Dit boek omvat thema's die uiteenlopen van gestandaardiseerde verkeersborden om mensenlevens op de weg te redden tot de Europabus die in de jaren '50 toeristen van Stockholm naar Rome vervoerde.
More than five decades have passed since Jane Jacobs wrote her classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and since a front page headline in the New York Times read, "Cars Choking Cities as 'Urban Sprawl' Takes Over." Yet sprawl persists, and not by mistake. It happens…
"A witty, readable, and highly original tour through the history of America's suburbs and cities to uncover the human impulses that keep sprawl spreading." "More than five decades have passed since Jane Jacobs wrote her classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and s…
Documents the worsening transport crisis and differences among countries in their urban transport and land-use systems. The focus is on public policies to deal with urban transport problems. Through case studies, the book seeks to evaluate the effectivenes.
"This book argues that the issues surrounding sustainable transport constitute a new - post-modern - phase in transport policy and management. Achieving sustainable transport requires more than 'optimal' management of congestion and the effects on public health and the environme…
The basic concepts in the transportation and traffic operations field that should be understood by every transportation professional are presented here in a thorough, coherent, and self-contained way. Introductory chapters on "tools" cover topics such as graphical methods, optim…
Presents the basic concepts in the transportation and traffic operations field. This book contains chapters on'tools', covering topics such as graphical methods, optimization, probability, stochastic processes, statistics and simulation, which are complemented by application cha…
Presents the basic concepts in the transportation and traffic operations field. This book contains chapters on'tools', covering topics such as graphical methods, optimization, probability, stochastic processes, statistics and simulation, which are complemented by application cha…