Transport planning and policy Books

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 SynopsisPolitics of the Periphery discusses empirical studies of post-metropolitan regions around the world.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Sub/urban Governance under Scrutiny: Revisiting Institutional Arrangements and Planning in Metropolitan Regions Pierre Hamel 2. Negotiating Multiculturalism, Neoliberalism, and Metropolitan Intensification: Suburban Governance in Toronto Pierre Filion, Roger Keil, and Michael Collens 3. Institutional Reform and the Reconfiguration of Power: Greater Montreal’s Experience with Suburban Governance Pierre Hamel 4. Suburban Governance in Miami Dade County: Immigrant Empowerment and the Rebellion of Municipal Incorporations Fernando Burga 5. Shaping Suburbanization through Regional Land-Use Planning? The Case of Greater Frankfurt Valentin Meilinger and Jochen Monstadt 6. How Big Is Grand Paris? Paris, Its Suburbs, and Its Periurbs Marie-Hélène Bacqué and Éric Charmes 7. City with No Boundary: Suburbanization as a Mode of Wealth Accumulation in Istanbul Murat Üçoğlu and K. Murat Güney 8. What a Difference a Metro Makes! Or Did It? Suburbanization and Local Government Consolidation in Johannesburg Margot Rubin, Alison Todes, and Alan Mabin 9. State Strategies, Market Instruments: Governing Suburban Shanghai under State Entrepreneurialism Fulong Wu 10. Conclusion: Sub/urban Governance Facing Uncertainty Pierre Hamel Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn From Mobility to Accessibility, an expert team of researchers flips the tables on the standard models for evaluating regional transportation performance. Jonathan Levine, Joe Grengs, and Louis A. Merlin argue for an "accessibility shift" whereby transportation planning, and the transportation dimensions of land-use planning, would be based...Trade ReviewLevine, Grengs, and Merlin marshal a compelling case to shift to accessibility-oriented planning, providing much needed conceptual clarity as to what accessibility is and is not. But their book also represents a major step toward transforming accessibility from a vaguely defined aspiration into concrete measures that can guide planning decisions. * Journal of the American Planning Association *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: The Accessibility Shift 1. What Is Transportation For? 2. Evolution of the Accessibility Concept 3. Accessibility in Everyday Planning 4. Accessibility and Urban Form 5. The Special Case of Public-Transport Accessibility 6. Accessibility in Social-Equity Evaluation 7. Nonwork Accessibility Conclusion: Envisioning the Accessibility Shift

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Book SynopsisA critical look at the political economy of urban bicycle infrastructure in the United StatesNot long ago, bicycling in the city was considered a radical statement or a last resort, and few cyclists braved the inhospitable streets of most American cities. Today, however, the urban cyclist represents progress and the urban “renaissance.” City leaders now undertake ambitious new bicycle infrastructure plans and bike share schemes to promote the environmental, social, and economic health of the city and its residents. Cyclescapes of the Unequal City contextualizes and critically examines this new wave of bicycling in American cities, exploring how bicycle infrastructure planning has become a key symbol of—and site of conflict over—uneven urban development. John G. Stehlin traces bicycling’s rise in popularity as a key policy solution for American cities facing the environmental, economic, and social contradictions of the previous century of sprawl. Using in-depth case studies from San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Detroit, he argues that the mission of bicycle advocacy has converged with, and reshaped, the urban growth machine around a model of livable, environmentally friendly, and innovation-based urban capitalism. While advocates envision a more sustainable city for all, the deployment of bicycle infrastructure within the framework of the neoliberal city in many ways intensifies divisions along lines of race, class, and space.Cyclescapes of the Unequal City speaks to a growing interest in bicycling as an urban economic and environmental strategy, its role in the politics of gentrification, and efforts to build more diverse coalitions of bicycle advocates. Grounding its analysis in both regional political economy and neighborhood-based ethnography, this book ultimately uses the bicycle as a lens to view major shifts in today’s American city.Trade Review"In a strong wake-up call to current cycling policy in North American cities, John G. Stehlin gives us the best study yet of why the bicycle is failing to meet its emancipatory potential. Focusing on the San Francisco Bay Area, Detroit, and Philadelphia, he shows how business-friendly bike advocacy leads to an inequitable ‘cyclescape’ grounded in racialized disinvestment and green gentrification. Tracing developments from Critical Mass to wheelie crews, and from mobility-as-a-service to Vision Zero, this comparative study underlines how race, class, and gender are formed in relation to mobility practices in urban space. For anyone interested in mobility justice, this book is a necessary read."—Mimi Sheller, author of Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes"Through rigorous empirical research and thoughtful analysis, John G. Stehlin illuminates the emergence of a complex politics of mobility that stems from the intersection of cycling and urban change."—Kathe Newman, Rutgers University"This is an excellent investigation of the role of cycling in remaking of the street. With a close eye on the relationship between cycling and urban transformation in North America, John G. Stehlin offers a lucid and important analysis of how cycling becomes caught up in exclusionary relations between race, gentrification, and the city. Cycling becomes an infrastructure of both sustainability and economic exclusion. Yet, as Stehlin shows, it can also become part of a more hopeful and progressive politics for the city."—Colin McFarlane, Durham University"Cyclescapes, in its documentary of the knotty history of bike advocacy, and its rigorous examination of the intersecting phenomena of racialized gentrification and urban planning, tracks precisely this shift. Stehlin’s critique of prominent bike advocacy groups like Critical Mass—an early champion of cyclists’ rights, but one largely committed to White middle-class notions of “sharing the road”—is a case in point. Such putatively radical organizations have, according to Stehlin, actually advanced the agenda of gentrification by historically ignoring questions of race and class. In this way, the book also creates space for consideration of alternative visions of cycling in America’s cities. Such alternatives include cycling groups in San Francisco, Detroit, and Philadelphia—comprised of riders of color, voicing the concerns of their communities—as well as specific examples of policy and design, which could allow cycling, bikeshare programs, and just development to coexist and support one another."—Public Books"Stehlin offers a lot about San Francisco’s biking history, from Critical Mass to the present. He deserves credit for examining a still overlooked issue, which is how urban America misuses its streets."—Beyond Chron"This thoroughly researched book examines the current state of the developing bicycle infrastructure in the modern American city. Highly recommended."—CHOICE"This book will be most interesting to students who want to gain an introduction to urban studies through a critical mobilities perspective, learning to identify layers of meaning through scholarship and personal observation."—Journal of Urban Affairs"From the in-depth analysis of and critical reflection on the many case studies considered in this work, it emerges that in future both the planning of the city and the activation of popular struggle must be renewed."—Regional Studies"Cyclescapes is a solid critical geography of early twenty-first-century bicycle politics in the United States."—AAG Review of BooksTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Vehicle for a New City1. The City and the Cyclescape2. The Bicycle and the Region in Post-Crisis America3. Everyday Practices and the Social Infrastructure of Urban Cycling4. Gentrification and the Changing Publics of Bicycle Infrastructure5. Institutional Power, Intra-Class Conflict, and Complete Streets6. Bicycle Sharing Systems as Already-Splintered InfrastructureConclusion: Notes on a Passive Revolution in MobilityAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisA critical look at the political economy of urban bicycle infrastructure in the United StatesNot long ago, bicycling in the city was considered a radical statement or a last resort, and few cyclists braved the inhospitable streets of most American cities. Today, however, the urban cyclist represents progress and the urban “renaissance.” City leaders now undertake ambitious new bicycle infrastructure plans and bike share schemes to promote the environmental, social, and economic health of the city and its residents. Cyclescapes of the Unequal City contextualizes and critically examines this new wave of bicycling in American cities, exploring how bicycle infrastructure planning has become a key symbol of—and site of conflict over—uneven urban development. John G. Stehlin traces bicycling’s rise in popularity as a key policy solution for American cities facing the environmental, economic, and social contradictions of the previous century of sprawl. Using in-depth case studies from San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Detroit, he argues that the mission of bicycle advocacy has converged with, and reshaped, the urban growth machine around a model of livable, environmentally friendly, and innovation-based urban capitalism. While advocates envision a more sustainable city for all, the deployment of bicycle infrastructure within the framework of the neoliberal city in many ways intensifies divisions along lines of race, class, and space.Cyclescapes of the Unequal City speaks to a growing interest in bicycling as an urban economic and environmental strategy, its role in the politics of gentrification, and efforts to build more diverse coalitions of bicycle advocates. Grounding its analysis in both regional political economy and neighborhood-based ethnography, this book ultimately uses the bicycle as a lens to view major shifts in today’s American city.Trade Review"In a strong wake-up call to current cycling policy in North American cities, John G. Stehlin gives us the best study yet of why the bicycle is failing to meet its emancipatory potential. Focusing on the San Francisco Bay Area, Detroit, and Philadelphia, he shows how business-friendly bike advocacy leads to an inequitable ‘cyclescape’ grounded in racialized disinvestment and green gentrification. Tracing developments from Critical Mass to wheelie crews, and from mobility-as-a-service to Vision Zero, this comparative study underlines how race, class, and gender are formed in relation to mobility practices in urban space. For anyone interested in mobility justice, this book is a necessary read."—Mimi Sheller, author of Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes"Through rigorous empirical research and thoughtful analysis, John G. Stehlin illuminates the emergence of a complex politics of mobility that stems from the intersection of cycling and urban change."—Kathe Newman, Rutgers University"This is an excellent investigation of the role of cycling in remaking of the street. With a close eye on the relationship between cycling and urban transformation in North America, John G. Stehlin offers a lucid and important analysis of how cycling becomes caught up in exclusionary relations between race, gentrification, and the city. Cycling becomes an infrastructure of both sustainability and economic exclusion. Yet, as Stehlin shows, it can also become part of a more hopeful and progressive politics for the city."—Colin McFarlane, Durham University"Cyclescapes, in its documentary of the knotty history of bike advocacy, and its rigorous examination of the intersecting phenomena of racialized gentrification and urban planning, tracks precisely this shift. Stehlin’s critique of prominent bike advocacy groups like Critical Mass—an early champion of cyclists’ rights, but one largely committed to White middle-class notions of “sharing the road”—is a case in point. Such putatively radical organizations have, according to Stehlin, actually advanced the agenda of gentrification by historically ignoring questions of race and class. In this way, the book also creates space for consideration of alternative visions of cycling in America’s cities. Such alternatives include cycling groups in San Francisco, Detroit, and Philadelphia—comprised of riders of color, voicing the concerns of their communities—as well as specific examples of policy and design, which could allow cycling, bikeshare programs, and just development to coexist and support one another."—Public Books"Stehlin offers a lot about San Francisco’s biking history, from Critical Mass to the present. He deserves credit for examining a still overlooked issue, which is how urban America misuses its streets."—Beyond Chron"This thoroughly researched book examines the current state of the developing bicycle infrastructure in the modern American city. Highly recommended."—CHOICE"This book will be most interesting to students who want to gain an introduction to urban studies through a critical mobilities perspective, learning to identify layers of meaning through scholarship and personal observation."—Journal of Urban Affairs"From the in-depth analysis of and critical reflection on the many case studies considered in this work, it emerges that in future both the planning of the city and the activation of popular struggle must be renewed."—Regional Studies"Cyclescapes is a solid critical geography of early twenty-first-century bicycle politics in the United States."—AAG Review of BooksTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Vehicle for a New City1. The City and the Cyclescape2. The Bicycle and the Region in Post-Crisis America3. Everyday Practices and the Social Infrastructure of Urban Cycling4. Gentrification and the Changing Publics of Bicycle Infrastructure5. Institutional Power, Intra-Class Conflict, and Complete Streets6. Bicycle Sharing Systems as Already-Splintered InfrastructureConclusion: Notes on a Passive Revolution in MobilityAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisSupported by the Independent Transport Commission (ITC): a registered charity Why travel? What motivations underpin the journeys we make? And how can we make decisions that improve our travel experiences? Arguing that the desire to move is a purpose in itself, this book brings together leading experts to provide insights from multiple viewpoints across the sciences, arts and humanities. Together, they examine key travel motivations, including the importance of travel for human wellbeing, and how these can be reconciled with challenges such as reducing our carbon footprint, adapting new mobility technologies, and improving the quality of our journeys. The book shows how our travel choices are shaped by a wide range of social, physical, psychological and cultural factors, which have profound implications for the design of future transport policies. Offering thought-provoking and practical new perspectives, this fascinating book will be essential for all those who have ever wondered why we travel and how it relates to our fundamental needs.Table of ContentsForeword by Tony Wheeler, co-founder, Lonely Planet 1. Why Travel? An Introduction – Matthew Niblett and Kris Beuret Part I: Fundamental Motivations 2. Biological Perspectives on Travel – Charles Pasternak 3. Travel and The Mind – Tony Hiss 4. Philosophy and Travel: The Meaning of Movement – Matthew Niblett 5. The Economics of Travel: It’s Not the Destination, It’sthe Journey – Matthew Dillon and Alexander Jan PART II: Travel for Exploration and Knowing Ourselves 6. Why Travel? The Sociological Perspective – Kris Beuret and Roger Hall 7. Religious and Spiritual Travel – Alison Kuznets 8. Travel in Art and Literature – Alison Kuznets and Matthew Niblett 9. Why People Travel: An Anthropological View – Tom Selwyn 10. Tourist Travel – Hazel Andrews 11. Travel as Exploration: Science, the Unknown, and Personal Discovery – Emily Thomas Part III: Limits and New Horizons 12. Technology and Travel – Glenn Lyons 13. Placemaking and Travel: The City Is Where the People Choose to Go – Deborah Saunt and Tom Greenall 14. Travel’s Place in the Environment – Terry Hill 15. Conclusion: What Have We Learnt? – Kris Beuret and Matthew Niblett

