two Scales: Intra- and Inter-Regional Chia-Lin Chen and Peter Hall 21. Assessing the Wider Impacts of the Jubilee Line Extension in East London Peter Jones 22. The Developmental Impacts of the Madrid Metro Line 12 on Retail Activities Around Stations Lucia Mejia Dorantes 23. Bus Rapid Transit and Buses with High Levels of Service: A Global Overview Dario Hidalgo and Juan Carlos Muñoz 24. The Expansion of Large International Hub Airports Andrew R. Goetz 25. Decision Making and Major Transport Infrastructure Projects: The Role of Project Ownership Chantal C. Cantarelli and Bent Flyvbjerg 26. Road Pricing, Impacts and Cost Effectiveness Jan Anne Annema 27. Incomes, Accessibility and Transport Poverty Gordon Stokes 28. Development and Social Policy: The Role of Transport in Social Development, in the UK Context Susan Kenyon 29. The Car in the Neighbourhood: Residential Design and Social Outcomes in Southern Germany Iqbal Hamiduddin 30. Accessibility: Theory and Practice in the Netherlands and UK Karst Geurs and Derek Halden PART IV WIDER DIMENSIONS IN TRANSPORT AND DEVELOPMENT 31. More Than A to B: Cultures of Mobilities and Travel Ole B. Jensen 32. Car Fixation, Socialization and Opportunities for Change Ellen Matthies and Christian A. Klöckner 33. Telecommunications and Travel Galit Cohen-Blankshtain 34. E-Retailing, The Network Society and Travel Orit Rotem-Mindali 35. Parents, Children and Automobility: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities Robyn Dowling 36. Old Age and the Importance of the Car in Maintaining Activity Patterns in Scandinavia Randi Hjorthol and Susanne Nordbakke 37. Ageing Populations and Travel Gamze Dane, Anna Grigolon, Soora Rasouli, Harry Timmermans and Dujuan Yang 38. Investigating Urban Oil Vulnerability Jago Dodson, Neil Sipe and Terry Li 39. Troublesome Leisure Travel: Counterproductive Sustainable Transport Policies Erling Holden and Kristin Linnerud 40. The Future of Transport and Development in the New Millennium: The Inescapable Implications of Climate Change Mayer Hillman 41. The Value of Transition Management for Sustainable Transport Harry Geerlings and Flor Avelino 42. The Regional Tram-Train of Kassel, Germany: How Regional Responsibility Leads to Local Success Helmut Holzapfel and Rainer Meyfahrt 43. The Making of European Transport Policy Dominic Stead 44. Understanding Process. Can Transport Research Come to Terms with Temporality? Tim Schwanen PART V SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 45. Transport and Development – What Next? David Banister, David Bonilla, Moshe Givoni and Robin Hickman Index

