Transportation Decision Making

Transportation Decision Making
  • Author : Kumares C. Sinha,Samuel Labi
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Pages : 576
  • Relase : 2011-09-09
  • ISBN : 9781118169667

Transportation Decision Making Book Review:

This pioneering text provides a holistic approach to decisionmaking in transportation project development and programming, whichcan help transportation professionals to optimize their investmentchoices. The authors present a proven set of methodologies forevaluating transportation projects that ensures that all costs andimpacts are taken into consideration. The text's logical organization gets readers started with asolid foundation in basic principles and then progressively buildson that foundation. Topics covered include: Developing performance measures for evaluation, estimatingtravel demand, and costing transportation projects Performing an economic efficiency evaluation that accounts forsuch factors as travel time, safety, and vehicle operatingcosts Evaluating a project's impact on economic development and landuse as well as its impact on society and culture Assessing a project's environmental impact, including airquality, noise, ecology, water resources, and aesthetics Evaluating alternative projects on the basis of multipleperformance criteria Programming transportation investments so that resources can beoptimally allocated to meet facility-specific and system-widegoals Each chapter begins with basic definitions and concepts followedby a methodology for impact assessment. Relevant legislation isdiscussed and available software for performing evaluations ispresented. At the end of each chapter, readers are providedresources for detailed investigation of particular topics. Theseinclude Internet sites and publications of international anddomestic agencies and research institutions. The authors alsoprovide a companion Web site that offers updates, data foranalysis, and case histories of project evaluation and decisionmaking. Given that billions of dollars are spent each year ontransportation systems in the United States alone, and that thereis a need for thorough and rational evaluation and decision makingfor cost-effective system preservation and improvement, this textshould be on the desks of all transportation planners, engineers,and educators. With exercises in every chapter, this text is anideal coursebook for the subject of transportation systems analysisand evaluation.

Policy Architecture

Policy Architecture
  • Author : Anonim
  • Publisher :
  • Pages : 40
  • Relase : 2000
  • ISBN : NWU:35556031875933

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Transportation decision making policy architecture for the 21st century.

Transportation decision making policy architecture for the 21st century.
  • Author : Anonim
  • Publisher : DIANE Publishing
  • Pages :
  • Relase :
  • ISBN : 9781428962255

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Information Requirements for Transportation Economic Analysis

Information Requirements for Transportation Economic Analysis
  • Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
  • Publisher : Transportation Research Board
  • Pages : 164
  • Relase : 2000
  • ISBN : 0309071240

Information Requirements for Transportation Economic Analysis Book Review:

Conference participants sought to identify gaps in the data and analytic tools needed to support economic analysis as related to transportation investment and to develop research proposals designed to fill those gaps. The opening day of the conference featured presentations by economists, transportation analysts, and policy makers on the theory and practice of economic analysis and its usefulness to decision makers. The second and third days of the conference revolved around participatory workshops. Six separate working groups deliberated over three questions: (1) What is the appropriate level of investment in transportation to encourage economic health? (2) How should projects be prioritized within a multimodal transportation program? (3) How much revenue is likely to flow from user charges, tolls, and other sources? At the conclusion of its deliberations, each working group developed a list of research proposals, which it then presented to the conference as a whole.

Transportation Planning Handbook

Transportation Planning Handbook
  • Author : ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers),Michael D. Meyer
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Pages : 1200
  • Relase : 2016-08-01
  • ISBN : 9781118762356

Transportation Planning Handbook Book Review:

A multi-disciplinary approach to transportation planning fundamentals The Transportation Planning Handbook is a comprehensive, practice-oriented reference that presents the fundamental concepts of transportation planning alongside proven techniques. This new fourth edition is more strongly focused on serving the needs of all users, the role of safety in the planning process, and transportation planning in the context of societal concerns, including the development of more sustainable transportation solutions. The content structure has been redesigned with a new format that promotes a more functionally driven multimodal approach to planning, design, and implementation, including guidance toward the latest tools and technology. The material has been updated to reflect the latest changes to major transportation resources such as the HCM, MUTCD, HSM, and more, including the most current ADA accessibility regulations. Transportation planning has historically followed the rational planning model of defining objectives, identifying problems, generating and evaluating alternatives, and developing plans. Planners are increasingly expected to adopt a more multi-disciplinary approach, especially in light of the rising importance of sustainability and environmental concerns. This book presents the fundamentals of transportation planning in a multidisciplinary context, giving readers a practical reference for day-to-day answers. Serve the needs of all users Incorporate safety into the planning process Examine the latest transportation planning software packages Get up to date on the latest standards, recommendations, and codes Developed by The Institute of Transportation Engineers, this book is the culmination of over seventy years of transportation planning solutions, fully updated to reflect the needs of a changing society. For a comprehensive guide with practical answers, The Transportation Planning Handbook is an essential reference.

Smart Urban Development

Smart Urban Development
  • Author : Vito Bobek
  • Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
  • Pages : 236
  • Relase : 2020-02-19
  • ISBN : 9781789850413

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Debates about the future of urban development in many countries have been increasingly influenced by discussions of smart cities. Despite numerous examples of this "urban labelling" phenomenon, we know surprisingly little about so-called smart cities. This book provides a preliminary critical discussion of some of the more important aspects of smart cities. Its primary focus is on the experience of some designated smart cities, with a view to problematizing a range of elements that supposedly characterize this new urban form. It also questions some of the underlying assumptions and contradictions hidden within the concept.