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Book SynopsisSupported by the Independent Transport Commission (ITC): a registered charity Why travel? What motivations underpin the journeys we make? And how can we make decisions that improve our travel experiences? Arguing that the desire to move is a purpose in itself, this book brings together leading experts to provide insights from multiple viewpoints across the sciences, arts and humanities. Together, they examine key travel motivations, including the importance of travel for human wellbeing, and how these can be reconciled with challenges such as reducing our carbon footprint, adapting new mobility technologies, and improving the quality of our journeys. The book shows how our travel choices are shaped by a wide range of social, physical, psychological and cultural factors, which have profound implications for the design of future transport policies. Offering thought-provoking and practical new perspectives, this fascinating book will be essential for all those who have ever wondered why we travel and how it relates to our fundamental needs.Table of ContentsForeword by Tony Wheeler, co-founder, Lonely Planet 1. Why Travel? An Introduction – Matthew Niblett and Kris Beuret Part I: Fundamental Motivations 2. Biological Perspectives on Travel – Charles Pasternak 3. Travel and The Mind – Tony Hiss 4. Philosophy and Travel: The Meaning of Movement – Matthew Niblett 5. The Economics of Travel: It’s Not the Destination, It’sthe Journey – Matthew Dillon and Alexander Jan PART II: Travel for Exploration and Knowing Ourselves 6. Why Travel? The Sociological Perspective – Kris Beuret and Roger Hall 7. Religious and Spiritual Travel – Alison Kuznets 8. Travel in Art and Literature – Alison Kuznets and Matthew Niblett 9. Why People Travel: An Anthropological View – Tom Selwyn 10. Tourist Travel – Hazel Andrews 11. Travel as Exploration: Science, the Unknown, and Personal Discovery – Emily Thomas Part III: Limits and New Horizons 12. Technology and Travel – Glenn Lyons 13. Placemaking and Travel: The City Is Where the People Choose to Go – Deborah Saunt and Tom Greenall 14. Travel’s Place in the Environment – Terry Hill 15. Conclusion: What Have We Learnt? – Kris Beuret and Matthew Niblett

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Book SynopsisFor more than a century the New York City subway system has been a vital part of the city’s identity, even as judgments of its value have varied. It has been celebrated as the technological embodiment of the American melting pot and reviled as a blighted urban netherworld. Underground Movements explores the many meanings of the subway by looking back at the era when it first ascended to cultural prominence, from its opening in 1904 through the mid-1960s. Sunny Stalter-Pace analyses a broad range of texts written during this period-news articles, modernist poetry, ethnic plays, migration narratives, as well as canonical works by authors such as Hart Crane, William Carlos Williams, and Ralph Ellison-to illustrate the subway’s central importance as a site of abstract connection, both between different parts of the city and between city dwellers who ride the train together. Writers and artists took up questions that originated in the sphere of urban planning to explore how underground movement changed the ways people understand the city. Modern poets envisioned the subway as a space of literary innovation; playwrights and fiction writers used it to gauge the consequences of migration and immigration; and essayists found that it underscored the fragile relationship between urban development and memory. Even today, the symbolic associations forged by these early texts continue to influence understanding of the cultural significance of the subway and the city it connects.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents findings of a highly successful, international research project exploring links between social exclusion (SE), transport disadvantage (TD) and psychological well being (WB). It outlines previous methods and explains how new methods were developed and applied to assist readers in applying new methods in future research. New insights from results and their policy implications are explored by leading writers in the field. In each section the implications of the approaches and their applicability in other geographic contexts are discussed. New analytical perspectives include measuring the strength of links between SE, WB and TD and the disaggregate analysis of these to specific groups and spatial areas. The research also examines new perspectives in relation to social capital and WB and developing new economic methods to estimate the marginal value of additional travel and its links to SE. The project has numerous publications in diverse fields, however, the material presented here is new. This source brings all the work together into one volume and provides a consolidated set of the methods and outcomes of the project including the unpublished final results.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Transport Disadvantage: A Review. Social Exclusion. Contemporary Perspectives on Well-Being. Study Approach Overview. Measuring Social Exclusion. Measuring Well-Being. Exploring Transport Issues. Field Survey Sampling Results. Field Survey Results. Piecing it Together: A Structural Equation Model of Transport, Social Exclusion and Well-Being. Taking it Apart: Disaggregate Modelling of Transport, Social Exclusion and Well-Being. What Leads to Social Inclusion? An Examination of Trips, Social Capital and Well-Being. Economic Modelling. International Perspectives. Transport Planning and Policy Perspectives. Public Policy Perspectives: A View from Outside Government. Conclusions. Prelims.

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Book SynopsisAccessibility is a concept central to integrated transport and land use planning. The goal of improving accessibility for all modes, for all people, has made its way into mainstream transport policy and planning in communities worldwide. This unique and fascinating book introduces new accessibility approaches to transport planning across Europe and the United States. The expert contributors present a wide variety of perspectives on transport and communication issues and explore their impacts on society at an international level. Best practice in both accessibility analysis and modelling are highlighted via widely interdisciplinary approaches. Moreover, future objectives and areas for research are clearly addressed. This book will prove an absorbing read for scholars, researchers and students working on accessibility issues across various academic fields including civil engineering, economics, geography, and the social sciences. Transport and urban planners will also find the book to be an invaluable reference tool. Contributors: K.W. Axhausen, X. Cao, C. Chorus, P. Christidis, Y. Crozet, M. de Bok, T. de Graaff, G. Debrezion, A. El-Geneidy, K.T. Geurs, A. Gjestland, A. Golub, D. Halden, J. Horning, N. Ibanez Rivas, K.J. Krizek, K. Lucas, K. Manaugh, K. Martens, D. McArthur, A. Mercier, P.L. Mokhtarian, T. Neutens, L. Osland, N. Ovtracht, A. Reggiani, P. Rietveld, I. Thorsen, B. van Wee, C. Zollig, B. ZondagTrade Review‘This book encapsulates the broad spectrum of work which may come under the umbrella of accessibility. From theoretical to applied, from people focussed to place focussed, individual to aggregate and from economic progress to promoting well-being, the long, varied history of accessibility as a concept in transport planning is borne out in the chapters in this volume.’ -- Journal of Transport GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Accessibility Analysis and Transport Planning: An Introduction Karst T. Geurs, Kevin J. Krizek and Aura Reggiani PART I: ACCESSIBILITY CONCEPTS: NEW APPROACHES 2. Accessibility, Connectivity and Resilience in Complex Networks Aura Reggiani 3. ICT and Accessibility: Research Synthesis and Future Perspectives Bert van Wee, Caspar Chorus and Karst T. Geurs 4. Assessment of Infrastructure Investments Using Agent-based Accessibility Christof Zöllig and Kay W. Axhausen PART II: DIMENSIONS OF LOCAL ACCESSIBILITY 5. The Connections Among Accessibility, Self-selection and Walking Behaviour: A Case Study of Northern California Residents Xinyu Cao and Patricia L. Mokhtarian 6. Perceptions of Accessibility to Neighbourhood Retail and Other Public Services Kevin J. Krizek, Jessica Horning and Ahmed El-Geneidy 7. Accessibility to Public Service Delivery: A Combination of Different Indicators Tijs Neutens PART III: ECONOMIC VALUATION OF ACCESSIBILITY EFFECTS 8. Accessibility Benefits of Integrated Land Use and Public Transport Policy Plans in the Netherlands Karst T. Geurs, Michiel de Bok and Barry Zondag 9. The Impact of Accessibility on House Prices: An Application to Large Urban Planning and Infrastructure Projects in the Netherlands Thomas de Graaff, Ghebreegziabiher Debrezion and Piet Rietveld 10. A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Valuing Accessibility Effects of a New Bridge Arnstein Gjestland, David McArthur, Liv Osland and Inge Thorsen PART IV: ACCESSIBILITY, SOCIAL EQUITY AND EXCLUSION 11. A Justice-theoretic Exploration of Accessibility Measures Karel Martens and Aaron Golub 12. Who Benefits from New Transportation Infrastructure? Using Accessibility Measures to Evaluate Social Equity in Public Transport Provision Kevin Manaugh and Ahmed El-Geneidy 13. A Critical Assessment of Accessibility Planning for Social Inclusion Karen Lucas PART V: TRANSPORT PLANNING AND ACCESSIBILITY MEASUREMENTS 14. Integrating Transport in the UK through Accessibility Planning Derek Halden 15. Accessibility: A Key Indicator to Assess the Past and Future of Urban Mobility Yves Crozet, Aurélie Mercier and Nicolas Ovtracht 16. European Transport Policy: Methodology to Assess Accessibility Impacts Panayotis Christidis and Nicolás Ibanez Rivas Index

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Book Synopsis'This very interesting book explores the issues and approaches that society must take to shift to lower carbon usage in transportation. . . Each expert contributor provides excellent insight into the various facets of contemporary mobility systems and transportation practices to help the reader understand the complexities of transportation and related environmental concerns. Topics include urbanization and transportation in urban areas travel patterns, accessibility to transportation, and financial aspects.'- W.J. Sproule, Choice'In their new book, Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility, Moshe Givoni and David Banister have succeeded in doing what few edited volumes achieve. They have put together a set of chapters by international experts on a range of topics that link together tightly as a coherent whole.'- Michael Kuby, Journal of Transport Geography'For a thorough and thoughtful perspective on what it will take to de-carbonize cities of the future, this book is a must-read. Technology alone, we are told, will not create the post-carbon city. As important is coming to grips with a complex web of cultural, institutional, financial, and social factors that powerfully shape mobility choices, now and in the future. A balanced, holistic approach that reveals how the many elements of contemporary transport systems work together offers the best hope for achieving more sustainable, less carbon-intensive mobility futures.'- Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, USThe transport sector has been singularly unsuccessful in becoming low carbon and less resource intensive. This book takes an innovative and holistic social, cultural and behavioural perspective, as well as covering the more conventional economic and technological dimensions, to provide a more complete understanding of the mobility and transport system and its progress towards high carbon mobility.The book uses this platform to explore the means to achieve low carbon mobility through outlining alternative pathways, through an investigation of theories of change, and through alternative visions of the low carbon transport city. The book's core message is that the complexity of the mobility and transport system should not encourage inaction, but strong and immediate action. In addition to implementing a wide range of policy measures, the book argues for a fundamental change in 'thinking' when it comes to transport policy, governance and analysis approaches, before low carbon mobility becomes a reality.Bringing together the latest thinking on transport, mobility and the environment, this book will appeal to researchers and students interested in sustainability issues and sustainable transport and transport related areas in particular, including policy makers as well as a more general professional audience.Contributors include: N. Akyelken, M. Al-Chalabi, D. Banister, E. Beyazit, J. Bishop, M. Givoni, R. Hickman, J. Liu, J. Macmillen, J. Markovitch, A. Neves, T. Schwanen, M. TranTrade Review'This is not just another book about transport and climate change. It sensibly places transport within the much broader concept of mobility and explores all aspects of travel behaviour, of people and goods, and the infrastructure needs to serve these, leading to a balanced set of policy proposals. This volume, compiled by an internationally eminent team of researchers, is essential reading for all those wanting a balanced and objective analysis of this critical topic.' --Roger Vickerman, University of Kent, UK'`A unique assemblage of papers by top international experts that together cover every aspect of the transport-mobility-environment relationship - today's central issue for transport planners worldwide.' --Sir Peter Hall, University College London, UK'The book is an excellent piece of work. It draws on cutting-edge knowledge on all issues related to the problems of the presently high carbon mobility system and draws on knowledge about ways to achieve low carbon mobility. It is highly recommendable for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as for anyone interested to know more about the intractable problems embedded in a high carbon mobility system.' --Erling Holden, Journal of Environmental Policy & PlanningTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Mobility, Transport and Carbon Moshe Givoni and David Banister PART I: KEY ELEMENTS IN THE MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM 2. Mobility Cultures Eda Beyazit 3. Accessibility, Equity and Transport Julia Markovich 4. Governance, Policy and Mobility Futures James Macmillen 5. Urbanization and Future Mobility Robin Hickman 6. Unpacking Travel Behaviour Malek Al-Chalabi 7. Technology Justin Bishop 8. Future Energy Mix and Transport Martino Tran 9. Finance and Investment in Transport Nihan Akyelken 10. Supply Chains Jian Liu 11. Transport and the Environment Andre Neves 12. Mobility as a Complex System: Key Elements and Interactions James Macmillen PART II: TOWARDS LOW CARBON MOBILITY 13. Alternative Pathways to Low Carbon Mobility Moshe Givoni 14. Sociotechnical Transition in the Transport System Tim Schwanen 15. City Transport in a Post Carbon Society David Banister 16. Thinking Change and Changing Thinking David Banister, Moshe Givoni, James Macmillen and Tim Schwanen Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and accessible textbook introduces the basic concepts of transport policy and decision-making to students of transport policy, transport planning, urban transport, transport evaluation and public policy.It presents the foundations and rationale of transport policy, incorporating a review of the policy formulation process and models of decision-making appropriate to public sector policy-makers. Topics covered include:- The basics of transport planning and traffic theory deemed necessary to understand policy implications of issues including congestion, safety and parking.- Potential solutions to problems such as road user charges, travel demand management, voluntary travel behavior change, transport system management and public transport investment.- Prescriptions for technological change.- Discussion of the need for an integrated land transport policy along with a case study to illustrate how this might be developed for a typical metropolitan area.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. History of Transport with Policy Implications 3. Policy Needs and Policy Processes 4. Economic and Sustainability Foundations 5. Traffic Theory and Transport Planning Foundations 6. Social Exclusion 7. Tackling the Externalities - Environment 8. Tackling the Externalities - Health and Safety 9. Tackling the Externalities - Congestion 10. Tackling the Externalities - Fuels and Technology 11. Agglomeration and Other Wider Economic Benefits 12. Road User Charges 13. Potential Solutions - Public Transport Investment and Technology 14. Potential Solutions - TSM, TDM, VTBC, etc 15. Goods Movement 16. An Integrated Land Use/Transport PolicyTrade Review‘This well-structured and highly readable textbook for students and practitioners in transport geography, transportation planning, transport policy, and related studies and professions provides valuable insights. . . Peter Stopher and John Stanley’s Introduction to Transport Policy: A Public Policy View, is highly recommended to all students and practitioners requiring a comprehensive compendium in transportation contexts.’ -- Marco Domenico Schäfer, Journal of Transport GeographyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. History of Transport with Policy Implications 3. Policy Needs and Policy Processes 4. Economic and Sustainability Foundations 5. Traffic Theory and Transport Planning Foundations 6. Social Exclusion 7. Tackling the Externalities – Environment 8. Tackling the Externalities – Health and Safety 9. Tackling the Externalities – Congestion 10. Tackling the Externalities – Fuels and Technology 11. Agglomeration and Other Wider Economic Benefits 12. Road User Charges 13. Potential Solutions – Public Transport Investment and Technology 14. Potential Solutions – TSM, TDM, VTBC, etc 15. Goods Movement 16. An Integrated Land Use/Transport Policy

