Tomorrow's Transportation : Changing Cities, Economies and Lives
William L. Garrison
Bok Engelsk 2000 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Norwood : : Artech House, , 2000.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (338 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents v; Preface xv; 1 A Bit of Perspective 1; The window on the world for most people is their car window 5; And so... 5; References 6; Part I: The Car and Traffic 7; 2 The Car that Can Drive Itself 9; But other things have changed very little... 11; Tip of the iceberg 13; Hands-off freeway driving 13; The driver becomes a passenger 14; New, exclusive highways? 16; Continuing evolution 17; Designing the system: we emulate the human 17; The end of driving? 20; The nondriver isn't anymore 20; The automated car offers more than just automation 21; Platooning 21. - Electric streetcars and the two-step dance 137. - It's not just for moving people 22Brave new world! 24; References 25; 3 Congestion: The Devil We Know 27; Ultimate gridlock 28; Is congestion increasing? 29; A paradox? 31; A short story about the suburbs 32; What congestion is costing us 34; Just part of the story 35; We can do better 37; References 37; 4 Congestion: What Are We Doing about It? 39; The broad prescription for congestion relief 40; Traffic control and the intelligent transportation system program 41; Better public transportation 45; Car pooling 48; Reversible lanes 50; High-occupancy vehicle lanes 50. - The commuter car 73On a different track: the neighborhood car 76; Imagine more 78; Getting started 79; Operations and impact-the commuter car 80; Operations and impact-the neighborhood car 82; Headwinds 83; References 84; Part II: The City and Transportation 87; 7 Transportation and the Evolution of the City 89; The birth of the modern city 92; The quality of life 94; Whither now? 96; Selected bibliography 97; 8 The Modern Dilemma: What to Do? 99; Relative roles 103; Service in the suburbs-thin, diffuse travel patterns 105; But once in the car 106. - Vehicle automation 51Other favorites 51; Where does all this leave us? 52; References 53; 5 Congestion: A Better Strategy? 55; Freeway Traffic Flow 101: The nature of the phenomenon 56; A freeway game 60; So once again-the prescription 60; What, then, to do? 61; Off the freeway-surface streets 63; The waiting line bugaboo 64; Road pricing, the economists' favorite 65; The synergy of metering plus pricing 67; Looking ahead: a summary 67; Selected bibliography 68; Appendix 5A: Variable driver behavior and the highway capacity curve 70; 6 Some New Kinds of Cars 73. - Where does this leave us? 107What, then, to do? 107; Innovation 110; Next 111; References 111; 9 A New Kind of Minicity 113; References 119; 10 The Second-Story City 121; Let's push the envelope 123; Revitalize our downtowns? 123; Reference 124; 11 The Variegated City 125; Cities thrive by variegating 126; Looking ahead at trends-folk living everywhere 127; How we live-is everything old new again? 128; Chauffeuring 130; How we work 131; The variegated city 133; References 134; 12 Variegated Transportation for Variegated Cities 135. - A broad look at current and emergent developments in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), and at how improved transportation systems can have a significant impact on lifestyle. It draws together and reviews the social, economic and environmental issues, and utilizes real-life case studies.
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| Emner | Technological innovations
Transportation - Forecasting Business & Economics Transportation Economics Teknologisk utvikling Transport |
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| ISBN | 1580530966
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