Making Transit Work

Making Transit Work
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee for an International Comparison of National Policies and Expectations Affecting Public Transit
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, National Research Council
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 9780309067485

This report was prepared for policy makers searching for ways to boost public transit use in U.S. urban areas and wishing to know what can be learned from the experiences of Canada and Western Europe. Describes the differences in public transit use among U.S., Canadian, and Western European cities; identifies those factors, from urban form to automobile usage, that have contributed to these differences; and offers hypotheses about the reasons for these differences--from historical, demographic, and economic conditions to specific public policies, such as automobile taxation and urban land use regulation.

World of Wanderlust

World of Wanderlust
Author: Brooke Bellamy
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2016-10-31
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 176014343X

What are the world’s greatest destinations? Where are the best places to travel solo? From airport fashion to road trip rules, professional traveller Brooke Saward shows us where to go, what to do and how to get that holiday feeling without even leaving home. Full of beautiful photographs that will ignite the imagination and featuring enduring favourites like Paris, New York, and London, this is the book that will inspire you to make every day an adventure.

Public and Social Services in Europe

Public and Social Services in Europe
Author: Hellmut Wollmann
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2016-07-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137574992

This book presents comparative analyses and accounts of the institutional changes that have occurred to the local level delivery of public utilities and personal social services in countries across Europe. Guided by a common conceptual frame and written by leading country experts, the book pursues a “developmental” approach to consider how the public/municipal sector-centred institutionalization of service delivery (climaxing in the 1970s) developed through its New Public Management-inspired and European Union market liberalization-driven restructuring of the 1980s and early 1990s. The book also discusses the most recent phase since the late 1990s, which has been marked by further marketization and privatization of service delivery on the one hand, and some return to public sector provision (“remunicipalization”) on the other. By comprising some 20 European countries, including Central East European “transformation” countries as well as the “sovereign debt”-stricken countries of Southern Europe, the chapters of this volume cover a much broader cross section of countries than other recent publications on the same subject.

Advanced Public Transportation Systems

Advanced Public Transportation Systems
Author: Marina Drancsak
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1992
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

A compendium of bibliographic references dealing with the application of 3smart car2 and fleet management technologies to bus systems.

The Robomobility Revolution of Urban Public Transport

The Robomobility Revolution of Urban Public Transport
Author: Sylvie Mira-Bonnardel
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030729761

Over the past two decades, society has been witnessing how technological, political, and societal changes have been transforming individual and collective urban mobility. Driven both by newcomers and traditional players, by disruptive as well as incremental innovations, the main objective now is to enhance mobility and accessibility while, reducing vehicle ownership, congestion, road accidents, and pollution in cities. This transformation has been mainly enabled by the widespread adoption of internet-connected devices (e.g.: smartphones and tablets) and by the innovative business models, technologies, and use-cases that arose from this rapid digitalization, such as peer-to-peer, and two-sided markets providing several mobility schemes: car-sharing, car-pooling, bike sharing, free-floating (cars, bikes, electric scooter), ridesharing and ride hailing either for long distances as well as for urban and micro-mobility. The book presents – in a holistic perspective – how this revolution is happening and what are the major cornerstones for the implementation of robomobility. It aims at answering several substantial issues, such as: What is robomobility and what does it imply for the different stakeholders of the public transport ecosystem? How do policy makers integrate this innovation and how ready the regulations are? How do citizens take part in this transformation? What is the level of user acceptance for this new type of mobility? What are its environmental impacts? What is the economic impact of deploying these shuttles in a local ecosystem?

Public Transport

Public Transport
Author: Peter R. White
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2003-12-16
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1134516509

Widened in scope and completely updated, this new edition of a well-established textbook provides an authoritative introduction to all modes of public transport; from taxis and local buses to intercity rail, domestic air and express coaches.

Urban Public Transportation Systems

Urban Public Transportation Systems
Author: Walter Kulyk
Publisher:
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This collection contains 46 papers presented at the Second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems, held in Alexandria, Virginia, April 14-18, 2002.

Urban Transport XV

Urban Transport XV
Author: C. A. Brebbia
Publisher: WIT Press
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2009
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1845641906

conference topics are: Urban Transport Planning and Management; Transport Demand Analysis; Traffic Integration and Control; Intelligent Transport Systems; Transport Modelling and Simulation; Land Use and Transport Integration; Public Transport Systems; Environmental and Ecological Aspects; Air and Noise Pollution; Safety and Security." --Book Jacket.

Urban Transport XVII

Urban Transport XVII
Author: Antonio Pratelli
Publisher: WIT Press
Total Pages: 737
Release: 2011
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1845645200

" ... the 17th International Conference ... held ... in Pisa, Italy."--Pref.

Urban Public Transport Systems Innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era

Urban Public Transport Systems Innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era
Author: Trynos Gumbo
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2022-04-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030987175

This book explores the physical and electronic integration of innovative urban public transport systems in seven metropolitan cities in South Africa and Zimbabwe in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0). The book also highlights how collaborative engagement can improve new transport projects in cities of the Global South. It demonstrates how integration concerns remain in transport infrastructure projects in cities of the developing countries. Consequently, in order to strengthen the emerging and promising economies of these cities, there is a need for efficient, integrated, reliable and affordable public transport systems. The book explains that plans to deliver innovative transport systems in the Global South need to be well coordinated and managed to yield physically and electronically integrated systems.