Urban Mobility Report (2004)

Urban Mobility Report (2004)
Author: David Schrank
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2008-10
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1437905609

Congestion continues to grow in America¿s urban areas. This report presents details on the 2004 trends, findings and what can be done to address the growing transportation problems. Trend data from 1982 to 2002 for 85 urban areas provides both a local view and a national perspective on the growth and extent of traffic congestion. The 2004 Report provides clear evidence that the time for improvements has arrived. Communicating the congestion levels and the need for improvements is a goal of this report. The decisions about which, and how much, improvement to fund will be made at the local level according to a variety of goals, but there are some broad conclusions that can be drawn from this database. Tables.

The Economics of Urban Transportation

The Economics of Urban Transportation
Author: Kenneth A. Small
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2007-10-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134495706

This timely new edition of Kenneth A. Small’s seminal textbook Urban Transportation Economics, co-authored with Erik T. Verhoef, has been fully updated, covering new areas such as parking policies, reliability of travel times, and the privatization of transportation services, as well as updated treatments of congestion modelling, environmental costs, and transit subsidies. Rigorous in approach and making use of real-world data and econometric techniques, it contains case studies from a range of countries including congestion charging in Norway, Singapore and the UK, light rail in the Netherlands and freeway tolls in the US. Small and Verhoef cover all basic topics needed for any application of economics to transportation: forecasting the demand for transportation services under alternative policies measuring all the costs including those incurred by users setting prices under practical constraints choosing and evaluating investments in basic facilities designing ways in which the private and public sectors interact to provide services. This book will be of great interest to students with basic calculus and some knowledge of economic theory who are engaged with transportation economics, planning and, or engineering, travel demand analysis, and many related fields. It will also be essential reading for researchers in any aspect of urban transportation.

Urban Transportation Planning in the United States

Urban Transportation Planning in the United States
Author: Edward Weiner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2009-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0387771522

This comprehensive text examines the evolution of urban transportation planning in the United States, from early developments in highway planning in the 1930s to today’s concerns over sustainable development, security, and pollution control.

Region

Region
Author: Myron Orfield
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0816665567

"Published in cooperation with the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota."

Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance

Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance
Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 622
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1437931219

This Conditions and Performance (C&P) report is intended to provide decision makers with an objective appraisal of the physical conditions, operational performances, and financing mechanisms of highways, bridges, and transit systems based both on the current state of these systems and on the projected future state of these systems under a set of alternative future investment scenarios. This report offers a comprehensive, data-driven background to support the development and evaluation of legislative, program, and budget options at all levels of government. This report consolidates conditions, performance, and financial data provided by States, local governments, and mass transit operators to provide a national-level summary. Illus.

Congestion and Mobility

Congestion and Mobility
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Concepts in Urban Transportation Planning

Concepts in Urban Transportation Planning
Author: Mintesnot G. Woldeamanuel
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2016-02-22
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1476623163

This book offers solutions for creating sustainable urban transportation. Topics include historical developments, planning, policy and legislative initiatives, nonmotorized and public transportation, environmental and social justice issues, and safety. The author discusses social, health and economic consequences of autocentric transportation and possible policy measures to address them. The important topic of changing travel behavior is discussed. Chapters contain straightforward concepts, case studies, review questions and ideas for class projects. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Managing Urban Traffic Congestion

Managing Urban Traffic Congestion
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2007-05-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9282101509

Offers policy-oriented, research-based recommendations for effectively managing traffic and cutting excess congestion in large urban areas.