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Book SynopsisDaniel Albalate has produced the most comprehensive review of critical issues facing private participation in European motorways to date. The book's scope is breathtaking, offering a concise history of the development of European roads, and the main reasons for the failure of many European motorway public-private partnerships while reviewing the design of road public-private partnerships. Readers will come away with a fresh understanding of interactions between public policy and private participation in road construction, financing, operation and maintenance'- Rick Geddes, Associate professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University'Daniel Albalate provides the most comprehensive and updated analysis on privatization and nationalization of motorways in Europe. Albalate's thorough review of the trends in the ownership, management and financing of European motorways is a must-read for anybody interested in what are the factors that favor or undermine private participation in this type of infrastructure, which is a subject of increasing interest in the public policies in Europe, and throughout the world. This book provides very useful insights for scholars, and also relevant implications for policy makers.'- Germà Bel, University of Barcelona, SpainThis distinctive and timely book examines the current state and trends in the ownership, management and financing of European high capacity roads. Offering an analysis of three pioneer countries in road privatization, Spain, France and Italy, from their origins to their recent developments, it evaluates how the design of privatization policies may lead to their success or failure.Describing the trend in favoring public-private collaboration and road charging, Professor Daniel Albalate presents the theoretical framework of road privatization and its relevant design issues. Exhaustively studying the national experiences in historical perspective, he aims at providing lessons on the good, the bad and the ugly of road privatisation. As a result, this excellent study shows the increasing role of private financing and ownership in Europe, a trend mainly explained by fiscal motivations and the thrust of the European Commission.Presenting an evaluation of the critical elements of the contractual and regulatory design of the public-private collaboration that determines the likelihood of success and failure, this unique book will be of special interest to academics, graduate students and policy makers interested in the public provision and financing of road infrastructure, and public finance more generally.Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: A Favourable Trend to Privatisation 1. European Roads: Origins and Models of the Past 2. Motorway Privatisation in Europe Part II: Economics of Road Privatisation and the Design of PPPs 3. Privatisation and Regulation of Motorways: The Background 4. The Design of Public-Private Collaboration 5. Demand Risk Mitigation Mechanisms 6. When Privatisation Fails: Bailouts, Renegotiations and Nationalisations Part III: Selected Experiences in Historical Perspective 7. Spain 8. Italy 9. France Part IV: Evaluation PPPs: What We Know About Motorway Privatization 10. An Evaluation of the Private Participation in the Motorway Industry 11. Conclusions References IndexTrade Review‘This book sheds light on an important issue both in transport policy and more in general on innovative forms of state intervention. After a solid analysis of the drivers of the majority of European countries in changing radically their attitude toward this strategic sector (budget constraints and efficiency goals), it describes in detail the wide set of technical and financial tools employed to involve the private sector. And its conclusions are not less illuminating: this privatisation process, in order to be successful, requires a well constructed “case by case” strategy, and the public sector has to remain fully vigilant and aware of the risks involved in this approach.’ -- Marco Ponti, Politecnico University of Milan, Italy‘Daniel Albalate has produced the most comprehensive review of critical issues facing private participation in European motorways to date. The book’s scope is breathtaking, offering a concise history of the development of European roads, and the main reasons for the failure of many European motorway public-private partnerships while reviewing the design of road public-private partnerships. Readers will come away with a fresh understanding of interactions between public policy and private participation in road construction, financing, operation and maintenance’ -- Rick Geddes, Cornell University, US‘Daniel Albalate provides the most comprehensive and updated analysis on privatisation and nationalisation of motorways in Europe. Albalate’s thorough review of the trends in the ownership, management and financing of European motorways is a must-read for anybody interested in the factors that favor or undermine private participation in this type of infrastructure, which is a subject of increasing interest in the public policies in Europe, and throughout the world. This book provides very useful insights for scholars, and also relevant implications for policy makers.’ -- Germà Bel, University of Barcelona, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Part I: A Favourable Trend to Privatisation 1. European Roads: Origins and Models of the Past 2. Motorway Privatisation in Europe Part II: Economics of Road Privatisation and the Design of PPPs 3. Privatisation and Regulation of Motorways: The Background 4. The Design of Public-Private Collaboration 5. Demand Risk Mitigation Mechanisms 6. When Privatisation Fails: Bailouts, Renegotiations and Nationalisations Part III: Selected Experiences in Historical Perspective 7. Spain 8. Italy 9. France Part IV: Evaluation PPPs: What We Know About Motorway Privatization 10. An Evaluation of the Private Participation in the Motorway Industry 11. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book presents a profound analysis of the current challenges and policies related to the growing concern of maritime transport security, covering all aspects, from terrorism, in general, to piracy, in particular. It is a comprehensive work that offers a multidisciplinary view on the main themes and issues in this relatively unexplored field. It also provides several case studies that cover a large set of countries in many regions in the world. This landmark volume is of a great value to researchers and practitioners interested in understanding maritime transport security policies and their wider impacts at the national, regional and global level.'- Aura Reggiani, University of Bologna, ItalyMaritime Transport Security offers a multidisciplinary framework and a comparative analysis of maritime transport security policies and practices in several key countries.Policy makers and industry stakeholders have established a set of international measures, procedures and benchmarks for maritime security. Yet the way these are designed and implemented often diverge due to technical, market and policy issues. This unique book includes both an interdisciplinary survey of the main concerns related to maritime security and an examination of a number of relevant country case studies.Providing a comprehensive study of the critical themes, issues and frameworks surrounding maritime transport security, this book will be of great interest to practitioners and academics in the field. It will also be of great value to institutions that provide courses or programs in maritime management and related issues.Contributors: K. Bichou, M. Brooks, S.B. Burthoo-Barah, A.D. Coutroubis, G. Gujar, N. Khalid, G. Kiourktsoglou, D. Menachof, S. Neubauer, A.K.Y. Ng, F. Ojadi, V. Tandrayen-Raghoobur, M. Rowbotham, J. Szyliowicz, R. Talas, H. Yan, Z. Yang, L. ZampariniTrade Review‘. . . Maritime Transport Security ambitiously covers a broad number of topics that have current relevance, provides substantive recommendations on future actions, and is recommended for those with an interest in transportation security.’ -- Brian Wilson, Ocean Yearbook‘This important book presents a profound analysis of the current challenges and policies related to the growing concern of maritime transport security, covering all aspects, from terrorism, in general, to piracy, in particular. It is a comprehensive work that offers a multidisciplinary view on the main themes and issues in this relatively unexplored field. It also provides several case studies that cover a large set of countries in many regions in the world. This landmark volume is of a great value to researchers and practitioners interested in understanding maritime transport security policies and their wider impacts at the national, regional and global level.’ -- Aura Reggiani, University of Bologna, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Khalid Bichou, Joseph Szyliowicz and Luca Zamparini PART I: THEMES AND FRAMEWORKS 2. Maritime Security: Issues and Challenges Joseph Szyliowicz and Luca Zamparini 3. Overview of Contemporary Supply Chain Security Initiatives Khalid Bichou and Risto Talas 4. Economic Issues in Maritime Security Luca Zamparini 5. Risks and Costs of Maritime Security: Review and Critical Analysis Khalid Bichou 6. Maritime Terrorist Attacks against Seaports 1968–2007 Risto Talas and David Menachof 7. Maritime Piracy Analysis George Kiourktsoglou and Alec D Coutroubis PART II: POLICY APPLICATIONS 8. U.S. Maritime Security Policy: Achievements and Challenges Joseph Szyliowicz 9. Maritime Security in Canada Mary Brooks 10. Marine and Cargo Security Failures: European Cases Mark Rowbotham 11. Maritime Security in Nigeria Frank Ojadi 12. Maritime Security in Oman Sigurd Neubauer 13. Container Security at Indian Dry Ports Girish Gujar 14. Security in the Straits of Malacca in Recent Years Nazery Khaled 15. Maritime Security Regulations and Policies in Hong Kong: A Critical Review and the Development of a Risk Based Security Assessment Model Adolf Ng and Zaili Yang 16. Maritime Security and Piracy in Mauritius Shakeel B Burthoo-Barah and Verena Tandrayen-Raghoobur 17. Conclusions (Comparative Analysis of Transport Policies and Relevant Benchmarks and Best Practices) Khalid Bichou, Joseph Szyliowicz and Luca Zamparini References Index

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Book Synopsis'This very interesting book explores the issues and approaches that society must take to shift to lower carbon usage in transportation. . . Each expert contributor provides excellent insight into the various facets of contemporary mobility systems and transportation practices to help the reader understand the complexities of transportation and related environmental concerns. Topics include urbanization and transportation in urban areas travel patterns, accessibility to transportation, and financial aspects.'- W.J. Sproule, Choice'In their new book, Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility, Moshe Givoni and David Banister have succeeded in doing what few edited volumes achieve. They have put together a set of chapters by international experts on a range of topics that link together tightly as a coherent whole.'- Michael Kuby, Journal of Transport Geography'For a thorough and thoughtful perspective on what it will take to de-carbonize cities of the future, this book is a must-read. Technology alone, we are told, will not create the post-carbon city. As important is coming to grips with a complex web of cultural, institutional, financial, and social factors that powerfully shape mobility choices, now and in the future. A balanced, holistic approach that reveals how the many elements of contemporary transport systems work together offers the best hope for achieving more sustainable, less carbon-intensive mobility futures.'- Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, USThe transport sector has been singularly unsuccessful in becoming low carbon and less resource intensive. This book takes an innovative and holistic social, cultural and behavioural perspective, as well as covering the more conventional economic and technological dimensions, to provide a more complete understanding of the mobility and transport system and its progress towards high carbon mobility.The book uses this platform to explore the means to achieve low carbon mobility through outlining alternative pathways, through an investigation of theories of change, and through alternative visions of the low carbon transport city. The book's core message is that the complexity of the mobility and transport system should not encourage inaction, but strong and immediate action. In addition to implementing a wide range of policy measures, the book argues for a fundamental change in 'thinking' when it comes to transport policy, governance and analysis approaches, before low carbon mobility becomes a reality.Bringing together the latest thinking on transport, mobility and the environment, this book will appeal to researchers and students interested in sustainability issues and sustainable transport and transport related areas in particular, including policy makers as well as a more general professional audience.Contributors include: N. Akyelken, M. Al-Chalabi, D. Banister, E. Beyazit, J. Bishop, M. Givoni, R. Hickman, J. Liu, J. Macmillen, J. Markovitch, A. Neves, T. Schwanen, M. TranTrade Review'This is not just another book about transport and climate change. It sensibly places transport within the much broader concept of mobility and explores all aspects of travel behaviour, of people and goods, and the infrastructure needs to serve these, leading to a balanced set of policy proposals. This volume, compiled by an internationally eminent team of researchers, is essential reading for all those wanting a balanced and objective analysis of this critical topic.' --Roger Vickerman, University of Kent, UK'`A unique assemblage of papers by top international experts that together cover every aspect of the transport-mobility-environment relationship - today's central issue for transport planners worldwide.' --Sir Peter Hall, University College London, UK'The book is an excellent piece of work. It draws on cutting-edge knowledge on all issues related to the problems of the presently high carbon mobility system and draws on knowledge about ways to achieve low carbon mobility. It is highly recommendable for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as for anyone interested to know more about the intractable problems embedded in a high carbon mobility system.' --Erling Holden, Journal of Environmental Policy & PlanningTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Mobility, Transport and Carbon Moshe Givoni and David Banister PART I: KEY ELEMENTS IN THE MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM 2. Mobility Cultures Eda Beyazit 3. Accessibility, Equity and Transport Julia Markovich 4. Governance, Policy and Mobility Futures James Macmillen 5. Urbanization and Future Mobility Robin Hickman 6. Unpacking Travel Behaviour Malek Al-Chalabi 7. Technology Justin Bishop 8. Future Energy Mix and Transport Martino Tran 9. Finance and Investment in Transport Nihan Akyelken 10. Supply Chains Jian Liu 11. Transport and the Environment Andre Neves 12. Mobility as a Complex System: Key Elements and Interactions James Macmillen PART II: TOWARDS LOW CARBON MOBILITY 13. Alternative Pathways to Low Carbon Mobility Moshe Givoni 14. Sociotechnical Transition in the Transport System Tim Schwanen 15. City Transport in a Post Carbon Society David Banister 16. Thinking Change and Changing Thinking David Banister, Moshe Givoni, James Macmillen and Tim Schwanen Index