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Book SynopsisThis important collection provides a foundational understanding of the debates surrounding urban form and the ability of land use policy to deliver the preferred urban form. Professor Mulley has selected key published articles from disciplines at the interface of urban economics and transport economics.Trade Review‘This collection of seminal papers reflects on the long history of research on urban form and transport accessibility, and it includes contributions from many of the most influential thinkers in urban and regional science. Now they have all been assembled in a single volume that is accessible to all researchers – it provides an invaluable resource.’Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Corinne Mulley PART I THEORIES OF URBAN FORM AND HIERARCHIES OF CITY SIZE 1. Walter Christaller (1972), ‘How I Discovered the Theory of Central Places: A Report about the Origin of Central Places’ 2. August Lösch (1938), ‘The Nature of Economic Regions’ 3. Chauncy D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman (1945), ‘The Nature of Cities’ 4. Brian J.L. Berry and William L. Garrison (1958), ‘Recent Developments of Central Place Theory’ 5. Martin J. Beckmann (1958), ‘City Hierarchies and the Distribution of City Size’ 6. J.V. Henderson (1974), ‘The Sizes and Types of Cities’ PART II CONTRIBUTION OF THE ‘NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY’ 7. Brian J.L. Berry (1964), ‘Cities as Systems within Systems of Cities’ 8. Paul Krugman (1991), ‘Increasing Returns and Economic Geography’ 9. Masahisa Fujita and Paul Krugman (1995), ‘When is the Economy Monocentric?: von Thünen and Chamberlin Unified’ 10. Masahisa Fujita and Tomoya Mori (1997), ‘Structural Stability and Evolution of Urban Systems’ 11. Masahisa Fujita, Paul Krugman and Tomoya Mori (1999), ‘On the Evolution of Hierarchical Urban Systems’ 12. Takatoshi Tabuchi and Jacques-François Thisse (2011), ‘A New Economic Geography Model of Central Places’ PART III INTRA-URBAN LOCATION 13. Harold Hotelling (1929), ‘Stability in Competition’ 14. William Alonso (1960), ‘A Theory of the Urban Land Market’ 15. Waltar Isard and Tony E. Smith (1967), ‘Location Gāmes: With Applications to Classic Location Problems’ 16. Michael A. Goldberg (1970), ‘Transportation, Urban Land Values, and Rents: A Synthesis’ 17. Robert H. Nelson (1973), ‘Accessibility and Rent: Applying Becker’s “Time Price” Concept to the Theory of Residential Location’ 18. Robert M. Solow (1972), ‘Congestion, Density and the Use of Land in Transportation’ 19. Edwin S. Mills (1972), ‘Markets and Efficient Resource Allocation in Urban Areas’ 20. Gerald S. Goldstein and Leon N. Moses (1973), ‘A Survey of Urban Economics’ 21. Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga (2000), ‘Diversity and Specialisation in Cities: Why, Where and When Does it Matter?’ 22. Antonio Ciccone and Robert E. Hall (1996), ‘Productivity and the Density of Economic Activity’ 23. J. Vernon Henderson (2003), ‘Marshall’s Scale Economies’ 24. Patricia C. Melo, Daniel J. Graham and Robert B. Noland (2009), ‘A Meta-analysis of Estimates of Urban Agglomeration Economies’ 25. Anthony J. Venables (2007), ‘Evaluating Urban Transport Improvements: Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Presence of Agglomeration and Income Taxation’ PART IV ACCESSIBILITY MEASUREMENT 26. Walter G. Hansen (1959), ‘How Accessibility Shapes Land Use’ 27. A.G. Wilson (1971), ‘A Family of Spatial Interaction Models, and Associated Developments’ 28. Chauncy D. Harris (1954), ‘The Market as a Factor in the Localization of Industry in the United States’ 29. C. Clark, F. Wilson and J. Bradley (1969), ‘Industrial Location and Economic Potential in Western Europe’ 30. J.M. Morris, P.L. Dumble and M.R. Wigan (1979), ‘Accessibility Indicators for Transport Planning’ 31. R.W. Vickerman (1974), ‘Accessibility, Attraction, and Potential: A Review of Some Concepts and their Use in Determining Mobility’ PART V THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE 32. P.M. Allen and M. Sanglier (1979), ‘A Dynamic Model of Growth in a Central Place System’ 33. Francesca Medda, Peter Nijkamp and Piet Rietveld (2003), ‘Urban Land Use for Transport Systems and City Shapes’ 34. Daniel J. Graham (2007), ‘Variable Returns to Agglomeration and the Effect of Road Traffic Congestion’

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Book SynopsisThe transport sector has many unique characteristics - non-storability, economies of scale and scope, indivisibilities and extensive production of positive and negative externalities - that need careful consideration in any analysis.Trade Review'This book's title reveals a great ambition and the content, which covers all transport modes and all critical issues of our discipline, reaches a remarkable level of thoroughness. I have no doubt that this book will become a most valuable tool for students and researchers in transport economics.' --(Alain Bonnafous, University of Lyon, France)Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Chris Nash PART I COSTS 2. Road and Rail Infrastructure Costs Heike Link 3. Public Transport Operations Costs Andrew Smith, Phill Wheat and Michal Wolanski 4. Freight Costs Tony Fowkes PART II EXTERNALITIES 5. Valuing Transport Externalities Luis I. Rizzi and Juan de Dios Ortúzar 6. Road Congestion Anthony D. May, Ronghui Liu and Simon Shepherd 7. Congestion and Scarcity in Scheduled Transport Modes Jan-Eric Nilsson 8. Accidents Gunnar Lindberg PART III DEMAND 9. Demand for Road transport John Bates 10. Public Transport Demand John Preston 11. Freight Demand Gerard de Jong PART IV PRICING AND INVESTMENT 12. Road Pricing and Investment Bruno de Borger and Stef Proost 13. Pricing Public Transport Services Jan Owen Jansson, Johan Holmgren and Anders Ljungberg 14. Airport Pricing and Investment Ginés de Rus and Ofelia Betancor 15. Port Pricing Hilde Meersman, Siri Pettersen Strandenes and Eddy Van de Voorde, PART V DEREGULATION AND PRIVATISATION 16. Local and Regional Public Transport Didier Van de Velde 17. Rail Chris Nash 18. Airlines Steve Morrison Part VI Transport Policy Impacts 19. Economic Impacts of Transport Policy Roger Vickerman 20. Approaches to Internalisation of Transport Externalities Werner Rothengatter 21. Equity in Transport John Stanley and Janet Stanley Index

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Book SynopsisReports on survey results regarding Americans' attitudes toward a variety of community characteristics. The results provide an important look at Americans' attitudes and expectations around community, housing, and transportation. The survey also takes a special look at views on health and the built environment.

