Transportation - General

This book provides an overview of the operation of the container terminals and the associated risks with such operation. The topics covered include the history and development of the container terminals, the operation of the terminals and risk incurred, the risk management theories and...

Interdisciplinary contributors from across Europe and the USA join together in this book to provide a timely overview of the latest theories and policies related to transport networks. They cover topical issues such as: environmental benefits of substitution of aviation by high speed trains;...

As centres for logistics activities, seaports have traditionally been the focus of maritime logistics chains. However, changes in production patterns, supported by the development of rapid transport of goods over long distances, have altered the logistics landscape. Comprised of case studies and state of...

This volume examines sustainable mobilities from multiple angles varying by time, region, cultural and economic backgrounds, local stakeholders and governance structures. By achieving a better understanding of mobility behaviour and mobility needs in different contexts this book develops innovative strategies and advances modelling approaches...

Charting the development of the travel plan as a concept, this book draws on a range of research-based contributions to determine the state-of-the-art and to explore a series of future scenarios in this area for practitioners and policy makers. Site-based mobility management or 'travel...

This important book addresses the strategic dimensions of networks, especially in transportation and information communication technology in Europe. It also looks at the implications of European integration policies for network operations and developments, and the assessment of network synergy effects.Author: Maria GiaoutziISBN-10: 1138267597ISBN-13: 9781138267596Publisher:...

By combining focus groups and interviews with innovative research techniques, this book provides insights into the daily experiences of those using the British transport system. It examines the complexities of travel among different social groups and makes a compelling case that transport-related social exclusion...

Congestion and traffic-related pollution are increasingly becoming major issues in towns and cities world-wide. This book deals with carefully selected market and non-market based measures to reduce congestion, and their implementation and effectiveness in tackling the problem.Author: Tom RyeISBN-10: 1138257605ISBN-13: 9781138257603Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/27/2017Pages:...

Ports in Proximity provides an overview of key contemporary research in the field through a broad range of international case studies. The opportunities for cooperation between competing adjacent ports is examined while the avenues for further joint research are identified, setting an agenda for...

Reflecting the dynamic relationships between socio-technical behaviour and change, this book presents leading research on the transition process needed to achieve more sustainable transport systems. Focusing on making transition happen, this volume looks at various aspects and factors that are involved in the transition...

Transit Oriented Development: Making it Happen brings together the different stakeholders and disciplines that are involved in the conception and implementation of TOD to provide a comprehensive overview of the realization of this concept in Australia, North America, Asia and Europe. The book identifies...

How can the benefits of maritime trade be increased for the companies and institutions directly involved as well as the port city-regions where the transfers take place? Tackling this question, the authors of this volume put into perspective the reality, opportunities and challenges facing...

Based on an extensive research project, this book investigates how shipping companies learn from, filter and give credence/acceptability to differing risk perceptions and how this influences the work culture with special regard to group/team dynamics and individual motivation. The work is presented in the...

The book provides a scientific perspective to urban mobility and introduces multimodal mobility planning with a holistic approach. It provides new perspectives on the philosophy of shifting mobility to encounter underlying weakness of the current automobility system. Author: Dewan Masud KarimISBN-10: 1032520892ISBN-13: 9781032520896Publisher: CRC...

By introducing the new concept of alternative (im)mobilities, this collection draws attention to a different approach to mobility practices. In doing so, this ground-breaking volume explores a range of issues related related to (im)mobilities and the Covid-19 pandemic, transport and social practices, and media...

This book presents gender and diversity in smart transport as a cutting-edge issue in urban contexts around the globe. It will address new challenges and possibilities related to the smart transport sector.Author: Hilda Rømer Christensen,Michala Hvidt Breengaard,Lena LevinISBN-10: 1032042303ISBN-13: 9781032042305Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2024Pages: 156Format:...

In a global marketplace, how do real estate developers and investors who could put their money nearly anywhere think about infrastructure? And how do city leaders use infrastructure to position their cities--relative to other cities regionally, nationally, and internationally--for real estate investment and economic...

Based on recent research, this timely study analyzes projects and policies that might reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lessen the impact of automobiles on the environment. More than 20 transportation policy scenarios are studied, including the cost of parking, freeways, and fuel taxes; the...

This book presents and analyzes the results of a comprehensive collection of data on the extent and condition of transport infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, identifies the reasons for poor performance, and estimates future financing needs. The transport facilities of Sub-Saharan Africa were built primarily...

This book was written because at the time when Development Partners focus especially on rural mobility, it is worth trying to know how to achieve better aid effectiveness in rural transport. So far, most Development Partners and governments in SSA have relied on two...

This book shows how the most innovative metropolitan planning organizations in the United States are addressing these issues using their mandates to improve transportation networks while pursuing emerging sustainability goals at the same time. Author: Reid Ewing,Keith BartholomewISBN-10: 0815381034ISBN-13: 9780815381037Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/27/2018Pages: 256Format:...

The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program is a cooperative effort by government, private industry, and academia to apply advanced technology to the task of resolving the problems of surface transportation. The objective is to improve travel efficiency and mobility, enhance safety, conserve energy, provide...

This handbook of urban transportation planning presents case studies detailing 40 best practices from 33 states in the U.S. and 19 countries on six continents. Cities around the world have improved transportation options for their citizens. Roadways have seen the addition of walkways and...