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Book SynopsisThe concept of accessibility is linked to the level of opportunities available for spatial interaction (flows of people, goods or information) between a set of locations, through a physical and/or digital transport infrastructure network. Accessibility has proved to be a crucial tool for understanding the framework of sustainability policy in light of best practice planning and decision-making processes. Methods such as cost-benefit analysis, multi-criteria analysis and risk analysis can benefit greatly from embedding accessibility results.This book presents a cohesive collection of recent studies, modeling and discussing spatial interaction by means of accessibility indicators. Three key areas of information are discussed:(i) methods and data sources used to estimate spatial interaction through accessibility indicators;(ii) spatial and social dimension of accessibility;(iii) accessibility as a driver of spatial interaction.Accessibility and Spatial Interaction demonstrates the integration of spatial economics with transport and planning science, using accessibility concepts and measures in exciting new ways. Policy makers and practitioners in transport and urban planning will appreciate this fresh level of insight, and academics in economics, sociology and geography will find this book an important reference point.Contributors include: P. Arbués, J. Baños, S. Caschili, A. Condeço-Melhorado, A. de Montis, G. Galiazzo, U. Gråsjö, J. Gutiérrez, K. Haynes, A. Holl, C. Karlsson, R. Kulkarni, M. Mayor, D.P. McArthur, K. Nagel, T.W. Nicolai, J. Östh, A. Reggiani, P. Remoaldo, V. Ribeiro, M.H. Salas-Olmedo, L.A. Schintler, R. Stough, I. Thorsen, D. Trogu, J. UbøeTrade Review'This book clearly illustrates that accessibility and spatial interaction are strongly interrelated. Transport accessibility is a driver of spatial interaction between places. It is a very welcome addition to the field with peer-reviewed chapters written by leading researchers. The contributions show that the accessibility concept has many dimensions and can be used to examine for example complex spatial interactions, location choices, regional spatial structures, border effects and productivity changes.' --Karst Geurs, University of Twente, the Netherlands'Interaction and accessibility are widely discussed themes in urban and regional analysis. Many aspects of this area are touched on in this wide-ranging collection of research essays. For example, migration, commuting, and accessibility are emergent issues as urban areas expand. Classic measures of accessibility provide useful metrics for regional description and assessment of urban hierarchies. Despite decades of development of mathematical models relating spatial interaction and accessibility, open questions remain regarding their analytical properties and performance in different empirical applications. This book paves the way for new topics requiring novel approaches using accessibility tools. This book will appeal to readers interested in accessibility studies because of its emphasis on the complex and dynamic interaction between accessibility and the space-economy.' --Morton E. O'Kelly, The Ohio State University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Accessibility and Spatial Interaction: An Introduction Ana Condeço-Melhorado, Aura Reggiani and Javier Gutiérrez PART I: ADVANCES IN MODELING ACCESSIBILITY AND SPATIAL INTERACTION 2. Novel Methods for the Estimation of Cost–Distance Decay in Potential Accessibility Models John Östh, Aura Reggiani and Giacomo Galiazzo 3. Transport Networks and Accessibility: Complex Spatial Interactions David Philip Mcarthur, Inge Thorsen, Jan Ubøe 4. High Resolution Accessibility Computations Thomas W. Nicolai, Kai Nagel 5. Sensing 'Socio-Spatio' Interaction and Accessibility from Location-Sharing Services Data Laurie A. Schintler, Rajendra Kulkarni, Kingsley Haynes and Roger Stough PART 2: THE SOCIAL AND SPATIAL DIMENSION OF ACCESSIBILITY 6. Spatial Organisation and Accessibility: A Study of US Counties Andrea De Montis, Simone Caschili and Daniele Trogu 7. Border Effect and Market Potential: The Case of the European Union María Henar Salas-Olmedo, Ana Condeço-Melhorado and Javier Gutiérrez 8. Mapping Transport Disadvantages of Elderly People in Relation to Access to Bus Stops: Contribution of Geographic Information Systems Vitor Ribeiro, Paula Remoaldo and Javier Gutiérrez PART 3: ACCESSIBILITY AS A DRIVER OF SPATIAL INTERACTION 9. Productivity and Accessibility of Road Transportation Infrastructure in Spain. A Spatial Econometric Approach Pelayo Arbués, Matias Mayor and José Baños 10. Location, Accessibility and Firm-Level Productivity in Spain Adelheid Holl 11. Accessibility: An Underused Analytical and Empirical Tool in Spatial Economics. Urban Gråsjö and Charlie Karlsson Index

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Book SynopsisTransport is debated by many, and liberalization processes, transport policy, transport and climate change and increased competition between transport modes are the subject of heated discussion. Smart Transport Networks illustrates that whether concerning road, water, rail or air, knowledge on the structure of transport markets is crucial in order to tackle transport issues. The book therefore explores key factors concerning the structure of transport markets, their environmental impact, and questions why decision makers often fail to tackle transport-related problems.Three of the key factors that underpin the relationship between transport and society are analyzed in detail from a variety of perspectives, each with an empirical focus: market structure and the allocation mechanisms at work; sustainability, encompassing the characteristics of the physical environment, the availability of natural resources and the effects of transport activities; and decision making, detailing transport policy and attempts to change transport systems. Practical guidelines on how to effectively deal with complex transport issues are also presented.This book will prove an important resource read for academics, researchers, and students with an interest in economics - particularly transport and public sector economics, geography and regional and urban studies. Policy makers and planners in the fields of transport, environment and regional planning will also find this book to be an invaluable reference tool.Contributors: B. Benson, K. Button, G. Dane, J.C. García-Palomares, H. Geerlings, R. Gerike, J. Gutiérrez, F. Hülsmann, F. Iannone, M. Kashiha, B. Kickhöfer, B. Kuipers, C. Macharis, J.C. Martín, H. Meersman, K. Nagel, P. Nijkamp, P. Rietveld, C. Román, C. Sys, J.-C. Thill, H.J.P. Timmermans, E. Van de Voorde, T. Vanelslander, T. Vanoutrive, A. Verhetsel, D. YangTrade Review'This very interesting book with peer-reviewed chapters written by leading researchers in the field discusses recent research in the areas of market structure, sustainability and decision-making. It includes several contemporary topics, such as changes in port competition, adaptation of transport to climate change, changing market structures, the importance of changing consumers' preferences, errors in forecasting, and trends in international goods transport.' --Bert van Wee, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands'The goal of Smart Transport Networks is to present the influence of three factors in the relationship between transport and society. They do so by providing empirical examples of each from across Europe. . . . for someone interested in the European context and ideas in environmental sustainability and decision making the volume proves insightful. It is easy to read even for beginner in the field of transport.' --Journal of Regional Science'The book Smart Transport Networks: Market Structure, Sustainability and Decision Making offers a great resource to anyone looking to know more about one of the topics discussed in each chapter (which is to be expected considering the contributions from many great scholars). It is not, however, a book for someone who wishes to know more about smart transport.' --Sybil Derrible, Quarterly Journal of Transport GeographyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Classifying Transport Studies Using Three Dimensions of Society: Market Structure, Sustainability and Decision Making Thomas Vanoutrive and Ann Verhetsel 2. Nothing Remains the Same! Port Competition Revisited Hilde Meersman, Eddy Van de Voorde and Thierry Vanelslander 3. Climate Change Adaptation and Transport: A Review Piet Rietveld 4. Handling Biases in Forecasting when Making Transportation Policy Kenneth Button and Brien Benson 5. The Functional Spaces of Major European Forwarding Ports: Study of Competition for Trade Bound to the United States Mona Kashiha and Jean-Claude Thill 6. Persistence of Profits in the Container Liner Shipping Industry Christa Sys 7. Modal Accessibility Disparity to Terminals and its Effect on the Competitiveness of HST versus Air Transport Juan Carlos García-Palomares, Javier Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos Martín and Concepción Román 8. Modelling the Extended Gateway Concept in Port Hinterland Container Logistics Fedele Iannone 9. Rising Car User Costs: Comparing Aggregated and Geo-spatial Impacts on Travel Demand and Air Pollutant Emissions Benjamin Kickhöfer, Friederike Hülsmann, Regine Gerike and Kai Nagel 10. Mixture–Amount Experiments for Measuring Consumer Preferences of Energy-saving Adaptation Strategies: Principles and Illustration Dujuan Yang, Gamze Dane and Harry J.P. Timmermans 11. Smart Governance and the Management of Sustainable Mobility: An Illustration of the Application of Policy Integration and Transition Management in the Port of Rotterdam Harry Geerlings and Bart Kuipers 12. Stakeholder Bias in Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Transportation Evaluation: Issues and Solutions Cathy Macharis and Peter Nijkamp Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook on Transport and Urban Planning in the Developed World edited by Michiel Bliemer, Corinne Mulley and Claudine Moutou comprehensively covers many important topics relevant to transport practice in the early twenty-first century, ranging from the fundamentals of accessibility and demographics, through traffic operations, to economics and evaluation. It has value for any budding transport analyst, engineer, or planner entering the field, and for existing practitioners who want overviews of emerging topics and cutting-edge research by leading academics.'- David M. Levinson, University of Minnesota, US'We live in an urban world that is undergoing rapid change. With an international galaxy of authors, the three editors have presented the key transport and urban planning theories and practices facing cities in developed countries, arguing consistently about the importance of land use and transport, and the strong links between urban form and efficiency. The coherence of thinking and consistency of message makes this book an authoritative addition to the literature.'- David Banister, Oxford University, UKThis Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of all of the major factors that underpin our understanding of urban and transport planning in the developed world. Combining urban and transport planning in one volume, the chapters present the state of the art as well as new research and directions for the future.The contributions from leading international academics at the forefront of their fields consider transport and urban planning from a number of different perspectives including historical, policy and strategy dimensions, appraisal and financing of options, planning and design of urban areas and the management of transport and urban systems. Examples and practical guides from the developed world are included along with a detailed discussion of the emerging issues.The Handbook provides an essential reference to all of the key points on the topic as well as signalling areas of concern and future research paths. Academics, researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners will find it a constant source of information and guidance.Contributors: P. Aditjandra, R. Aldred, B. van Arem, J. Austin, S. Asadi Balgoee, M.J. Beck, J.J. Betancur, M.C.J. Bliemer, A.L. Bristow, L. Budd, B. Carnaby, D. Chung, G. Homem de Almeida Correia, G. Currie, C. Curtis, K. Geurs, S. Greaves, D.A. Hensher,R. Hoogendoorn, D.M.Z. Islam, S. Ison, K. Kawamura, R. Klementschitz, F. Kurauchi, D. Metz, D. Milakis, C.J.Moutou, C. Mulley, J.D. Nelson, J. de Dios Ortúzar, R. Pearce, M. Sarvi, J. Stanley, P.R. Stopher, E. Taniguchi, M.R. Tumasz, V. van Acker, B. van Wee, L.G. Willumsen, S. Wright, T.H. ZunderTrade Review‘The Handbook on Transport and Urban Planning in the Developed World edited by Michiel Bliemer, Corinne Mulley and Claudine Moutou comprehensively covers many important topics relevant to transport practice in the early twenty-first century, ranging from the fundamentals of accessibility and demographics, through traffic operations, to economics and evaluation. It has value for any budding transport analyst, engineer, or planner entering the field, and for existing practitioners who want overviews of emerging topics and cutting-edge research by leading academics.’ -- David M. Levinson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, US‘We live in an urban world that is undergoing rapid change. With an international galaxy of authors, the three editors have presented the key transport and urban planning theories and practices facing cities in developed countries, arguing consistently about the importance of land use and transport, and the strong links between urban form and efficiency. The coherence of thinking and consistency of message makes this book an authoritative addition to the literature.’ -- David Banister, Oxford University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to Transport and Urban Planning in the Developed World Michiel C.J. Bliemer, Corinne Mulley and Claudine J. Moutou PART I: OVERVIEW AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 2. History and Theory of Urban Planning and Policy John J. Betancur 3. History and Theory of Urban Transport Planning Peter R. Stopher 4. The Role of Accessibility in Urban and Transport Planning Bert van Wee and Karst Geurs PART II: ISSUES IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD 5. Changing Demographics David Metz 6. Technology and Social Media John M. Austin 7. Urban Freight Distribution Tom H. Zunder, Paulus T. Aditjandra, Dewan Md Zahurul Islam, Maciej R. Tumasz and Bruce Carnaby 8. Reliability and Robustness of Transport Systems Fumitaka Kurauchi 9. Parking Stephen Ison and Lucy Budd PART III: POLICY MAKING AND STRATEGY 10. Stakeholders, Politics, and Media Rachel Aldred 11. Institutional Frameworks John Stanley and Robert Pearce 12. Policy for a Sustainable Future Stephen Greaves and John Stanley PART IV: APPRAISAL AND FINANCING 13. Transport Economics and Pricing Kazuya Kawamura 14. Risk Sharing in Public-Private-Partnerships: A Contractual Economics Perspective Demi Chung and David A. Hensher 15. Appraisal of Infrastructure Abigail L. Bristow PART V: PLANNING AND DESIGN 16. Heritage and Urban Redevelopment Roman Klementschitz 17. Place-making Carey Curtis 18. Transport Planning Luis G. Willumsen and Juan de Dios Ortúzar 19. Network Design for Road Transit Priority Majid Sarvi, Saeed Asadi Balgoee and Michiel C.J. Bliemer 20. City Logistics Eiichi Taniguchi 21. Built Environment and Travel Behaviour Veronique van Acker PART VI: MANAGEMENT 22. Understanding Mega-Infrastructure Decisions Matthew J. Beck 23. Traffic and Mobility Management Michiel C.J. Bliemer 24. Flexible Transport Management John D. Nelson and Steven Wright 25. Managing On-Road Public Transport Graham Currie 26. Vehicle Automation and Transport System Performance Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia, Dimitris Milakis, Bart van Arem and Raymond Hoogendoorn Index

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Book SynopsisRapid globalisation has led to the realization that the traditional modal approach to transporting people and goods is insufficient. Multimodal Transport Security illustrates the inevitable shift towards multimodal transportation systems, further enabled by modern technological innovations, and succinctly assesses the demanding and new security challenges that have accompanied this.The emergence of these complex transportation infrastructures has created exceedingly attractive terrorist targets owing to the potential for wide-scale disruption of global supply chains. Providing a conjoint analysis of key issues in both passenger and freight multimodal transportation security, expert contributors provide pivotal case studies highlighting the successes and failures of various policies and practices across several geographical regions. Adeptly drawing these strands together, the editors identify similarities and heterogeneities and in doing so, produce a practical illustration of the potential for further enhancement of multimodal security.An ever-increasing and worldwide concern with the improvement of security in transport places this unique and comprehensive text at the forefront of transportation literature. It will be of great value to students and scholars of public policy as well as policy makers in the fields of transportation and counter-terrorism.Contributors: M. Anderson, M. Bak, J. Burnewicz, E. Depré, Y. Giat, J. Hallikas, O.-P. Hilmola, E. Irandu, J.B. Kshirsagar, P. Kumar, L. Lättilä, G. Nieuwenhuis, GL.L. Reniers, D.L. Rhoades, Y. Ru, B. Shapiro, J.S. Szyliowicz, L. Talarico, C. van Gulijk, J. Vilko, M.J. Williams, Y. Wiseman, C. Yu, L. ZampariniTrade Review'With all the excitement in the field of transport surrounding issues like electric propulsion, shared mobility and self-driving vehicles, the way forward to sustainable transport still depends on our ability to integrate the various modes of transport into one efficient and secure transport system. This book and the four expert editors are the much needed voice of advocacy for this, almost forgotten, subject. The book is an important education tool for understanding multimodality and for thinking 'multimodal'. --Moshe Givoni, Tel Aviv University, Israel'Transport - of both people and goods - is a necessary condition for an open and interconnected world. The achievement of efficient transport systems calls for interlinked transport modes that are smart and effective, based on a systemic perspective. To avoid fragile transport operations, transport systems need to be robust with a high level of security, so that transport vulnerability can be avoided, especially in intermodal transport connections. This is a timely publication on a worldwide concern in the modern transport field, highlighting the importance of secure intermodal transport systems. It offers both conceptual and applied research perspectives on currently prevailing issues and challenges in this field, supported by various relevant case studies. The topics addressed are of critical importance for both the research community and transport operators, as well as for policy making agencies.' --Peter Nijkamp, VU University, Amsterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Genserik L.L. Renier, Dawna L. Rhoades, Joseph S. Szyliowicz and Luca Zamparini PART I MULTIMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SECURITY: THEMES AND FRAMEWORKS 2. Challenges for Multimodal Freight Transport Gerrit Nieuwenhuis 3. Economic Issues in Multimodal Freight Transport Security Luca Zamparini 4. Assessing Vulnerability in Multimodal Supply Chains Jiry Vilko , Lauri Lättilä and Jukka Hallikas 5. Multimodal Transport Insurances Eric Depré, Genserik L.L. Reniers and Luca Zamparini PART II MULTIMODAL FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SECURITY: POLICY APPLICATIONS 6. Multimodal Freight Transportation Security in the United States Brent Shapiro 7. Multimodal Freight Transportation Security in Italy Luca Talarico and Luca Zamparini 8. Security Improvement Potential of Rail Baltica Investment Olli-Pekka Hilmola 9. Multimodal Freight Transportation Security in Kenya Evaristus Irandu 10. Multimodal Freight Transportation Security in China Chunyan Yu and Yihong Ru 11. Multimodal Freight Transportation Security in Brazil Michael J. Williams PART III MULTIMODAL PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SECURITY: THEMES AND FRAMEWORKS 12. Challenges for Multimodal Passenger Transport Monika Bak and Jan Burnewicz 13. Economic and Policy Issues in Multimodal Passenger Transport Security Luca Zamparini PART IV MULTIMODAL PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION SECURITY: POLICY APPLICATIONS 14. Multi-Modal Passenger Transportation Security in the United States Joseph S.S. Szyliowicz 15. Dutch Security Risk Analysis for Multimodal Transport Coen Van Gulijk, Megan Anderson and Genserik L.L. Reniers 16. Multimodal Passenger Transportation Security in Israel Yair Wiseman and Yahel Giat 17. Multimodal Passenger Transportation Security in Indian Cities Jay B. Kshirsagar and Pawan Kumar 18. Multimodal Passenger Transportation Security in Brazil Dawna L. Rhoades 19. Conclusions Genserik L.L. Renier, Dawna L. Rhoades, Joseph S. Szyliowicz and Luca Zamparini Index