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Book SynopsisThis is based on a survey of 701 adults in the Greater San Francisco Bay area that was conducted during February 2015 as a companion to a national survey, ULI's America in 2015 report. It analyzes the housing, transportation and community preferences of residents in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

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Book SynopsisAs rush hour came to a close on the evening of May 25, 1950, one of Chicago's new fast, colorful, streamlined streetcars—known as a Green Hornet—slammed into a gas truck at State Street and 62nd Place. The Hornet's motorman allegedly failed to heed the warnings of a flagger attempting to route it around a flooded underpass, and the trolley...Trade ReviewA compelling story about a long forgotten tragedy. Since so much of Chicago's history has been extensively and exhaustively covered and, in the case of such topics as organized crime and politics, virtually beaten to death, this sort of tale has the chance to not only come as a surprise to readers but also as a revelation. These sorts of stories are invaluable in fleshing out the city's rich history and rewarding the reader's discovery. * Chicago Tribune *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Epilogue Appendix: Victims of the CTA Green Hornet Streetcar Disaster Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWorld population growth and economic prosperity have given rise to ever-increasing demands on cities, transportation planning, and goods movement. This growth, coupled with a slower pace of transportation capacity expansion and deteriorated facility restoration, has led to rapid changes in the transportation planning and policy environment. These stresses are particularly acute for megacities where degradation of mobility and facility performance have reached alarming rates. Addressing these transportation challenges requires innovative solutions. Megacity Mobility grapples with these challenges by addressing transportation policy, planning, and facilities in a multimodal context. It discusses innovative short- and long-term solutions for meeting current and future mobility needs for the world's most dynamic cities by addressing the influence of urban land use on mobility, 3D spiderweb transportation planning, travel demand management, multimodal transportation with flTable of Contents1 Introduction2 New perspectives of urban transportation decision-making3 Travel demand management4 Building out 3D highway transportation with flexible capacity5 Building out transit and multimodal transportation6 Mobility management for efficient capacity utilization7 Innovative transportation funding and financing8 Performance-based, mobility-centered transportation budget allocation9 The path to sustainable megacity mobility

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Book SynopsisThe streets and roads constitute an enormous part of civil infrastructure and a large part of our cities- a social resource that must be properly managed and developed. Therefore, many road construction companies, contractors, transport and traffic administrations and municipalities are seeking for new road design models that can withstand modern challenges and demands. Advances in Design and Testing of Future Smart Roads: Considering Urbanization, Digitalization, Electrification and Climate Change deals with adapting current road designs to better withstand these future challenges as well as optimizing their structural design. Furthermore, the book illustrates recommendations and models for street/road sections, including the road section with a reconfigurable design, which can be used in both reconstruction and new construction of roads. Features:â Covers road testbeds that meet the challenge of future urbanization, including digitalization and electrificationâ Provides recommendations for potential climate change impacts, including flooding and ice accumulation problems â Introduces the concept of reconfigurable and removable streets including recommendations for corresponding street testbeds This book will be of interest to road construction companies and contractors, transport and traffic administrations and municipalities, lecturers, researchers, students, and anyone interested in transport infrastructure and future road designs.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents fresh ways of thinking about the future for all those involved in conceiving, planning, designing, funding, constructing, occupying and managing the built environment, to face the challenges, and grasp the opportunities, that lie ahead over the next few decades. Four major themes form the basis of the volume:(1)  Future Awareness and a New Sense of Place.(2)  Global Governance and Anticipatory Leadership. (3) Innovation, Reform and Exemplars. (4) Urban Planning and Real Estate Transformations. Within these structural themes are a diverse range of ''Discourses'' addressing many of the big questions and driving forces that face us, together with a proposed methodology (Strategic Foresight) and an array of practical illustrations viewing what can be done today whether by organisations, individuals, cities or communities to positively shape a preferred future and manipulate us towards achieving it. It will be important reTable of ContentsPreface Exordium (Spirit of the Work). Humankind 2050: Built Environment Challenges. A personal reflection by Prof John RatcliffeTHEME ONE: Future Awareness and a New Sense of Place Discourse 1: 'Imagine Ahead - Plan Backwards': The Art and Science of Strategic ForesightDiscourse 2: The 'Big Questions': A Cosmos of UncertaintyDiscourse 3: The Premium of PlaceDiscourse 4: Cultural Heritage Futures Discourse 5: Post-pandemic: Disruptions, Aftershocks and OpportunitiesTHEME TWO: Global Governance and Anticipatory LeadershipDiscourse 6: Can the World Be Governed?Discourse 7: A New Sense of the Commons.Discourse 8: The Pantheon of Public-Private Partnership.Discourse 9: Anticipatory Leadership and Fostering Deliberative DemocracyDiscourse 10: China and the World: A Changing RelationshipTHEME THREE: Innovation, Reform and ExemplarsDiscourse 11: Whither Work and the Workplace?Discourse 12: Reconceptualising Higher Education Discourse 13: Enterprise and EntrepreneurshipDiscourse 14: Critical Infrastructure and Global MegaprojectsDiscourse 15: Health, Well-Being and HappinessTHEME FOUR: Urban Planning and Real Estate TransformationsDiscourse 16: Smart Cities and Smart Property MarketsDiscourse 17: The 'Great Land Question'Discourse 18: Transforming the Professions of the Built EnvironmentDiscourse 19: Values and ValuationIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book presents fresh ways of thinking about the future for all those involved in conceiving, planning, designing, funding, constructing, occupying and managing the built environment, to face the challenges, and grasp the opportunities, that lie ahead over the next few decades. Four major themes form the basis of the volume:(1)  Future Awareness and a New Sense of Place.(2)  Global Governance and Anticipatory Leadership. (3) Innovation, Reform and Exemplars. (4) Urban Planning and Real Estate Transformations. Within these structural themes are a diverse range of ''Discourses'' addressing many of the big questions and driving forces that face us, together with a proposed methodology (Strategic Foresight) and an array of practical illustrations viewing what can be done today whether by organisations, individuals, cities or communities to positively shape a preferred future and manipulate us towards achieving it. It will be important reTable of ContentsPreface Exordium (Spirit of the Work). Humankind 2050: Built Environment Challenges. A personal reflection by Prof John RatcliffeTHEME ONE: Future Awareness and a New Sense of Place Discourse 1: 'Imagine Ahead - Plan Backwards': The Art and Science of Strategic ForesightDiscourse 2: The 'Big Questions': A Cosmos of UncertaintyDiscourse 3: The Premium of PlaceDiscourse 4: Cultural Heritage Futures Discourse 5: Post-pandemic: Disruptions, Aftershocks and OpportunitiesTHEME TWO: Global Governance and Anticipatory LeadershipDiscourse 6: Can the World Be Governed?Discourse 7: A New Sense of the Commons.Discourse 8: The Pantheon of Public-Private Partnership.Discourse 9: Anticipatory Leadership and Fostering Deliberative DemocracyDiscourse 10: China and the World: A Changing RelationshipTHEME THREE: Innovation, Reform and ExemplarsDiscourse 11: Whither Work and the Workplace?Discourse 12: Reconceptualising Higher Education Discourse 13: Enterprise and EntrepreneurshipDiscourse 14: Critical Infrastructure and Global MegaprojectsDiscourse 15: Health, Well-Being and HappinessTHEME FOUR: Urban Planning and Real Estate TransformationsDiscourse 16: Smart Cities and Smart Property MarketsDiscourse 17: The 'Great Land Question'Discourse 18: Transforming the Professions of the Built EnvironmentDiscourse 19: Values and ValuationIndex

