The Routledge Handbook of Transportation

ISBN-13: 9781138798212 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 484 str.

Dusan Teodorovic

Opis

The "Routledge Handbook of Transportation "offers a current and comprehensive survey of transportation planning and engineering research. It provides a step-by-step introduction to research related to traffic engineering and control, transportation planning, and performance measurement and evaluation of transportation alternatives.

The "Handbook of Transportation" demonstrates models and methods for predicting travel and freight demand, planning future transportation networks, and developing traffic control systems. Readers will learn how to use various engineering concepts and approaches to make future transportation safer, more efficient, and more sustainable.

Edited by Dusan Teodorovic and featuring 29 chapters from more than 50 leading global experts, with more than 200 illustrations, the "Routledge Handbook of Transportation "is designed as an invaluable resource for professionals and students in transportation planning and engineering.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Traffic Flow Theory 3. Traffic Network Modeling 4. Freeway Traffic Control 5. Road Traffic Control 6. Evolution of Intelligent Transportation Systems 7. Autonomous Intersection Management for Semi-Autonomous Vehicles 8. Behavioral Approaches for Combatting Aggresive Driving 9. Pedestrian Transportation 10. Bicycle Transportation 11. Traffic Crash Analysis and Prevention 12. Travel Behavior in Response to Network Disruptions 13. Transportation Planning 14. Transportation and Land Use 15. Public Transportation Systems 16. Vehicle Routing and 17. Airport Planning and Design 18. The ATC (Air Traffic Control) System 19. Railway Planning and Operations 20. Inland Waterway Transportation 21. Maritime Transportation 22. Logistics and Supply Chain Management 23. City Logistics 24. Transportation, Energy and the Environment 25. Transportation Economics 26. Queueing in Transportation Systems 27. Location Analysis in Transportation 28. Performance Measurements for Transportation Systems 29. GIS and Transportation

O autorze

Dušan Teodorovi? is Professor at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia, and Professor Emeritus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. Dr. Teodorovi? received a Ph.D. degree in engineering from the University of Belgrade and has worldwide academic experience. His primary research interests are in operations research and computational intelligence applications in transportation engineering. Dr. Teodorovi? has been elected a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.