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Book SynopsisThis research review discusses the most significant papers to have been published over the past fifteen years on the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to measure person and vehicle travel. The carefully selected papers track developments in the use of GPS devices to record travel and document some of the latest applications in which GPS is starting to replace conventional self-report surveys.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Peter Stopher Acknowledgements xiii Introduction Peter Stopher xix PART I INITIAL EXPLORATION 1. Wayne A. Sarasua and Michael D. Meyer (1996), ‘New Technologies for Household Travel Surveys’, in Transportation Research Board/National Research Council: Conference Proceedings 10, Washington, DC, USA: National Academy Press, 170–82 2. Cesar A. Quiroga and Darcy Bullock (1998), ‘Travel Time Studies with Global Positioning and Geographic Information Systems: An Integrated Methodology’, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 6 (1–2), February, 101–27 3. E. Murakami and D.P. Wagner (1999), ‘Can Using Global Positioning System (GPS) Improve Trip Reporting?’, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 7 (2–3), April–June, 149–65 4. Jean Wolf, Shauna Hallmark, Marcelo Oliveira, Randall Guensler and Wayne Sarasua (1999), ‘Accuracy Issues with Route Choice Data Collection by Using Global Positioning System’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1660, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 66–74 5. Lalit Yalamanchili, Ram M. Pendyala, N. Prabaharan and Pramodh Chakravarthy (1999), ‘Analysis of Global Positioning System-Based Data Collection Methods for Capturing Multistop Trip-Chaining Behavior’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1660, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 58–65 6. Geert Draijer, Nelly Kalfs and Jan Perdok (2000), ‘Global Positioning System as Data Collection Method for Travel Research’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1719, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 147–53 7. Elaine Murakami, David P. Wagner and David M. Neumeister (2000), ‘Using Global Positioning Systems and Personal Digital Assistants for Personal Travel Surveys in the United States’,Transportation Research Circular E-C008 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, III-B/1–III-B/21 8. Sean T. Doherty, Nathalie Noël, Martin-Lee Gosselin, Claude Sirois and Mami Ueno (2001), ‘Moving beyond Observed Outcomes: Integrating Global Positioning Systems and Interactive Computer-Based Travel Behavior Surveys’, Transportation Research Circular E-C026 — Personal Travel: The Long and Short of It , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 449–66 9. Peter R. Stopher, Philip Bullock and Frederic Horst (2002), ‘Exploring the Use of Passive GPS Devices to Measure Travel’, in Kelvin C.P. Wang, Samer Madanat, Shashi Nambisan and Gary Spring (eds), Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation, Reston, VA, USA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 959–67 PART II DEVELOPING PROCESSING SOFTWARE 10. Jean Wolf, Randall Guensler and William Bachman (2001), ‘Elimination of the Travel Diary: Experiment to Derive Trip Purpose from Global Positioning System Travel Data’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1768 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 125–34 11. J. Wolf, S. Schönfelder, U. Samaga, M. Oliveira and K.W. Axhausen (2004), ‘Eighty Weeks of Global Positioning System Traces: Approaches to Enriching Trip Information’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1870 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 46–54 12. Stefan Schönfelder, Kay W. Axhausen, Nicolas Antille and Michel Bierlaire (2002), ‘Exploring the Potentials of Automatically Collected GPS Data for Travel Behaviour Analysis – A Swedish Data Source’, GI-Technologien für Verkehr und Logistik , Institut für Geoinformatik, Universität Münster, No. 13 13. Eui-Hwan Chung and Amer Shalaby (2005), ‘A Trip Reconstruction Tool for GPS-based Personal Travel Surveys’, Transportation Planning and Technology , 28 (5), 381–401 14. Timothy L. Forrest and David F. Pearson (2005), ‘Comparison of Trip Determination Methods in Household Travel Surveys Enhanced by a Global Positioning System’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1917 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 63–71 15. F. Marchal, J. Hackney and K.W. Axhausen (2005), ‘Efficient Map Matching of Large Global Positioning System Data Sets: Tests on Speed-Monitoring Experiment in Zürich’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1935 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 93–100 16. Jianhe Du and Lisa Aultman-Hall (2007), ‘Increasing the Accuracy of Trip Rate Information from Passive Multi-day GPS Travel Datasets: Automatic Trip End Identification Issues’, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice , 41 (3), March, 220–32 17. Zhigang Jason Li and Amer S. Shalaby (2008), ‘Web-Based GIS System for Prompted Recall of GPS-assisted Personal Travel Surveys: System Development and Experimental Study’, Transportation Research Board: 87th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 1–15 18. Wendy Bohte and Kees Maat (2009), ‘Deriving and Validating Trip Purposes and Travel Modes for Multi-day GPS-Based Travel Surveys: A Large-Scale Application in the Netherlands’, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies , 17 (3), June, 285–97 19. Nadine Schuessler and Kay W. Axhausen (2009), ‘Processing Raw Data from Global Positioning Systems Without Additional Information’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2105 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 28–36 20. Peter R. Stopher (2009), ‘Collecting and Processing Data from Mobile Technologies’, in Patrick Bonnel, Martin Lee-Gosselin, Johanna Zmud and Jean-Loup Madre (eds), Transport Survey Methods: Keeping up with a Changing World , Chapter 21, Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 361–91 21. Anastasia Moiseeva, Joran Jessurun and Harry Timmermans (2010), ‘Semiautomatic Imputation of Activity Travel Diaries: Use of Global Positioning System Traces, Prompted Recall, and Context-Sensitive Learning Algorithms’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2183, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 60–68 PART III PROMPTED RECALL SURVEYS 22. Prashanth K. Bachu, Trisha Dudala and Sirisha M. Kothuri (2001), ‘Prompted Recall in Global Positioning System Survey: Proof-of-Concept Study’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1768, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences,106–13 311 23. Stephen Greaves, Simon Fifer, Richard Ellison and George Germanos (2010), ‘Development of a Global Positioning System Web-Based Prompted Recall Solution for Longitudinal Travel Surveys’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2183, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 69–77 PART IV VALIDATING CONVENTIONAL SURVEYS 24. Jean Wolf, Michael Loechl, Miriam Thompson and Carlos Arce (2003), ‘Trip Rate Analysis in GPS-Enhanced Personal Travel Surveys’, in Peter Stopher and Peter Jones (eds), Transport Survey Quality and Innovation, Chapter 28, Oxford, UK: Permagon, 483–98 25. Jean Wolf, Marcelo Oliveira and Miriam Thompson (2003), ‘Impact of Underreporting on Mileage and Travel Time Estimates: Results from Global Positioning System-Enhanced Household Travel Survey’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1854, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 189–98 26. Johanna Zmud and Jean Wolf (2003), ‘Identifying the Correlates of Trip Misreporting – Results from the California Statewide Household Travel Survey GPS Study’, Conference Paper, Session XXX, Moving through Nets: The Physical and Social Dimensions of Travel, 10th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, 10–15 August, Lucerne, Switzerland, i, 1–16 27. Matthias Kracht (2006), ‘Using Combined GPS and GSM Tracking Information for Interactive Electronic Questionnaires’, in Peter Stopher and Cheryl Stecher (eds), Travel Survey Methods: Quality and Future Directions, Chapter 30, Oxford, UK: Elsevier, 545–60 28. Stacey Bricka and Chandra R. Bhat (2006), ‘Comparative Analysis of Global Positioning System-Based and Travel Survey-Based Data’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1972, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 9–20 29. Jean Wolf (2006), ‘Applications of New Technologies in Travel Surveys’, in Peter Stopher and Cheryl Stecher (eds), Travel Survey Methods: Quality and Future Directions , Chapter 29, Oxford, UK: Elsevier, 531–44 30. Peter Stopher, Camden FitzGerald and Min Xu (2007), ‘Assessing the Accuracy of the Sydney Household Travel Survey with GPS’, Transportation , 34 (6), November, 723–41 31. Tom Bellemans, Bruno Kochan, Davy Janssens, Geert Wets and Harry Timmermans (2008), ‘Field Evaluation of Personal Digital Assistant Enabled by Global Positioning System: Impact on Quality of Activity and Diary Data’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2049, Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 136–43 32. Peter Stopher and Stephen Greaves (2009), ‘Missing and Inaccurate Information from Travel Surveys – Pilot Results’, Paper Presented to the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, The Growth Engine: Interconnecting Transport Performance, the Economy and the Environment, Auckland, New Zealand, September PART V APPLICATIONS OF GPS TO TRAVEL MEASUREMENT 33. Jennifer Ogle, Randall Guensler, William Bachman, Maxim Koutsakand Jean Wolf (2002), ‘Accuracy of Global Positioning System for Determining Driver Performance Parameters’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1818 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 12–24 34. Cesar Quiroga, Michael Perez and Steve Venglar (2002), ‘Tool for Measuring Travel Time and Delay on Arterial Corridors’, in Kelvin C.P. Wang, Samer Madanat, Shashi Nambisan and Gary Spring (eds), Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation , Reston, VA, USA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 600–607 35. Philip Bullock, Qingjian Jiang and Peter R. Stopher (2005), ‘Using GPS Technology to Measure On-Time Running of Scheduled Bus Services’, Journal of Public Transportation , 8 (1), 21–40 36. Jungwook Jun, Jennifer Ogle and Randall Guensler (2007), ‘Relationships between Crash Involvement and Temporal-Spatial Driving Behavior Activity Patterns Using GPS Instrumented Vehicle Data’, Transportation Research Board: 86th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 2–17 37. Peter Stopher and Christine Prasad (2012), ‘Analysis of Child Diaries – Can GPS Traces of Parents Movements Provide Sufficient Travel Data for Children?’, Paper Presented to the 35th Australasian Transport Research Forum, Perth, Australia, September, 1–11 38. Roger Mackett, Belinda Brown, Yi Gong, Kay Kitazawa and James Paskins (2007), ‘Children’s Independent Movement in the Local Environment’, Built Environment , 33 (4), December, 454–68 39. Stephen P. Greaves and Miguel A. Figliozzi (2008), ‘Collecting Commercial Vehicle Tour Data with Passive Global Positioning System Technology: Issues and Potential Applications’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2049 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 158–66 40. Dominik Papinski, Darren M. Scott and Sean T. Doherty (2009), ‘Exploring the Route Choice Decision-Making Process: A Comparison of Planned and Observed Routes Obtained Using Person-Based GPS’, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour , 12 (4), July, 347–58 41. Andrew F. Clark and Sean T. Doherty (2010), ‘A Multi-Instrumented Approach to Observing the Activity Rescheduling Decision Process’, Transportation, 37 (1), January, 165–81 42. Peter Stopher, Yun Zhang, Jun Zhang and Belinda Halling (2009), ‘Results of an Evaluation of TravelSmart in South Australia’, Paper Presented to the 32nd Australasian Transport Research Forum, The Growth Engine: Interconnecting Transport Performance, the Economy and the Environment, Auckland, New Zealand, September PART VI REPLACING THE TRAVEL DIARY 43. Stacey Bricka, Johanna Zmud, Jean Wolf and Joel Freedman (2009), ‘Household Travel Surveys with GPS: An Experiment’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2105 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 51–6 44. Peter R. Stopher, Christine Prasad, Laurie Wargelin and JasonMinser (2013), ‘Conducting a GPS-only Household Travel Survey’, in Johanna Zmud, Martin Lee-Gosselin, Marcela A. Munizaga and Juan Antonio Carrasco (eds), Transport Survey Methods: Best Practice for Decision Making , Chapter 5, Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 91–113 45. Marcelo G. Simas Oliveira, Peter Vovsha, Jean Wolf, Yehoshua Birotker, Danny Givon and Julie Paasche (2011), ‘Global Positioning System Assisted Prompted Recall Household Travel Survey to Support Development of Advanced Travel Model in Jerusalem, Israel’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2246 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 16–23 PART VII THE FUTURE 46. Peter R. Stopher and Stephen P. Greaves (2007), ‘Household Travel Surveys: Where are We Going?’, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice , 41 (5), June, 367–81 47. Peter R. Stopher and Stephen P. Greaves (2007), ‘Guidelines for Samplers: Measuring a Change in Behaviour from Before and After Surveys’, Transportation , 34 (1), January, 1–16 48. Peter R. Stopher, Kara Kockelman, Stephen P. Greaves and Eoin Clifford (2008), ‘Reducing Burden and Sample Sizes in Multiday Household Travel Surveys’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2064 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 12–18 49. Marcelo G. Simas Oliveira and Jesse Casas (2010), ‘Improving Data Quality, Accuracy, and Response in On-Board Surveys: Application of Innovative Technologies’, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2183 , Washington, DC, USA: Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 41–8 50. Martin Lee-Gosselin, Sean T. Doherty and Amer Shalaby (2010), ‘Data Collection on Personal Movement Using Mobile ICTs: Old Wine in New Bottles?’, in Monica Wachowicz (ed.), Movement- Aware Applications for Sustainable Mobility: Technologies and Approaches , Chapter 1, Hershey, VA, USA: Information Science Reference (IGI Global), 1–14 Index