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Book SynopsisFor much of the past century, we have viewed the issue of parking from the driver's seat. It follows that key narratives about parking reaffirm the immediate needs of the driver. A consequence of this approach is a failure to understand the significant damage that parking causes to the destination. That damage is amplified by cheap, easy' parking at the expense of place and access outcomes. Viewing parking from an urban planning and design perspective highlights different issues and opportunities. Five perspectives are offered: Place If we gave drivers all the parking they wanted, the destination would not be worth visiting. Politics Parking is intensely territorial, emotional, and prone to populism, and this is a barrier to strategic and sustainable parking reform. Policy Parking tends to be focused on the me, here and now' needs of the driver at the expense of bigger picture and longer term policy objectives. Price Subsidized parking exists bTable of ContentsFive ‘Rethinking Parking’ Perspectives 1. Place and Parking 2. Parking is Political 3. Parking Policy 4. The Price of Parking 5. Professional Practice Ten Case Studies 1. Brisbane, Queensland. Australia 2. Chicago, Illinois. USA 3. Gold Coast, Queensland. Australia 4. Los Angeles, California. USA 5. Melbourne, Victoria. Australia 6. Portland, Oregon. USA 7. San Francisco, California. USA 8. Seattle, Washington. USA 9. Toronto, Ontario. Canada 10. Vancouver, BC. Canada

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Book SynopsisUrban Mobility Development in Northeast India theoretically and empirically explores the interrelationship between and among city, transportation, economic growth and environment to contribute towards engendering green urbanization for green growth.In a time of aggravating environmental crisis, the book recognizes the duality of contrasting impact of city and transport to economic development and environmental degradation. To serve as a guide for policy research, the book accessibly presents a contextual study blending qualitative as well as quantitative methodology in the context of a highland as well as a frontier capital city of the Northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Kohima, towards creating a sustainable city with an inclusive and green mobility. The book underscores that management of urbanization and urban mobility challenges should go beyond supply side management and demand side management by democratizing policy making as well as considering efficiency, Table of ContentsList of Figures ixList of Tables xList of Abbreviations xiPreface xiiiPART IIntroduction 11 Green Urbanization for Green Growth 3PART IITheory 172 Apposite Economic Growth Path 193 Urbanization as Green Resource 39PART IIIPraxis 534 A Highland City at the Frontier 555 Theoretical Lessons for Sustainable Urban Mobility 736 Empirical Lessons for Sustainable Urban Mobility 98PART IVConclusion 1137 Appropriate Urban Policy Making 115Index 119

