"Urban mobility is currently a major problem all over the world. Space is limited, and individuals aim for a level of quality in mobility that is only achieved by largely motorised solutions, which have a detrimental effect on the urban environment. Careful analysis of urban mob…
Transportation involves a large number of complex and interacting relationships that are often difficult to analyze. Modelling involves the simplification and abstraction of the underlying, key relationships that assist this analysis. To this end, the last 40 years of the 20th c…
A handbook of transport economics
A handbook of transport economics
A handbook of transport economics
This text provides an up-to-date guide to the most recent and state-of-the-art advances in transport economics. It includes topics ranging from the theoretical foundations of travel demand to some of the most advanced applications and policy recommendations.
"America's dependency on the automobile began with the 1908 introduction of Henry Ford's car-for-everyone, the Model T. The "battle for right-of-way" in the 1920s saw the demise of streetcars and transformed America's streets from a multiuse resource for socializing, commerce, a…
"Sustainable mobility has long been sought after in cities around the world, particularly in industrialised countries, but also increasingly in the emerging cities in Asia. Progress however appears difficult to make as the private car, still largely fuelled by petrol or diesel, …
365 Tage im Jahr, 24 Stunden am Tag - für Fahrzeugflotten öffentlicher Verkehrsunternehmen gelten hohe Anforderungen an die Verfügbarkeit und Sicherheit ihres Betriebs. Gleichzeitig ist ein erheblicher Teil des Kapitals von Verkehrsunternehmen in ihrer Fahrzeugflotte gebunden. D…