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Book SynopsisForecasting Urban Travel presents in a non-mathematical way the evolution of methods, models and theories underpinning travel forecasts and policy analysis, from the early urban transportation studies of the 1950s to current applications throughout the urbanized world. From original documents, correspondence and interviews, especially from the United States and the United Kingdom, the authors seek to capture the spirit and problems faced in different eras, as changing information requirements, computing technology and planning objectives conditioned the nature of forecasts.With over 1000 references, the book charts the key ideas relating to land use, travel demand, network costs and flows, and their interactions, from both research and practice to the present states of the art. The authors examine the widening scope and variety of models for analyzing and forecasting personal travel and goods movement, identifying contributions from economics, psychology, geography, regional science, operational research, transportation engineering and mathematics. Finally, they offer their views of the future directions and requirements facing the field.Offering a historical presentation of urban forecasting models covering six decades, accessible to a wide range of students, researchers and planners, this book will be of great interest to undergraduate and graduate students in transportation courses in civil engineering, economics, geography, regional science and planning. Through its discussion of critiques and missed opportunities as travel demand, network and land-use transportation models evolved, the book will also serve as a valuable resource for teachers, academic researchers and practitioners in travel behavior and forecasting.Trade Review’Certainly one of the best books ever on transport modelling. We have been waiting for this sort of book for a long time. Anyone who wants to figure out the reasons why different kinds of transport model have been developed during the last 60 years must read this book. It starts at the beginning round about 1953 and it brings the field up to date to 2015 covering many different approaches to models from aggregative gravitational to activity-based and on to agent-based but covering equilibrium, assignment and a host of policy issues that have directed the field over several generations of models and model-builders.’ -- Spatialcomplexity.info BlogTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Emergence of the Traditional Approach 3. Early Developments in the UK 4. Travel Forecasting based on Discrete Choice Models, I 5. Travel Forecasting based on Discrete Choice Models, II 6. Activity-Based Travel Analysis and Forecasting 7. Transportation Network Equilibrium 8. Tradition and Innovation in US Practice 9. Tradition and Innovation in UK Practice 10. Computing Environment and Travel Forecasting Software 11. Achievements, Current Challenges and Future Prospects 12. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis book uses the powerful lens of accessibility analysis to answer questions in spatial development, travel behavior, facilities planning, locational efficiency, metropolitan resilience, and more. Its pragmatic and empirical approach - and its bringing together of leading accessibility scholars into a single volume - make it an invaluable reference for scholars and policymakers in the areas of transportation, land use, and public-service provision.'- Jonathan Levine, University of Michigan, US'Efficiency and equity are key issues in accessibility studies. Infrastructure investment should be as economically efficient as possible while ensuring a basic level of accessibility for all social groups and territories. This book is set within the complex relationship between efficiency and equity, providing a number of contributions that reveal the importance of accessibility on regional growth, access to services, house prices, modal choice and transport policies. The authors of these chapters are leading researchers in different disciplines making high level contributions in the field of accessibility. Without a doubt, this book will be very attractive for readers interested in accessibility and transportation.'- Javier Gutiérrez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SpainLeading researchers from around the world show, in this volume, the importance of accessibility in contemporary issues such as rural depopulation, investments in public services and public transport, and transport infrastructure investments in Europe. The trade-offs between accessibility, economic development and equity are comprehensively examined, and a variety of approaches to measuring accessibility and equality presented. The book's interdisciplinary contributions also provide different geographical contexts, from the US to various European and developing countries, and cover ex ante and ex post evaluation of transport investment.Improving transport accessibility is a main objective in transport policy and planning in developed and developing countries all over the world. Investment is motivated by the need to develop and/or reduce spatial or social inequalities. However, the economic and equity implications of investments in transport are not straightforward. The concepts of accessibility and equity can be defined and operationalized in many different ways, influencing outcomes and conclusions. Moreover, equity and efficiency goals are often conflicting. Accessibility models not only help to explain spatial and transport patterns in developed and developing countries but are also powerful tools to explain the equity and efficiency impacts of urban and transport policies and projects.This state-of-the-art overview of the accessibility-economic efficiency-equity relationship will appeal to researchers as well as transport and urban planners interested in accessibility issues and transport/regional developments.Contributors: P.R. Anciães, B. Büttner, K. Button, Z. Chen, P. Christidis, H. Demirel, T.P. Dentinho, J. Evans, K.T. Geurs, M. Kompil, K.J. Krizek, L. La Paix, D. Levinson, E. López, D.P. McArthur, P. Mogush, A. Monzón, R. Neiva, E. Ortega, L. Osland, C. Pakissi, R. Patuelli, B.A. Portnov, I. Thorsen, J. Ubøe, G. WulfhorstTrade Review‘This book uses the powerful lens of accessibility analysis to answer questions in spatial development, travel behavior, facilities planning, locational efficiency, metropolitan resilience, and more. Its pragmatic and empirical approach – and its bringing together of leading accessibility scholars into a single volume – make it an invaluable reference for scholars and policymakers in the areas of transportation, land use, and public-service provision.’ -- Jonathan Levine, University of Michigan, US‘Efficiency and equity are key issues in accessibility studies. Infrastructure investment should be as economically efficient as possible while ensuring a basic level of accessibility for all social groups and territories. This book is set within the complex relationship between efficiency and equity, providing a number of contributions that reveal the importance of accessibility on regional growth, access to services, house prices, modal choice and transport policies. The authors of these chapters are leading researchers in different disciplines making high level contributions in the field of accessibility. Without a doubt, this book will be very attractive for readers interested in accessibility and transportation.’ -- Javier Gutiérrez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SpainTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Accessibility, Equity and Efficiency Karst T. Geurs, Tomaz Ponce Dentinho and Roberto Patuelli PART II EQUITY ISSUES IN POPULATION ACCESSIBILITY 2. Does Accessibility Still Matter? Evidence from Swiss Municipalities Boris A. Portnov 3. Population Decline and Accessibility in the Portuguese Interior Paulo Rui Anciães 4. Rural Depopulation, Labour Market Accessibility, and Housing Prices David Philip Mcarthur, Liv Osland, Inge Thorsen and Jan Ubøe PART III EQUITY IN ACCESS TO DAILY ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES 5. Ensuring Accessibility to Daily Activities for Different Population Segments with Respect to Sharp Increases in Mobility Costs Benjamin Büttner, Gebhard Wulfhorst and Jordan Evans 6. Efficiency and Equity Indicators to Evaluate Different Patterns of Accessibility to Public Services. An Application to Huambo, Angola César Pakissi and Tomaz Ponce Dentinho PART IV EFFICIENCY OF RAILROADS AND TRAIN STATION ACCESS 7. Influence of the First and Last Mile on HSR Accessibility Levels Andrés Monzón, Emilio Ortega and Elena López 8. Train Station Access and Train Use: A Joint Stated and Revealed Preference Choice Modelling Study Lissy La Paix Puello and Karst T. Geurs 9. Industrial Accessibility and the Efficiency of the US Freight Railroads Kenneth Button, Zhenhua Chen and Rui Neiva PART V ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL 10. The Value of Bicycle Trail Access on Home Purchases Paul Mogush, Kevin J. Krizek and David Levinson 11. Accessibility and Territorial Cohesion: Ex-Post Analysis of Cohesion Fund Infrastructure Projects Mert Kompil, Hande Demirel and Panayotis Christidis Index

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Book SynopsisIn a context where climate change urgently requires us to alter our paradigms, this book explores the possibilities of cities that are both more energy efficient and more respectful of the environment. Based on the observation that urban planning has been detrimentally affected by the compartmentalization of knowledge and practices, this book is conceived as a dialog between transport and urban planning on the one hand, and between engineering and social science on the other. Systemic analysis and a historical approach, integrating the teachings of the last two centuries, constitute at the methodological level the framework in which this dialog unfolds. Based on examples of good practice, Transport and Town Planning identifies an effective set of levers of action and proposes an original method to guide and accompany urban transition with a large share of the initiative reserved for the actors concerned. Table of ContentsPreface xi Chapter 1. City and Complexity: How to Untangle the Skein? 1 1.1. Systemic thinking and its historical context 1 1.2. The system approach 3 1.3. Analytical and systemic methods are complementary rather than opposed 4 1.4. Transdisciplinarity of the concept of system and presentation of a typology of complexity 5 1.5. The concept of variety 10 1.6. Keys to analyzing a system: functions and structures 12 1.6.1. The concept of function 13 1.6.2. The concept of structure 15 1.7. From description to analysis and action: the example of flowcharts 16 1.8. Concept of model and systemic modeling 19 1.9. An application of systemic analysis: study of the relationships between transport networks and territory 21 1.10. Action as a method of knowledge 25 Chapter 2. Town Planning and Urban Pattern: the Emergence of Circulatory Function 29 2.1. The first urban fabrics: two founding patterns 29 2.2. Advent of circulatory function 31 2.2.1. Powerful changes implemented 31 2.2.2. Cerdà, the theoretician 32 2.2.3. Haussmann, the realist 33 2.3. The effects of the mechanization of modes of transport 35 2.3.1. The linear city of Arturo Soria y Mata 36 2.3.2. Garden cities 37 2.4. Urban transport: a chaotic development 39 2.4.1. A public interest service 39 2.4.2. Mechanization 40 2.5. Advent of electric traction and its success following the construction of the Paris subway 41 2.5.1. The accident “founder” of the Couronnes station 42 2.5.2. The first wave of automation 43 2.5.3. The triptych of innovation: technologies, organization and professions 44 2.6. The tramway: from its disappearance in France to its rebirth 45 2.6.1. The development period 46 2.6.2. Decline of the tramway 47 2.6.3. The rebirth 49 2.7. The automobile city 50 2.7.1. Progressive town planning and the functional specification of spaces 50 2.7.2. The convergence between functionalism and naturalism 52 2.8. Towards the public transport city? 54 2.8.1. The “omnipresent automobile” in question 54 2.8.2. “Transport-oriented development” 55 2.8.3. The end of utopias? 57 Chapter 3. Building of New Towns: an Attempt at Linking Transport Networks to Urban Planning 59 3.1. From imaginary new towns to their achievement 60 3.1.1. The initial project 60 3.1.2. A new territorial organization 65 3.1.3. The structuring role of big transportation infrastructures 66 3.1.4. A period rich in innovations 66 3.1.5. An undeniable success? 67 3.2. The case of Marne-la-Vallée 68 3.2.1. Marne-la-Vallée’s entry into the regional space 68 3.2.2. The evolution of the overall administrative and institutional framework of new towns 72 3.2.3. The specific institutional organization of Marne-la-Vallée 74 3.3 A mixed report 77 3.3.1. Population growth stimulated by housing construction 77 3.3.2. Activities, employment and job/active population balance in new towns 80 3.3.3. The importance of areas reserved for activities. 82 3.3.4. Employment location areas and source of active population 83 3.3.5. Internal circulation in Marne-la-Vallée new town – the most overlooked of urban planning 84 3.3.6. Motorization and servicing of the population by public transport 87 3.3.7. Gradual saturation of the main road network 88 3.3.8. What lessons can be drawn? 90 Chapter 4. Models and Definitions: Changing the Paradigm 93 4.1. The mobility model that was developed in France from the 1950s 95 4.1.1. Mobility and urban sprawl 96 4.1.2. Mobility and land market 98 4.1.3. Characteristics specific to France? 102 4.1.4. Planning “formatted” by the use of cars 104 4.2. A model whose coherence and sustainability are undermined 107 4.2.1. Lessons of the subprime crisis 110 4.2.2. Land rents create shortages 113 4.2.3. A system that aggravates socio-spatial disparities 115 4.2.4. The forms taken by urbanization in France present real advantages 116 4.3. Back to town planning 117 4.3.1. Two essential models 118 4.3.2. From models to concrete cities 121 4.3.3. Town planning as a coherent layout of places, functions, structures, representations and forms 123 Chapter 5. Good Practices and Levers of Action 125 5.1 Influence of urban metrics 125 5.1.1. Urban form: what is it all about? 125 5.1.2. Reflecting on real cities and choosing a systematic approach 129 5.2. Innovations and good practices 130 5.2.1. European cities 132 5.2.2. The North American case 146 5.3. Major levers of action 159 5.3.1. Land use planning and transport networks 160 5.3.2. Transport-specific measures 164 5.3.3. Tariff and regulatory measures 170 5.3.4. What should be expected of new technologies? 172 Chapter 6. What if the 21st Century was the Century of Suburbs? 177 6.1. French cities: undeniable progress but a long way to go 177 6.1.1. Legislative progress 178 6.1.2. Tangible results, but shortcomings and strong resistance 179 6.2. Suburbs: characteristics, challenges and future prospects 181 6.2.1. History and semantics of the suburb 182 6.2.2. The suburbs change dimension with the industrial revolution 183 6.2.3. From workers’ houses to the construction of large complexes 184 6.2.4. Transport in difficulties. 185 6.2.5. A real potential for sustainable urban development 189 6.3. A prospective reflection by 2050 190 6.3.1. The context of the study 190 6.3.2. Assumptions adopted for establishing a “target scenario” 192 6.3.3. Method used for the simulation of the target scenario 193 6.3.4. Achieved results 196 6.3.5. Elements concerning the financial equation 197 6.4. Transport and town planning articulation at the local level: the case of the southern suburbs of Ile-de-France 198 6.4.1. The Trans Val-de-Marne 199 6.4.2. Setting up of the line 183 dedicated bus lane 202 6.5. Significance and diversity of local approaches 207 6.5.1. The municipalities that objected 208 6.5.2. Municipalities that might have wished to do better 211 6.5.3. Municipalities that succeeded in making dedicated lanes a lever for urban restructuring: the case of Vitry-sur-Seine 215 6.5.4. What lessons? 222 Chapter 7. Methods and Tools for Urban Transition 229 7.1. Urban transition and prospective 229 7.2. An iterative and interactive approach 231 7.3. Backcasting and forecasting approaches 233 7.4. Development of a conceptual framework for the assessment and monitoring of the transition process (backcasting approach) 235 7.4.1. Importance of territorial diagnosis 235 7.4.2. The establishment of a complete and coherent set of indicators 236 7.4.3. Advantages of the proposed conceptual framework 244 7.5. Assessment methods 245 7.5.1. Methods based on life cycle assessment (LCA) 245 7.5.2. Socio-economic methods 254 7.6. Transport models and the difficult question of demand forecast 263 7.6.1. Rebound phenomenon 263 7.6.2. Transport models 266 7.6.3. Land use models 270 Conclusion 279 Glossary 285 References 289 Index 309