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Book SynopsisTrade Review'The Handbook is a cogent and comprehensive overview of research issues and opportunities that characterize public transport. The research areas provide insightful perspectives drawing on international experiences in operations, planning, policy and governance with a look to future trends and developments. The Handbook is a timely resource for practitioners and academics who wish to better understand the complexities intrinsic to public transport and the importance and role of research in identifying fresh ideas and solutions to help advance the state of the industry for operators and decision makers.' -- Paul P. Skoutelas, President and CEO, American Public Transportation Association (APTA), US'This is not just a book but an encyclopaedic array of public transport related research. It comprehensively maps and captures the development of new knowledge needed to advance public transport. The Handbook provides a recognition of the fantastic work done by researchers all over the world and the key role of public transport to improve the quality of life of people.' -- Mohamed Mezghani, Secretary General, International Association of Public Transport (UITP), Belgium'Graham Currie is one of the greatest minds in public transport today and he has produced an outstanding compendium of knowledge on that topic in this book. I highly encourage those interested in the academic side of transport as well as those interested in the research on the latest trends in mobility to get this book: the Handbook of Public Transport Research.' -- Paul Comfort, author of The Future of Public Transportation and host of the Transit Unplugged podcastTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Public Transport Research 1 Graham Currie PART I RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS, TRENDS AND FUTURES 2 World transit research: state of the art 9 Nicholas Fournier and Graham Currie 3 Methodologies for empirical research on the link between the built environment and transit use 30 Laura Aston, Graham Currie, Md Kamruzzaman and Alexa Delbosc PART II USER PERSPECTIVES 4 Transit customer satisfaction research: is the customer always right? 57 Madalena Harreman-Fernandes, Ehab Diab, Boer Cui, James DeWeese, Miles Crumley and Ahmed El-Geneidy 5 Personal safety on public transport: research frontiers and new tools for an old problem 70 Graham Currie, Mustafizur Rahaman, Carlyn Muir and Alexa Delbosc 6 The power of design to enrich the public transport experience 92 Selby Coxon, Robbie Napper, Ilya Fridman and Vincent Moug 7 The paradigm shift in revenue protection research and practice 115 Graham Currie and Alexa Delbosc PART III POLICY PERSPECTIVES 8 The governance of public transport: towards integrated design 137 Wijnand Veeneman 9 The total social cost (TSC) of public transport modes 156 John Preston 10 New approaches and insights to managing on-road public transport priority 172 James Reynolds and Graham Currie 11 Paying for public transport 202 Joel Mendez, James Wood, Dristi Neog and Jeffrey Brown PART IV PLANNING AND OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 12 Public transport network resilience 226 Menno Yap and Oded Cats 13 Service reliability: a planning and operations perspective 252 Niels van Oort 14 Rail transit disruption management: a comprehensive review of strategies and approaches 280 Amer Shalaby, Lisa Li and Ehab Diab 15 Demand management in urban railway systems: strategy, design, evaluation, monitoring and technology 314 Zhenliang Ma, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, Anne Halvorsen and Jinhua Zhao 16 Transit signal priority: research and practice review and future needs 340 Amer Shalaby, Wen Xun Hu, Mike Corby, Andrew Wong and Daniel Zhou 17 ACES technologies and public transport operations and control 373 Juan Carlos Munoz, Ricardo Giesen, Felipe Delgado and Omar Ibarra-Rojas 18 Research in public transport vehicle scheduling 388 Tao Liu and Avishai (Avi) Ceder PART V SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 19 Incorporating Mobility-on-Demand (MOD) and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) automotive services into public transportation 410 Emma Lucken and Susan Shaheen 20 Large increases in bus use in Sweden: lessons learned 434 Maria Börjesson, Margareta Friman and Masoud Fadaei 21 Advances in transit customer information 454 Kari Watkins, Candace Brakewood, Sean Barbeau and Aaron Antrim Index 473