Approximately 80 per cent of European and American citizens live in an urban environment. Due to their large populations and extensive commercial establishments, urban areas require large quantities of goods and services for commercial and domestic use. This results in increasing levels of demand...

The North Point Milwaukee Lighthouse, neatly nestled in beautifully landscaped Lake Park on Milwaukee's east side, is a local maritime jewel. Incorporated as part of legendary landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted's grand design for this scenic urban park, North Point rests far atop a...

Our nation's transportation system is a death trap for the third of our citizens who do not drive. A full 13% of traffic deaths are bicyclists and pedestrians yet most roadways are still being built with only motor vehicles in mind. Pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists...

This book, first published in 1990, discusses problems of urban transport planning, deficiencies in the theory and practice of conventional transport planning, and the emerging alternatives in developing countries such as India, Indonesia and Brazil. The work addresses problems that are still of great...

Following on from Integrated Models Volume 1: Policy Analysis of Transportation and Lane Use (Routledge Library Editions, 2006), this book bridges the gap between the scholars and the practitioners of transportation and land-use modelling. First published in 1991, chapters discuss model-calibration and model-solution problems,...

International maritime transport can be analysed from a number of equally important spheres, such as geography, business, economics and history. This new collection integrates these differing approaches for the first time.Author: Heather LeggateISBN-10: 0415649250ISBN-13: 9780415649254Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/13/2012Pages: 326Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w...

A critical overview of the nature, evolution and contemporary challenges of transport policy and planning at the national and local scale while expanding on procedural mechanisms and forging much-needed links with the related discipline of spatial planning.Author: Peter HeadicarISBN-10: 0415469872ISBN-13: 9780415469876Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2009Pages:...

The Politics of Mobility presents case studies of local transport policy-making and in-depth analysis of UK national transport policy in the period 1987-2000 to highlight how policy was promoted and resisted.Author: Geoff VigarISBN-10: 0415259177ISBN-13: 9780415259170Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2001Pages: 254Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.44h x 6.26w...

Examining the links between irregular and inefficient transport methods and economic progress, the author explains that it can only be effective if timing, location and technology are carefully chosen.Author: David HillingISBN-10: 0415136555ISBN-13: 9780415136556Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/1996Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d

In recent decades urban regions around the world have engaged in a new process of development based on the creation of new knowledge. Amidst the globalization of economic activities and the arrival of transformative technologies, knowledge has become the key driver of competitiveness and...

Transportation asset management delivers efficient and cost-effective investment decisions to support transportation infrastructure and system usage performance measured in economic, social, health, and environmental terms. It can be applied at national, state, and local levels. This distinctive book addresses asset management for multimodal transportation,...

This book critically explores the relationship between mobility patterns, transport provision and urban development in East African cities. Author: Nadine AppelhansISBN-10: 0367637111ISBN-13: 9780367637118Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2023Pages: 210Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d

Making Mobilities Matter explores the interconnection between everyday practice and policy and planning in urban mobilities. It develops a theoretical framework for understanding everyday life and its mobilities in a mobile risk society and critiques the technocratic views that still dominate transport politics and...

Why Transportation Fails offers an in-depth critique of transportation failures in South Africa and beyond.Author: Astrid WoodISBN-10: 0367338408ISBN-13: 9780367338404Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2025Pages: 178Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d

This book will draw on case studies of three coastal cities situated within very different governance regimes: Rotterdam, Boston and Singapore. It examines how infrastructure managers and other stakeholders are grappling with complex and uncertain climate risks.Author: Todd SchenkISBN-10: 0367192977ISBN-13: 9780367192976Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/08/2019Pages:...

This book discusses and presents electric vehicle technology, highlighting the research gap and bottlenecks, while laying the roadmap for future research. This will lead to the success of technology and creating a green, intelligent, smart, and sustainable society along with a resilient grid. It...

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a hazardous fuel shipped in large tankers to U.S. ports from overseas. While LNG has historically made up a small part of U.S. natural gas supplies, rising price volatility, and the possibility of domestic shortages have significantly increased LNG...

The Railroad Engineer's Practice is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1880. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we...

Running on empty argues that past failure to address fundamental inequalities in the ability of low-income households to access adequate transport has undermined effective delivery of welfare policies in the US and UK; describes the new policies and initiatives being developed to address this...

The cities, towns, and villages along Nova Scotia's coastlines have witnessed battles, shipwrecks, celebrations, and tragedies. They have been home to Indigenous peoples, and have been havens for explorers, fishers, and traders. These harbour towns have provided refuge to people escaping intolerable social or...

Explores the Back Bay of Boston, from its 19th-century transformation to today.In his new book Anthony M. Sammarco outlines the Back Bay of Boston, a neighborhood of the city that is not just the quintessential Victorian neighborhood of the 19th century, but one that...

Author: Edmund W. RydellISBN-10: 140104364XISBN-13: 9781401043643Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/19/2001Pages: 232Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 8.84h x 5.82w x 0.77d

The BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print publications. In broadening the public understanding of government and its work, an enlightened democracy can grow and prosper. Ranging from historic Congressional Bills...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

This is the "Report of Joint Special Committee on the Eastern Avenue," dating back to 1861. The report provides insight into the planning and development of Eastern Avenue in Boston during a period of significant urban expansion and infrastructural advancement. It offers a valuable...

Explore the early 20th-century work of the "United States Bureau of Engineering." This historical document provides insights into the engineering practices and projects undertaken by the U.S. government during a period of significant infrastructure development. A valuable resource for historians, engineers, and anyone interested...