Data Analytics: Paving the Way to Sustainable Urban Mobility

Data Analytics: Paving the Way to Sustainable Urban Mobility
Author: Eftihia G. Nathanail
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 877
Release: 2018-12-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030023052

This book aims at showing how big data sources and data analytics can play an important role in sustainable mobility. It is especially intended to provide academicians, researchers, practitioners and decision makers with a snapshot of methods that can be effectively used to improve urban mobility. The different chapters, which report on contributions presented at the 4th Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility, held on May 24-25, 2018, in Skiathos Island, Greece, cover different thematic areas, such as social networks and traveler behavior, applications of big data technologies in transportation and analytics, transport infrastructure and traffic management, transportation modeling, vehicle emissions and environmental impacts, public transport and demand responsive systems, intermodal interchanges, smart city logistics systems, data security and associated legal aspects. They show in particular how to apply big data in improving urban mobility, discuss important challenges in developing and implementing analytics methods and provide the reader with an up-to-date review of the most representative research on data management techniques for enabling sustainable urban mobility

The Downtown Brooklyn Streetcar Loop Plan ca. 1989

The Downtown Brooklyn Streetcar Loop Plan ca. 1989
Author: Bob Diamond
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2016-01-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1329805348

Could be the time has come for a downtown Brooklyn streetcar loop, as a component of an overall Brooklyn- Queens waterfront streetcar system.

Brooklyn Streetcar Feasibility Study

Brooklyn Streetcar Feasibility Study
Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1437944817

This report illustrates relevant streetcar components and experiences that are applicable to the Brooklyn, NY, Streetcar for the Red Hook district. Ten streetcar systems that are in operation, or beyond the planning phase, were considered as potential case studies for this report. These include: Portland; Charlotte; Seattle South Lake Union; San Francisco Historic; Tacoma Link; Tampa Ybor City; Tucson; Kenosha; Phila.; and Toronto. Summaries of these ten streetcar systems are included here. This case study focused on three systems: Portland; Seattle South Lake Union; and Phila. Girard Ave. Includes a summary on Lessons Learned. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.