The Geography of Transport Systems

The Geography of Transport Systems
Author: Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2013-07-18
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1136777326

Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructures, modes and terminals are so embedded in the socio-economic life of individuals, institutions and corporations that they are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived invisibility of transportation is derived from its efficiency. Understanding how mobility is linked with geography is main the purpose of this book. The third edition of The Geography of Transport Systems has been revised and updated to provide an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation. This text provides greater discussion of security, energy, green logistics, as well as new and updated case studies, a revised content structure, and new figures. Each chapter covers a specific conceptual dimension including networks, modes, terminals, freight transportation, urban transportation and environmental impacts. A final chapter contains core methodologies linked with transport geography such as accessibility, spatial interactions, graph theory and Geographic Information Systems for transportation (GIS-T). This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field, with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. The accompanying website for this text contains a useful additional material, including digital maps, PowerPoint slides, databases, and links to further reading and websites. The website can be accessed at: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans This text is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transport geography, as well as those interest in economic and urban geography, transport planning and engineering.

Freight Traffic Report ...

Freight Traffic Report ...
Author: United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 734
Release: 1935
Genre: Freight and freightage
ISBN:

Port Economics, Management and Policy

Port Economics, Management and Policy
Author: Theo Notteboom
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 812
Release: 2022-01-31
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1000526933

Port Economics, Management and Policy provides a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary port industry, showing how ports are organized to serve the global economy and support regional and local development. Structured in eight sections plus an introduction and epilog, this textbook examines a wide range of seaport topics, covering maritime shipping and international trade, port terminals, port governance, port competition, port policy and much more. Key features of the book include: Multidisciplinary perspective, drawing on economics, geography, management science and engineering Multisector analysis including containers, bulk, break-bulk and the cruise industry Focus on the latest industry trends, such as supply chain management, automation, digitalization and sustainability Benefitting from the authors’ extensive involvement in shaping the port sector across five continents, this text provides students and scholars with a valuable resource on ports and maritime transport systems. Practitioners and policymakers can also use this as an essential guide towards better port management and governance.

Handbook of Optimization in the Railway Industry

Handbook of Optimization in the Railway Industry
Author: Ralf Borndörfer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2018-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319721534

This book promotes the use of mathematical optimization and operations research methods in rail transportation. The editors assembled thirteen contributions from leading scholars to present a unified voice, standardize terminology, and assess the state-of-the-art. There are three main clusters of articles, corresponding to the classical stages of the planning process: strategic, tactical, and operational. These three clusters are further subdivided into five parts which correspond to the main phases of the railway network planning process: network assessment, capacity planning, timetabling, resource planning, and operational planning. Individual chapters cover: Simulation Capacity Assessment Network Design Train Routing Robust Timetabling Event Scheduling Track Allocation Blocking Shunting Rolling Stock Crew Scheduling Dispatching Delay Propagation

Integrating Freight Facilities and Operations with Community Goals

Integrating Freight Facilities and Operations with Community Goals
Author: Anne Strauss-Wieder
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2003
Genre: Freight and freightage
ISBN: 030906967X

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis Report 320: Integrating Freight Facilities and Operations with Community Goals identifies practices that have been or are being used by private-sector freight companies and public transportation agencies in citing their facilities, modifying their operations, and managing their community relations. "Good neighbor initiatives" and balancing practices employed by metropolitan planning and economic development organizations, local governments, and others are also recognized. The report covers water, truck, rail, and air freight facilities and operations. Although the report does not include pipelines, several of the issues and practices discussed are relevant to pipeline facilities and operations.

Transportation Expressions 1996

Transportation Expressions 1996
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1996
Genre: Government publications
ISBN:

"A comprehensive inventory of transportation terms and their definitions."--Introduction, p. xi.

Transportation Expressions (1996)

Transportation Expressions (1996)
Author: Richard Feldman
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1998-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9780788175039

Compiles definitions of transportation terms used throughout the Department of Transportation and other U.S. government agencies. The terms are organized by their common name, with each term appearing in bold print and followed by its definition and the source citation. Specific documents, publications or databases used to compile the report are identified in a source index. Terms are cross-referenced within the document and within a term index.