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘In an urban age disrupted by pandemics, war, economic crisis, and a failing global ecology, the second edition of How Great Cities Happen could not have come at a more important time. Its insightful lessons from urban policy making and governance in a variety of global cities, including the authors’ home town of Melbourne, extend and improve upon their earlier work. The book presents a very valuable and timely resource for government and citizens and deserves to be widely read and discussed.’ -- Brendan Gleeson, The University of Melbourne, Australia‘A timely and important contribution on some of the most vexing challenges facing cities today. Pathways are laid for creating low-carbon, affordable, and socially just places drawing lessons from some of the world’s best designed and livable cities, including Vancouver, Malmö, Melbourne, and London. A must read for progressive-minded urban planners.’ -- Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, US‘This second edition provides topical and invaluable evidence for everyone concerned about the future and sustainability of cities, whether they are planners, researchers, politicians or residents.’ -- Richard D. Knowles, University of Salford, Manchester, UK and Founding Editor, Journal of Transport GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Why this book? 2. What constitutes a ‘good city’: some case studies 3. Economic influences on strategic land use transport policy and planning 4. Land use and transport designed to meet social needs 5. A neighbourhood structured for children and youth 6. Housing affordability: a major problem for many cities 7. The environmental interface of cities 8. Governance 9. Funding 10. Putting an integrated land use transport strategy together References Index

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Book SynopsisAddresses a variety of challenges and solutions within the transportation security sphere in order to protect our transportation systemsProvides innovative solutions to improved communication and creating joint operations centers to manage response to threatsDetails technological measures to protect our transportation infrastructure, and explains their feasibility and economic costsDiscusses changes in travel behavior as a response to terrorism and natural disasterExplains the role of transportation systems in supporting response operations in large disastersWritten with a worldwide scopeTable of ContentsContributors List ix Foreword xiii Preface xv 1 Introduction 1Gila Albert, Erwin A. Blackstone, Simon Hakim, and Yoram Shiftan Section I Motivation and Challenges 23 2 Terrorist Targeting of Public Transportation: Ideology and Tactics 25Shmuel Bar 3 On the Rationality and Optimality of Transportation Networks Defense: A Network Centrality Approach 35Yaniv Altshuler, Rami Puzis, Yuval Elovici, Shlomo Bekhor, and Alex (Sandy) Pentland 4 Adaptive Resilience and Critical Infrastructure Security: Emergent Challenges for Transportation and Cyberphysical Infrastructure 65Corri Zoli and Laura J. Steinberg 5 Travelers’ Perceptions of Security for Long‐Distance Travel: An Exploratory Italian Study 91Eva Valeri, Amanda Stathopoulos, and Edoardo Marcucci 6 Securing Transportation Systems from Radiological Threats 109Eric P. Rubenstein, Gordon A. Drukier, and Peter Zimmerman 7 Protecting Transportation Infrastructure against Radiological Threat 129Ilan Yaar, Itzhak Halevy, Zvi Berenstein, and Avi Sharon Section II Security Consideration for Modes of Transportation 149 8 Securing Public Transit Systems 151Martin Wachs, Camille N.Y. Fink, Anastasia Loukaitou‐Sideris, and Brian D. Taylor 9 Railroad Infrastructure: Protecting an Increasingly Vulnerable Asset 177Jeremy F. Plant and Richard R. Young 10 Freight Railroad Security: A Case Study of Post‐9/11 Effectiveness 189Roland D. Pandolfi, Jr. 11 Cost‐Effective Airport Security Policy 205Robert W. Poole, Jr. 12 Seaport Operations and Security 233Willard Price and Ali Hashemi 13 Pathologies of Privatization in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program 257Benjamin Inman and John C. Morris 14 Traveler’s Security Perceptions and Port Choices 271Amalia Polydoropoulou and Athena Tsirimpa 15 Pipeline Security 281Luca Talarico, Kenneth Sörensen, Genserik Reniers, and Johan Springael Section III The Role of Transportation in Evacuation 313 16 Evacuation from Disaster Zones: Lessons from recent disasters in Australia and Japan 315Daniel Baldwin Hess and Christina M. Farrell 17 Evacuation Planning and Preparedness in the Aftermath of Katrina, Rita, Irene, and Sandy: Lessons Learned 345David S. Heller 18 Rural Evacuation and Public Transportation 363Jaydeep Chaudhari, Zhirui Ye, and Dhrumil Patel Index 377

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Book SynopsisWith increasing awareness of the urgent need to respond to global warming by reducing carbon emissions and recognition of the social benefits of car-free and car-lite living, more and more city planners, advocates, and everyday urban dwellers are demanding new ways of building cities. In Low Car(bon) Communities, authors Nicole Foletta and Jason Henderson examine seven case studies in Europe and the United States that aim explicitly to reduce dependency on cars. Innovative and inspirational, these communities provide a rich array of data and metrics for comparison and analysis. This book considers these low car(bon) communities' potential for transferability to cities around the world, including North America.Aimed at practicing city planners, sustainable transportation advocates, and students in planning, geography, and environmental studies, this book will be an invaluable benchmark for gauging the success of sustainable urban futures. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Why Low Car(bon)? Global Warming, Cars, and Cities 2. Amsterdam: GWL Terrein Case Study 3. Freiburg: Vauban Case Study 4. San Francisco: Market and Octavia Case Study 5. Stockholm: Hammarby Sjöstad Case Study 6. Malmö: Västra Hamnen Case Study 7. London: Greenwich Millennium Village Case Study 8. The Randstad: Houten Case Study 9. Conclusions and Lessons Learned