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Book SynopsisSolving Transport Problems establishes fundamental points and good practice in resolving matters regarding green transportation. This is to prompt further research in conveyance issues by providing readers with new knowledge and grounds for integrated models and solution methods. Focusing on green transportation, this book covers various sub-topics and thus consists of diverse content. Traditionally, academia and transport practitioners have mainly concentrated on efficient fleet management to achieve economic benefits and better-quality service. More recently, due to growing public environmental concerns and the industry understanding of the issue, the academic community has started to address environmental issues. The studies of green transportation compiled in this book have identified certain areas of interest, such as references, viewpoints, algorithms and ideas. Solving Transport Problems is for researchers, environmental decision-makers and other concerned parties, to start discussion on developing optimized technology and alternative fuel-based integrated models for environmentally cleaner transport systems.Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1. An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search Heuristic for the Green Dial-a-Ride Problem 1Mohamed Amine MASMOUDI, Manar HOSNY and Emrah DEMIR 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Literature review 3 1.2.1. The Dial-a-Ride Problem 4 1.2.2. The green vehicle routing problem 5 1.3. Problem definition 5 1.4. An Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search for the G-DARP 10 1.4.1. Adaptive weight adjustment procedure 11 1.4.2. Removal and insertion operators 12 1.4.3. Local search operators 12 1.5. Computational experiments 13 1.5.1. Data and experimental setting 13 1.5.2. Parameters setting 14 1.5.3. Computational analysis 16 1.6. Conclusion 23 1.7. References 23 Chapter 2. Role of Green Technology Vehicles in Road Transportation Emissions – Case of the UK 27Niaz WASSAN, Angus FURNEAUX and Said SALHI 2.1. Introduction 27 2.2. Alternative Fuel-Powered vehicles market 29 2.3. Electric vehicles – options and features 30 2.3.1. Battery relevance 36 2.3.2. Charging implications 40 2.3.3. Relevance of regenerative braking technology 44 2.3.4. Emissions 44 2.4. UK transport emissions and the impact of BEVs 47 2.5. Cost implications 55 2.6. Conclusion 56 2.7. References 57 Chapter 3. Transport Pooling: Moving Toward Green Distribution 63Alaeddine ZOUARI 3.1. Introduction 63 3.2. Concepts of collaborative logistics 65 3.2.1. Definitions and issues 65 3.2.2. Forms of logistical collaboration 66 3.3. Pooling of physical flows between organizations 68 3.4. Literature review 69 3.4.1. Choice of articles 69 3.4.2. Analysis and discussion of the results 72 3.5. Proposal of pooling scenarios for the urban distribution of goods 75 3.6. Comparison of scenarios 81 3.6.1. Distances traveled 81 3.6.2. Greenhouse gas emissions 83 3.6.3. Distribution cost 84 3.6.4. Delivery time 85 3.6.5. Best scenario 86 3.7. Proposal for a shared long-distance distribution model 87 3.8. Conclusion 90 3.9. References 90 Chapter 4. A Ruin and Recreate Solution Method for a Lexicographic Vehicle Routing Problem Integrating Park-and-Loop and Car Sharing 97Olivier GALLAY and Nicolas ZUFFEREY 4.1. Introduction 97 4.2. Literature review 99 4.3. Considered problem 101 4.4. Lexicographic approach 103 4.5. Solution method 104 4.6. Results 107 4.6.1. Walking 108 4.6.2. Electric kick scooter 111 4.7. Conclusion and future work 112 4.8. References 113 Chapter 5. An Overview of the Recent Solution Approaches in the Green Vehicle Routing Problem 115Emna MARREKCHI, Walid BESBES and Diala DHOUIB 5.1. Introduction 115 5.2. Chronological progress of the literature on the GVRP 116 5.2.1. The Green-VRP 116 5.2.2. The Pollution-Routing Problem 119 5.3. Solution methodologies for the GVRP 120 5.3.1. Exact methods 120 5.3.2. Metaheuristics 123 5.3.3. Heuristics 128 5.4. Conclusion 129 5.5. References 130 Chapter 6. Multi-Criteria Decision Aid for Green Modes of Crude Oil Transportation Using MACBETH: The Sfax Region Case 135Nouha HAMMAMI, Mohamed Haykal AMMAR and Diala DHOUIB 6.1. Introduction 135 6.2. State-of-the-art 137 6.2.1. Hazardous materials transportation integrated location and routing problem 137 6.2.2. Hazardous materials transportation risk assessment problem 138 6.2.3. Hazardous materials transportation network design problem 139 6.3. Real case: choice of crude oil transportation modal from the Sfax region to the Skhira port 142 6.3.1. Identification of the problem 143 6.3.2. Method for Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical-Based Evaluation Technique (MACBETH) 143 6.3.3. Research methodology: MACBETH application 144 6.3.4. Results and discussions 150 6.4. Conclusion 157 6.5. References 158 Chapter 7. Green Reverse Logistics: Case of the Vehicle Routing Problem with Delivery and Collection Demands 161Naveed WASSAN, Niaz WASSAN, Lina SIMEONOVA and Walid BESBES 7.1. Introduction and significance 161 7.2. The Vehicle Routing Problem and its variants 164 7.2.1. The evolution of the Vehicle Routing Problem 164 7.2.2. The Vehicle Routing Problem 164 7.2.3. VRP variants. 164 7.3. The VRP with delivery and collection demand models 166 7.3.1. The VRP with Mixed Deliveries and Pickups 166 7.3.2. The VRP with Simultaneous Deliveries and Pickups 166 7.3.3. The VRP with Backhauls 167 7.3.4. The Multiple-Trip Vehicle Routing Problem with Backhauls 168 7.4. Studies in VRPB-related areas. 169 7.4.1. Significance of the VRP models with delivery and collection demands 170 7.4.2. Ecological relevance of the VRP models 171 7.4.3. Computation of freight transport greenhouse gas emissions 172 7.4.4. Vehicle routing models directly focused on green transportation 174 7.4.5. Green VRP models 175 7.4.6. Electric vehicles modeling 176 7.5. Conclusion 177 7.6. References 178 Chapter 8. An Improved DTC Induction Motor for Electric Vehicle Propulsion: An Intention to Provide a Comfortable Ride 185Fatma BEN SALEM and Moez FEKI 8.1. Introduction 185 8.2. Several components of EV motor drive 187 8.3. An overview of induction motor control strategies 188 8.4. DTC strategies 189 8.4.1. Conventional DTC fundamentals 189 8.4.2. An improvement of DTC strategy: fixed torque switching frequency 193 8.5. Comparative study based on simulation results 195 8.5.1. Steady-state and transient behavior analysis 195 8.5.2. Performance criteria 197 8.5.3. Discussion 198 8.6. Conclusion 199 8.7. References 199 Chapter 9. Optimization in Multilevel Green Transportation Problems with Electrical Vehicles 203Marcos R. LEITE, Heder S. BERNANDINO, Luciana B. GONÇALVES and Stênio SOARES 9.1. Introduction 203 9.2. Transportation problems with electric vehicles 206 9.2.1. Multilevel formulations 207 9.2.2. Summary review of the literature 209 9.3. Search techniques 211 9.3.1. Exact optimization techniques 212 9.3.2. Genetic algorithms 213 9.3.3. Imperialism competitive algorithm 214 9.3.4. Particle Swarm Optimization 216 9.3.5. Simulated annealing 217 9.3.6. Neighborhood search 218 9.3.7. Summary review of the literature 219 9.4. Tendencies and challenges 223 9.5. Concluding remarks 225 9.6. References 226 List of Authors 229 Index 231

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Book SynopsisTraffic crashes are one of the ten leading causes of deaths worldwide, and the leading cause of death for young people in the western world - a seemingly necessary evil that accompanies increasing levels of motorization. In this comprehensive 2nd edition of the classic “Traffic Safety and Human Behavior” Dr David Shinar provides a theoretical framework and a critical evaluation of the most recent research findings to comprehend the complexity of traffic safety and the central role that road users - drivers, motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians play in it. In the new edition of approximately 1000 pages with nearly 300 graphs and tables, Shinar covers the key issues that relate human behavior to traffic safety and the impact that cultural, policy, and technological changes have on them. In particular the new edition covers the increasing roles that pedestrians and cyclists have in the traffic system and the need to accommodate them; the intrusion of infotainment and its role in driver distraction; and the increasing role of crash-prevention and driver assistance systems in changing the driver-vehicle interaction.Trade ReviewThe first edition of this book was published in 2007. This second edition highlights findings from the use of naturalistic driving studies and the technique of meta-analysis. This edition presents the latest research on driving safety, road users’ behavior, and changing cultural norms that emphasize sustainability. There is new material on bicyclists and motorcyclists and new info on autonomous vehicles. Other new areas explored are in-vehicle driver assistance systems and the latest research on human limitations and capabilities related to driving. Part A provides background on methods, models, and theories of driver behavior, and Part B looks at driver capacities and individual differences in visual attention in young drivers, new drivers, and older drivers. Later sections cover driving style, temporary impairment, and vulnerable road users (such as pedestrians). The final section deals with causes of crashes and countermeasures. The book contains b&w photos, diagrams, and summary charts. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsPart A - Background, Methods, Models 1. Introduction and Background 2. Research Methods – from basic laboratory to on-road studies 3. Theories and Models of Driver Behavior – information processing and motivational approaches. Part B - Driver capacities and individual differences 4. Vision, Visual Attention, and Visual Search 5. Driver Information processing – Attention, Perception, Reaction Time, and Comprehension 6. Young and Novice Drivers 7. Older Drivers Part C - Driving style 8. Speed and Safety 9. Personality and Aggressive Driving 10. Occupant Protection Part D - Driver temporary impairments 11. Alcohol 12. Drugs 13. Distraction and Inattention 14. Fatigue and Driving Part E - Vulnerable road users 15. Pedestrians 16. Motorcyclists and Other Riders of Powered Two-Wheelers (PTWs) 17. Bicyclists Part F - Crash Causation and Countermeasures 18. Crash Causation 19. Crash Countermeasures and Design of Safety

