Transport Planning

Transport Planning
Author: John Adams
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1000360482

Originally published in 1981, this volume provides a systematic and detailed critique of the practice of transport planning. It shows how past transport policies blighted cities, suburbs and countryside alike, led to increased death and injury on the roads and offered the whole of the motorized world as a hostage to the oil-producing countries. The book urges us all to consider whether increase mobility is really synonymous with progress and to take a more active part in planning decisions that may adversely affect our futures. The book will be of interest to those concerned with environmental issues & transport planning.

Transport Planning

Transport Planning
Author: David Banister
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2003-12-16
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1134506635

An invaluable source book, Transport Planning describes the evolution of transport planning and provides a clear account of its strengths and weaknesses, how it relates to actual policy decisions, and where it is likely to go in the future.

Handbook on Transport and Urban Planning in the Developed World

Handbook on Transport and Urban Planning in the Developed World
Author: Michiel C.J. Bliemer
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2016-02-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1783471395

This 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.

Transportation Planning, Policy and Analysis

Transportation Planning, Policy and Analysis
Author: D. N. M. Starkie
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1483156435

Urban and Regional Planning Series, Volume 13: Transportation Planning, Policy and Analysis is a review of selected policies affecting the administration, urban transportation, and proposals regarding transport improvements. The book discusses the inter-relationship of transport policy and analysis of transportation planning. The text outlines the development of transportation planning considering the constraints placed upon studies made in the transportation system. The author describes the planning process as evolving, with the nature of the problem changing along with the passing of time. The author reviews the administrative framework and the polices affecting urban traffic and public transports. He evaluates the policy-decision mechanisms influenced by ""maximization subject to constraint."" The author then presents some mathematical simulation models of transport, and then emphasizes that actual testing and experimentation of a model are needed to overcome any cardinal weaknesses. The book also cites the SELNEC and Tyneside studies where their major component is on road expenditure, which studies regarded as not very cost-effective. The author then cites legislations and development proposals that transportation plans should be integrated with land use planning and traffic systems. The author also discusses why developments in transport planning analysis is a political decision. City administrators, officials of traffic and engineering departments and bureaus, civil engineers, and urban developers will find this book of interest.

Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering

Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering
Author: Coleman O'Flaherty
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 562
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0340662794

Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering is a comprehensive textbook on principles and practice. It includes sections on transport policy and planning, traffic surveys and accident investigation, road design for capacity and safety, and traffic management. Clearly written and illustrated, the book is ideal reading for students of transport, transport planning, traffic engineering and road design. Written by senior academics in the field of transport, it is a worthy successor to the widely acclaimed first volume of O'Flaherty's Highways. The content has been expanded and thoroughly updated to reflect the many changes that have taken place in this topical area.

Introduction to Transportation Planning

Introduction to Transportation Planning
Author: Michael J. Bruton
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1000361373

When originally published in 1975, (here re-issuing the 3rd edition of 1985), this was the only genuinely introductory textbook to the subject of transportation planning. The introductory chapter places the issue of transport in its broader societal context, relating it to demographic, socio-economic, political and environmental considerations. The increasing importance of technology is recognized in the chapter which covers commonly used software packages. As a whole the book provides a basic introduction to the traffic estimation stage of the transport planning process and forms a general guide and survey to the whole subject.

Governing the London Region

Governing the London Region
Author: Donald L. Foley
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0520312473

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

Best Practices in Metropolitan Transportation Planning

Best Practices in Metropolitan Transportation Planning
Author: Reid Ewing
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2018-06-27
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1351211323

Planning at a metropolitan scale is important for effective management of urban growth, transportation systems, air quality, and watershed and green-spaces. It is fundamental to efforts to promote social justice and equity. Best Practices in Metropolitan Transportation Planning shows how the most innovative metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in the United States are addressing these issues using their mandates to improve transportation networks while pursuing emerging sustainability goals at the same time. As both a policy analysis and a practical how-to guide, this book presents cutting-edge original research on the role accessibility plays - and should play - in transportation planning, tracks how existing plans have sought to balance competing priorities using scenario planning and other strategies, assesses the results of various efforts to reduce automobile dependence in cities, and explains how to make planning documents more powerful and effective. In highlighting the most innovative practices implemented by MPOs, regional planning councils, city and county planning departments and state departments of transportation, this book aims to influence other planning organizations, as well as influence federal and state policy discussions and legislation.

OECD Urban Studies Improving Transport Planning for Accessible Cities

OECD Urban Studies Improving Transport Planning for Accessible Cities
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2020-12-11
Genre:
ISBN: 926459356X

Cities are places of opportunity. They provide not just jobs but a whole range of public, cultural, social and consumption amenities. Transport is what connects people to these opportunities and cities provide access with varying degrees of success – especially when it comes to modes of transport that favour a green transition. This report argues that building sustainable transport networks for accessible cities requires a holistic planning approach, a sound institutional framework, reliable sources of funding, strong governmental capacity, and should build on community engagement.

Transport Organisation in a Great City

Transport Organisation in a Great City
Author: Michael F. Collins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1000361810

Originally published in 1974 this book examines the problems confronting the London public transport system in the 1970s. After a brief historical introduction the book then pays particular attention to planning, capital investment, co-ordination, the relationship between transport and housing, the competition between road and rail and the grants paid by central government. There are 15 case studies of significant topics ranging from station car parks to bus lanes, new tube trains to facilities for pedestrians. Although the focus is on London, many of the issues are common to other UK cities and across the world.