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Book Synopsis''Just wonderful two wheels good, Laura Laker brilliant. Part travel diary, part love poem to Britain''s cycle network ... it''s difficult not to be inspired by this fabulous book.'' Jeremy Vine ''With a passion for both cycling and words, there are few more qualified to paint a picture of the NCN''s potential than Laura Laker.'' Chris BoardmanA unique journey around the UK's National Cycle Network and one journalist's quest to investigate the state of our country's cycling. What if we were less reliant on our cars? What if there were safe cycling paths to take us places instead? What if those paths led to the next town, the next village and the countryside beyond?This was the dream of a group of Bristolian idealists in the 1970s when they founded Britain's National Cycle Network, which now runs to nearly 13,000 miles across the country. Journalist Laura Laker sets off on an odyssey around the UK to see where the NCN began, and

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Book SynopsisThis Reader provides a critical review of British transport policy since the Labour Government came into office in 1997 and looks at possible solutions to Britain's ongoing transport problems. An authoritative reader providing a critical review of recent British transport policies. Looks at possible solutions to Britain's ongoing transport problems. A source of well-informed opinion and ideas on topics such as private-public partnerships, delivering a sustainable transport policy, and new opportunities for the railways. Written by leading practitioners and academics. Table of ContentsPart I: Policy and Planning Issues. 1. Introduction: Transport Policy in Uncertain Times. (Francis Terry). 2. Solving Congestion. (Phil Goodwin). 3. Greater London – Growing or Shrinking – A Discussion. (Terence Bendixson). 4. Climate Change and a Sustainable Transport Policy. (Mayer Hillman). 5. Bringing Buses up to Standard. (Stephen Joseph). 6. The Impact of Evidence on Transport Policy-Making: the Case of Road Construction. (Francis Terry). 7. Cars in the Landscape: Some Undefined Questions for Transport Policy. (Reg Harman). 8. Sustainable Transport Policy: the Contribution from Behavioural Scientists. (Linda Steg). 9. Crossing London: Overcoming Obstacles to Crossrail. (Stephen Glaister and Tony Travers). Part II: Finance and Management Issues. 10. Railpolitik: The Financial Realities of Operating Britain’s National Railways. (Jean Shaoul). 11. Transport, Tax-Payers and the Treasury. (Don Riley). 12. Past Abuses and Future Uses of Private Finance and Public-Private Partnerships in Transport. (Stephen Glaister). 13. Realising the New Opportunity for the Railways. (Tony Bolden and Reg Harman). 14. A Financial Appraisal of the London Underground Public-Private Partnership. (Jean Shaoul). 15. Regulatory Control of the Track Access Charges of Railtrack plc. (John Stittle). 16. Delivering Better Transport? An Evaluation of the Ten-Year Plan for the Railway Industry: Gerald Crompton and Robert Jupe. 17. The Company Response to Government Policies on Transport. (John Elliott). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe story of the Great Society Subway sheds light on the development of metropolitan Washington, postwar urban policy, and the promises and limits of rail transit in American cities.Trade ReviewExtensively researched, cleverly structured, and finely written, this book stands out for the way it provides an integral, comprehensive account of a key urban service. -- Georg Leidenberger American Historical Review In this superbly-written book, Zachary Schrag... explains how this achievement came about and what its impact is... A joy to read. -- Gregory L. Thompson Technology and Culture The author makes us privy to the thinking that went into the system's design. -- Dennis Drabelle Washington Post Book World Schrag does a thorough job with his subject. -- Rachel DiCarlo Washington Times A timely look at how the Metro got where it is today. Civil Engineering It's a fascinating look at a modern transit triumph. Trains A graceful, fact-packed history of the genesis, development, and current state of the Washington Metro system. H-DC The Great Society Subway is a great book for students of contemporary transit history. -- Alexander D. Mitchell Railfan and Railroad An excellent book... a welcome and readable addition to the literature of how we construct the societies we inhabit. -- Alex Marshall Regional Plan Association Spotlight An exhaustively researched, engagingly written study of the planning, designing, building, and operating of the Washington Metro. -- Sy Adler Journal of American History [Schrag] shows the interrelationship of citizens' hopes and fears, visionaries' ideas, politicians' need to succeed, engineers' practical requirements, and the ebb and flow of affecting events over time. It is a fascinating story well told... a love story by an historian for his city and its people. -- William W. Millar Journal of the American Planning Association A masterful new book... Schrag's The Great Society Subway gives an eloquent and hopeful explanation of how this marvelous system came to be, and backs it up with an enormous amount of evidence and keen historical perspective. Washington History A meticulously researched account. -- Phil Hervey Urban Land Schrag has written a valuable study of the role of infrastructure in shaping the modern, urban world, and he aptly shows both the possibiities and limitations of major public investments... insights especially illuminating. -- J. Lawrence Lee CRM: Journal of Heritage Stewardship A welcome and readable addition to the literature of how we construct the societies we inhabit. -- Alex Marshall Hartford Courant Without question high drama... I strongly recommend that you put down the latest Baldacci mystery and ready this very well written, comprehensive, and entertaining book... one terrific book that belongs on lots of shelves, from planners to historians to rail buffs to politicians. -- Konrad J. Perlman Journal of Planning Literature A remarkable book. It has drama, it has pathos, it has passion, it has literary grace. -- Bob Post Journal of Transport History In clear and engaging prose, Schrag interweaves facts with a wide range of pragmatic, political, and aesthetic matters with discussions of those who posed and resolved the issues. -- Pamela Scott Journal of Social History In clear and engaging prose, Schrag interweaves facts with a wide range of pragmatic, political, and aesthetic matters with discussions of those who posed and resolved the issues. -- Pamela Scott Journal of the Society of Architectural HistoriansTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. The City, 1791–19552. The Plans, 1955–19653. The Stations, 1965–19674. The Region, 1966–19675. The Bridge, 1966–19716. The Builders, 1972–19767. The Money, 1972–19808. The District9. The Suburbs10. The RidersConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the strategies used by public authorities to expand the UK aviation industry in relation to growing political opposition and the negative impacts on local communities and climate change. The authors promote a radical rethinking of our attitudes to flying, laying the ground for a more sustainable future.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Problematising the Dilemmas of UK Airport Expansion: Puzzles and Research Strategies 1. Depoliticisation, Discourse and Policy Hegemony 2. Governing by Numbers: Fantasies of Forecasting, Predict and Provide, and the Technologies of Government 3. The Anatomy of an Expert Commission: Howard Davies, Rhetorical Reframing and the Performance of Leadership 4. Repoliticising Aviation Policy: Law, Planning and Persistent Activism 5. Extreme Turbulence: Problematisations, Multiple Crises and New Demands 6. ‘What if…?’ A Manifesto for the Green Transformation of Aviation Conclusion: Staying Grounded