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Book SynopsisThis timely book provides a multidisciplinary and comparative analysis of the ongoing terrorist threats against all aspects of air transportation, the effectiveness of the responses, globally, regionally, and nationally, and the continuing challenges to policy makers seeking to achieve a safe and secure global aviation system.The first section provides an overview of the industry?'s characteristics, the economic and regulatory issues shaping the security environment, such as legal frameworks and the role of the private sector in safeguarding passenger and air cargo flights. The second section provides comparative analyses of security policies and practices in several key countries: the United States, Canada, Brazil, Kenya, Israel, Malaysia, Japan and Australia. The book concludes with a comparative analysis of the contemporary state of aviation security policies and practices and its future challenges.Containing extensive interdisciplinary analyses of the main issues and challenges related to all aspects of aviation security, the book will be of great interest not only to scholars, students and practitioners concerned with aviation security, and to institutions that provide courses or programs in aviation management and related fields, but also to anyone dealing with such related topics as terrorism, public policy, transport, urban studies and logistics.Contributors include: H. Avilai, D. Brittin, E. Irandu, T. Prenzler, J. Price, P. Puri, D. Rhoades, F. Rossi Dal Pozzo, M.S. Sandhu, J. Szyliowicz, T. Udagawa, S. Vaithilingam, M.J. Williams, K. Zaidi, L. ZampariniTrade Review'This book is a landmark in the field, providing original reflections and a series of case studies from different countries all over the world. This will be of high value to researchers and practitioners, given the current urgent need to investigate air transport security policies and analyze their (networked) economic impacts at the global, national and regional level.' --Aura Reggiani, University of Bologna, Italy'Its visibility, widespread use, economic value and vulnerability has meant that air transportation has been the subject of numerous attacks over the years. These have taken a diversity of forms and been driven by a variety of motivations. The contributions to this edited book value offer a set of insightful studies not only of the nature of the broad on-going trends in attacks, but also the perspectives of the various actors in both the public and private sector, who have to formulate countermeasures. Because of the uncertainties involved, the tasks of airlines, airports and air traffic control, as well as national and international public bodies, to counter attacks on aviation have been especially challenging. The chapters here offer those new to the subject an excellent overview of the challenges being confronted and the reactions of the aviation sector and public policy makers to them.' --Kenneth J. Button, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Joseph S. Szyliowicz and Luca Zamparini PART I Themes, Issues, and Frameworks 2. The Policy Dimensions of Air Transport Security Joseph S. Szyliowicz 3. Economic Issues in Air Transport Security Luca Zamparini 4. International and EU Legal Frameworks of Aviation Security Francesco Rossi Dal Pozzo 5. The Role of the Private Sector for Air Transport Security Jeffrey Price 6. The Challenge of Air Cargo Security Douglas Brittin PART II Policy Applications 7. Aviation Security in the US Joseph S. Szyliowicz 8. Aviation Security Policy in Canada Kamaal Zaidi 9. Safety and Security in Brazilian Aviation Dawna Rhodes and Michael J. Williams 10. Air Transport Security in Israel Hillel Avihai 11. Air Transport Security in Kenya Evaristus Irandu 12. Air Transport Security in Malaysia Priyanka Puri, Manjit Singh Sandhu and Santha Vaithilingam 13. Air Transport Security in Japan Toki Udagawa Hirakawa 14. Aviation Security in Australia Tim Prenzler 15. Conclusions Joseph S. Szyliowicz and Luca Zamparini 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. While sophistication in analysis has increased, understanding the effective integration of transport and development often remains poor in theory and in practice - with sometimes devastating effects. This Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of both the current and emerging thinking in this field, drawing on multidisciplinary thinking in transport planning, transport, urban and spatial economics, and the wider social sciences.With 45 chapters from leading international authors, the book is organised around three main themes:- urban structure and travel- transport and spatial impacts- wider dimensions in transport and development.The chapters each present commentary on key issues within these themes, presenting the debate on the impacts of urban structure on travel, the impacts of transport investment on development, and social and cultural change on travel. A multitude of competing inter-disciplinary perspectives are considered - leaving the reader with an invaluably comprehensive and critical understanding of the field.This major Handbook will serve as a guide for undergraduates and graduate students, researchers, consultants, and also practitioners and policy makers, wishing to find a comprehensive and original reference to research on transport and development.Contributors: J.A. Annema, F. Avelino, D. Banister, D. Bonilla, F. Bruinsma, C.C. Cantarelli, X. (Jason) Cao, C.-L. Chen, G. Cohen-Blankshtain, C. Curtis, G. Dane, J. Dodson, A. Donald, R. Dowling, M. Echenique, A. El-Geneidy, R. Ewing, E. Feitelson, B. Flyvbjerg, N. Garrick, H. Geerlings, K. Geurs, M. Givoni, A.R. Goetz, P. Gordon, A. Grigolon, D. Halden, P. Hall, I. Hamiduddin, S. Handy, P. Headicar, D.A. Hensher, D. Hidalgo, R. Hickman, R. Hjorthol, M. Hillman, E. Holden, T. Holvad, H. Holzapfel, M. Iacono, O.B. Jensen, P. Jones, J. Kenworthy, S. Kenyon, C.A. Klöckner, K.J. Krizek, B. Lee, S. Leleur, D. Levinson, T. Li, Z. Li, K. Linnerud, S. Marshall, W. Marshall, E. Matthies, L. Meija Dorantes, R. Meyfahrt, P. Mokhtarian, J.C. Muñoz, P. Naess, P. Newman, S. Nordbakke, S. Petheram, S. Rasouli, P. Rietveld, O. Rotem-Mindali, T. Schwanen, N. Sipe, D. Stead, P. Stoker, G. Stokes, H. Timmermans, B. Van Wee, R. Wilson, D. YangTrade 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 SynopsisTransport economics and policy analysis is a field which has seen major advances in methodology in recent decades. The transport sector has many unique characteristics - non-storability, economies of scale and scope, indivisibilities and the extensive production of positive and negative externalities that need careful consideration in any analysis. The aim of this Handbook is to provide an overview of the essential research methods with illustrations of how they are applied in practice.The book is divided into six sections - transport costs, externalities, transport demand, pricing and investment, deregulation and privatisation, and transport policy impacts. Each section comprises several chapters, divided by mode of transport or other relevant factor.Some of the unique features include: a comprehensive overview of methods used in transport economics and policy analysis from leading researchers in the field up-to-date methodology for analyzing transport costs and demand examples of how to value the full range of externalities of transport, including both costs and benefits guidance on how to assess the impact of privatisation and (de)regulation, with examples from local public transport, rail and air identification of the relevant factors involved in transport pricing, including roads, public transport, ports and airports an analysis of the neglected topic of equity in transport. This illustrative overview of research methods will be essential to researchers, students and practitioners in academia, government and business.Contributors: J. Bates, O. Betancor, B. de Borger, T. Fowkes, J. Holmgren, J. Owen Jansson, G. de Jong, G. Lindberg, H. Link, R. Liu, A. Ljungberg, A.D. May, H. Meersman, S. Morrison, C. Nash, J.-E. Nilsson, J. de Dios Ortuzar, J. Preston, S. Proost, L.I. Rizzi, W. Rothengatter, G. de Rus, S. Shepherd, A. Smith, J. Stanley, J. Stanley, S. Pettersen Strandenes, D. Van de Velde, E. Van de Voorde, R. Vickerman, P. Wheat, M. WolanskiTrade 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 SynopsisFor cities investing in public transit infrastructure, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) continues to grow as a popular mode of choice. BRT implementation, planning, operation, performance and impacts, from a wide range of developed and developing cities across the globe are examined in depth in this exemplary book, with contributions by academics and practical experts on BRT.Each chapter is self-contained, presenting empirical research and grounded examples of BRT in specific urban spaces. Providing rich insight, the chapters also suggest lessons for cities elsewhere. As a whole, the book frames the chapters with the question of how BRT is valued, providing a timely lens to the broader conceptual question of how transport infrastructure can and ought to be valued in the twenty-first century. Urban and transport studies scholars will find this an invaluable read, as it compares BRT to similar forms of public transport in cities, exploring the pros and cons of the system. The rich set of empirical examples and research suggestions in this book will aid advanced students in determining dissertation and research topics.Contributors include: B. Adhvaryu, C. Balbontin, G. Beaudet, D. Bray, C. Cadena-Gaitán, W. Camargo, T.-T. Deng, R. Ellison, F. Ferbrache, D.A. Hensher, O. Hjelm, C.Q. Ho, M.-J. Jun, P. Lewis, R. Macário, S. Mejía-Dugand, C. Mulley, J.D. Nelson, D. Scrafton, S. Sinha, A. Stewart, H.M.S. Swamy, C.E. Vergel-Tovar, I. Wallis, G. Weisbrod, G. Whelan, P. White, D. Wignall, A. WoodTrade Review'This is a useful book that uses case studies from around the world to determine the value of BRT in a range of geographic contexts. The examples cover a variety of scales of systems from BRT lite, running largely in mixed traffic, to fully segregated schemes operating at high speeds and using sophisticated information systems. If you want to understand the potential of BRT as an effective urban mode of travel, this is an excellent place to start.' --Roger Mackett, University College London, UK'BRT offers sustainable mobility options to wealthy and poor communities alike, however, despite several decades of practice BRT research is limited. Ferbrache has compiled an impressive set of authors covering a wide range of places across the globe that illustrate how BRT is embedded and valued in the built environment. This book is a contribution to students, scholars and practitioners interested in better understanding the experience of BRT and the promise it holds for the future.' --John Renne, Florida Atlantic University, US, and University of Oxford, UK'This book is an invaluable addition to the expanding body of knowledge on BRT, particularly on its impacts on urban spaces. It combines a series of case studies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, South Korea, China, India, Colombia and South Africa, with global overviews, authored by 29 multidisciplinary researchers. The book reveals the diversity of applications of a concept that is still in evolution, with multiple positive and negative impacts that need to be understood. The array of contributions indicates that this understanding is maturing, but there are still areas that need further research, like the BRT wider economic and urban impacts. The book is a worthwhile reference for urban planners and researchers.' --Dario Hidalgo, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and the BRT+ Centre of Excellence, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. The value of BRT in urban spaces Fiona Ferbrache 2. The Adelaide O-Bahn: evolution, operation and lessons David Bray and Derek Scrafton 3. Ottawa-Gatineau: bus rapid transit and metropolitan planning Gérard Beaudet and Paul Lewis 4. The Auckland Northern Busway, New Zealand Don Wignall and Ian Wallis 5. Evaluating BRT and LRT on a level playing field in developed economies: a cross cultural comparison David A. Hensher, Camila Balbontin, Chinh Q. Ho, Corinne Mulley, Rosário Macário and Anson Stewart 6. Bus rapid transit implementation in China: performance, progress and lessons for transferability John D. Nelson and Tao-Tao Deng 7. Ahmedabad BRT H.M. Shivanand Swamy, Bhargav Adhvaryu and Shalini Sinha 8. How well does BRT perform in contrast to LRT: an Australian case study using MetroScan_TI David A. Hensher, Richard Ellison, Chinh Q. Ho, Glen Weisbrod 9. Assessing BRT outcomes in Great Britain Gerard Whelan and Peter White 10. The Wider economic impacts of BRT - a global synthesis Fiona Ferbrache 11. Urban development impacts of bus rapid transit in Colombia: challenges and opportunities C. Erik Vergel-Tovar and William Camargo 12. Welfare effects of proximity to the bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Seoul, Korea Myung-Jin Jun 13. Segregated lanes in a segregated society: a case study of Medellín, Colombia Santiago Mejía-Dugand, Carlos Cadena-Gaitán, Olof Hjelm 14. Materiality, immateriality and the replication of BRT in South Africa Astrid Wood Conclusion Fiona Ferbrache Index

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Book SynopsisGoverning Compact Cities investigates how governments and other critical actors organise to enable compact urban growth, combining higher urban densities, mixed use and urban design quality with more walkable and public transport-oriented urban development. Philipp Rode draws on empirical evidence from London and Berlin to examine how urban policymakers, professionals and stakeholders have worked across disciplinary silos, geographic scales and different time horizons since the early 1990s.The key mechanisms for integrated urban governance which enable more compact growth are identified by focusing on the underlying institutional arrangements that have connected strategic urban planning, city design and transport policy in the two case study cities. These include a hybrid model of hierarchical and network governance, the effectiveness of continuous adjustment over disruptive, one-off ?integration fixes? and the prioritisation of certain links between sectoral policy and geographic scales over others.With an interdisciplinary approach connecting urban studies and planning with political science, public administration and organisational studies, this book will be of interest to academics and students in those disciplines, as well as urban practitioners and the applied/policy research community.Trade Review'Demonstrating an encyclopaedic grasp of the planning and policy complexities that surround efforts to advance urban sustainability, this extensively referenced and empirically grounded book reveals the multiple pathways that cities can take to achieve the aims of urban compactness. Philipp Rode unpacks the urban governance agenda with a sharp eye to bureaucratically thorny organisational dynamics as well as to the constraints imposed by those who prefer market to state solutions in cities, while also sharing his deep knowledge of how difficult it is to coordinate transport and land use in such conditions. I have yet to decide whether this book's greatest value is its profound grasp of the literature and current debates on policy, planning, land use and transport, or its well-researched and informative account of the steps taken by governing officials in Berlin and London to enhance densification through cross-sector coordination of urban development policies. Both aspects of the book are absolutely invaluable, yet it is the carefully crafted mix of these subjects and sensibilities that makes the book an indispensable resource for scholars and practitioners seeking to discover the holy grail of sustainable urban development.' --Diane E. Davis, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, US'Governing Compact Cities is a prime example of what could be called the new Urban Studies: not beholden to disciplinary and professional silos, but working across them; less focused on one particular city or problem, but comparative in focus and with a keen emphasis on the institutions and processes that make up for integrated city governance over time. Philipp Rode's book on Berlin and London is a must read for students of cities, governance and policy studies alike, as it is for professionals in the field.' --Helmut K. Anheier, Hertie School of Governance, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Compact urban growth and sustainable transport 3. Integrated urban governance and its institutions 4. Berlin: Integrating multi-level metropolitan governance 5. London: Urban governance with a new centre 6. Conclusion: Comparison and implications Index

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Book SynopsisDecision-makers within the mobility, transport and logistics sector need to account for a wide range of conflicting information from actors with varied backgrounds and interests. This book presents Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) developed by Professor Cathy Macharis, designed to involve and empower stakeholders within these sectors at all stages of the decision-making process.This comprehensive work draws on 15 years of research, during which MAMCA has been deployed to support sustainable decisions within the transport and mobility sectors. Contrary to traditional approaches in the area, the MAMCA methodology pushes stakeholder perspectives to the forefront of analysis using a co-construction approach, making the methodology unique within the group-decision making literature.Based on a strong record of both theoretical and real-life applications in the context of mobility, transport and logistics, this book provides decision-makers, managers and practitioners with the tools to use, understand and replicate the MAMCA methodology.Contributors include: S. Balm, S. Basbas, G. Baudry, E. Chojnacka, K. De Brucker, M. Dean, D. Górecka, R. Hickman, C. Macharis, D. Meers, H.B. Rai, A. Roukouni, G. te Boveldt, T. van Lier, K. Van Raemdonck, T. ValléeTrade Review'MAMCA is not just another Multi Criteria Analysis methodology; it is a holistic Cost Efficiency Analysis concept, that is robustly structured and supported by a vast array of tools, like tables, excel sheets and an enabling software. We've applied it in more than 20 industrial and research projects and it never stopped surprising us positively, by the often unexpected and ''out of the box'' findings it led to. Thus, this book is of fundamental importance to Transport Researchers performing impact assessment.' --Angelos Bekiaris, Hellenic Institute of Transport, Greece'This edited book provides an essential resource for anyone involved in evaluation and decision-making in sustainable transport. The value of the book goes beyond the application of a specific technique and it contains insights that are relevant to all those involved in sustainable transport and logistics.' --Michael Brown, University of Gothenburg, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Joost De Bock Introduction by Cathy Macharis and Gino Baudry PART I THE MULTI ACTOR MULTI CRITERIA ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK 1. The Multi Actor and Multi Criteria Analysis framework Cathy Macharis and Gino Baudry 2. When to use Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis or other evaluation methods? Cathy Macharis, Klaas De Brucker and Koen Van Raemdonck 3. The Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis software Gino Baudry, Koen Van Raemdonck and Cathy Macharis 4. From Desirable to Feasible: Fostering Inter-Institutional Cooperation with Competence-based Multi Criteria Analysis (COMCA) Geert te Boveldt, Koen Van Raemdonck and Cathy Macharis 5. Broadening the scope of Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) by implementing an exploratory scenario approach to support participatory decision-making under uncertainty: the range-based MAMCA Gino Baudry, Thomas Vallée and Cathy Macharis PART II CASE STUDIES 6. Comparing Cost-Benefit Analysis and Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis: The Case of Blackpool and the South Fylde Line Marco Dean and Robin Hickman 7. Evaluation of Value Capture Financing schemes for urban transportation infrastructure with the aid of Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis focusing on a Greek city Anastasia Roukouni, Cathy Macharis and Socrates Basbas 8. Evaluating innovative solutions for sustainable city logistics: An enhanced understanding of stakeholder perceptions Tom van Lier, Dries Meers, Heleen Buldeo Rai and Cathy Macharis 9. Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis for educational purposes and practical-oriented research: examples from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Susanne Balm 10. Assessing the stakeholder support for different biofuel options in France by 2030 using the range-based Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis framework Gino Baudry and Thomas Vallée 11. Ranking charities using Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis methodology: the case of Public Benefit Organizations in Poland Ewa Chojnacka and Dorota Górecka Index

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