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Book SynopsisHow can countries revive inland waterway transportation? A study of how and why China improved its inland waterways for transportation can be informative for other countries, providing relevant insights and valuable lessons.

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Book SynopsisOutlines how to integrate water management and climate-change adaptation in the design, construction, and maintenance of roads. The guidelines describe how the negative impact of roads on the surrounding landscape can be turned around, and how roads can become instruments of beneficial water management and increased climate resilience.

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Book SynopsisTimely updates, increased citizen engagement, and more effective marketing are just a few of the reasons transportation agencies have already started to adopt social media networking tools. Best Practices for Transportation Agency Use of Social Media offers real-world advice for planning and implementing social media from leading government practitioners, academic researchers, and industry experts.The book provides an overview of the various social media platforms and tools, with examples of how transportation organizations use each platform. It contains a series of interviews that illustrate what creative agencies are doing to improve service, provide real-time updates, garner valuable information from their customers, and better serve their communities. It reveals powerful lessons learned from various transportation agencies, including a regional airport, city and state departments of transportation, and municipal transit agencies. Filled with examples from Table of ContentsIntroduction. It’s a Social World. Fish Heads and Haiku: Voices from the Field. Using Social Media to Connect with Customers and Community. Learning from Customers and Community. Agency Considerations and Policies. Tying It All Together.

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Book SynopsisDespite a growing body of research and targeted remediation, teenage and novice drivers continue to be six to nine times more likely to die in a crash than they are when they are just a few years older. The World Health Organization reports that road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death globally among 15 to 19 year olds. In light of these crash statistics, understanding the teen driver problem remains of paramount public health importance around the world. The Handbook of Teen and Novice Drivers: Research, Practice, Policy, and Directions provides critical knowledge for a broad range of potential readers, including students, teachers, researchers in academics, industry and the federal government, public policy makers at all levels, insurance companies and automobile manufacturers, driving instructors, and parents and their teens.Table of ContentsI. Introduction. Overview. For Parents & Teens. For Driving Instructors. II. Epidemiological Differences. Age & Experience. Novice Driver Crash Patterns. III. Skill Differences. Tactical Hazard Perception. Strategic Hazard Anticipation. Attention Maintenance. Vehicle Control. Speeding/Risk Taking/Mitigation. Developmental Perspective. Social and Emotional Factors. Distraction. THC and Alcohol. Attention Deficit Disorder. Fatigue. Training and Education. Parents and Teens. Feedback Technologies. Licensing and GDL. Passenger and Cell Phone Restrictions. Insurance, Law Enforcement. Developed Nations. Developing Nations. Simulation. Naturalistic/On-road. Eye Movements. Hazard Perception.

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