Encyclopedia of Transportation

Encyclopedia of Transportation
  • Author : Mark Garrett
  • Publisher : SAGE Publications
  • Pages : 2000
  • Relase : 2014-08-13
  • ISBN : 9781483346519

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Viewing transportation through the lens of current social, economic, and policy aspects, this four-volume reference work explores the topic of transportation across multiple disciplines within the social sciences and related areas, including geography, public policy, business, and economics. The book’s articles, all written by experts in the field, seek to answer such questions as: What has been the legacy, not just economically but politically and socially as well, of President Eisenhower’s modern interstate highway system in America? With that system and the infrastructure that supports it now in a state of decline and decay, what’s the best path for the future at a time of enormous fiscal constraints? Should California politicians plunge ahead with plans for a high-speed rail that every expert says—despite the allure—will go largely unused and will never pay back the massive investment while at this very moment potholes go unfilled all across the state? What path is best for emerging countries to keep pace with dramatic economic growth for their part? What are the social and financial costs of gridlock in our cities? Features: Approximately 675 signed articles authored by prominent scholars are arranged in A-to-Z fashion and conclude with Further Readings and cross references. A Chronology helps readers put individual events into historical context; a Reader’s Guide organizes entries by broad topical or thematic areas; a detailed index helps users quickly locate entries of most immediate interest; and a Resource Guide provides a list of journals, books, and associations and their websites. While articles were written to avoid jargon as much as possible, a Glossary provides quick definitions of technical terms. To ensure full, well-rounded coverage of the field, the General Editor with expertise in urban planning, public policy, and the environment worked alongside a Consulting Editor with a background in Civil Engineering. The index, Reader’s Guide, and cross references combine for thorough search-and-browse capabilities in the electronic edition. Available in both print and electronic formats, Encyclopedia of Transportation is an ideal reference for libraries and those who want to explore the issues that surround transportation in the United States and around the world.

South Orange County Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Project

South Orange County Transportation Infrastructure Improvement Project
  • Author : Anonim
  • Publisher :
  • Pages :
  • Relase : 2004
  • ISBN : NWU:35556035565332

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The Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning

The Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning
  • Author : Nancy Brooks,Kieran Donaghy,Gerrit-Jan Knaap
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Pages :
  • Relase : 2011-02-01
  • ISBN : 9780199701438

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This volume embodies a problem-driven and theoretically informed approach to bridging frontier research in urban economics and urban/regional planning. The authors focus on the interface between these two subdisciplines that have historically had an uneasy relationship. Although economists were among the early contributors to the literature on urban planning, many economists have been dismissive of a discipline whose leading scholars frequently favor regulations over market institutions, equity over efficiency, and normative prescriptions over positive analysis. Planners, meanwhile, even as they draw upon economic principles, often view the work of economists as abstract, not sensitive to institutional contexts, and communicated in a formal language spoken by few with decision making authority. Not surprisingly, papers in the leading economic journals rarely cite clearly pertinent papers in planning journals, and vice versa. Despite the historical divergence in perspectives and methods, urban economics and urban planning share an intense interest in many topic areas: the nature of cities, the prosperity of urban economies, the provision of urban services, efficient systems of transportation, and the proper allocation of land between urban and environmental uses. In bridging this gap, this book highlights the best scholarship in planning and economics that addresses the most pressing urban problems of our day and will stimulate further dialog between scholars in urban planning and urban economics.

Central Corridor Project, Ramsey County

Central Corridor Project, Ramsey County
  • Author : Anonim
  • Publisher :
  • Pages :
  • Relase : 2009
  • ISBN : NWU:35556036976397

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Linking Community Visioning and Highway Capacity Planning

Linking Community Visioning and Highway Capacity Planning
  • Author : Planning Communities, Inc
  • Publisher : Transportation Research Board
  • Pages : 90
  • Relase : 2012
  • ISBN : 0309129095

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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-C08-RR-1: Linking Community Visioning and Highway Capacity Planning explores community visioning efforts, identifies steps and activities that might be considered when engaging in visioning, and highlights the links between vision outcomes and transportation planning and project development processes.

Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2000

Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2000
  • Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
  • Publisher :
  • Pages : 1800
  • Relase : 1999
  • ISBN : UCBK:C068752661

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Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability and Pavements

Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability and Pavements
  • Author : Kasthurirangan Gopalakrishnan,Wynand JvdM Steyn,John Harvey
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Pages : 517
  • Relase : 2014-09-25
  • ISBN : 9783662447192

Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability and Pavements Book Review:

Climate change, energy production and consumption, and the need to improve the sustainability of all aspects of human activity are key inter-related issues for which solutions must be found and implemented quickly and efficiently. To be successfully implemented, solutions must recognize the rapidly changing socio-techno-political environment and multi-dimensional constraints presented by today’s interconnected world. As part of this global effort, considerations of climate change impacts, energy demands, and incorporation of sustainability concepts have increasing importance in the design, construction, and maintenance of highway and airport pavement systems. To prepare the human capacity to develop and implement these solutions, many educators, policy-makers and practitioners have stressed the paramount importance of formally incorporating sustainability concepts in the civil engineering curriculum to educate and train future civil engineers well-equipped to address our current and future sustainability challenges. This book will prove a valuable resource in the hands of researchers, educators and future engineering leaders, most of whom will be working in multidisciplinary environments to address a host of next-generation sustainable transportation infrastructure challenges. "This book proposes a broad detailed overview of the actual scientific knowledge about pavements linked to climate change, energy and sustainability at the international level in an original multidimensional/multi-effects way. By the end, the reader will be aware of the whole global issues to care about for various pavement technical features around the world, among which the implications of modelling including data collection, challenging resources saving and infrastructures services optimisation. This is a complete and varied work, rare in the domain." Dr. Agnes Jullien Research Director Director of Environmental, Development, Safety and Eco-Design Laboratory (EASE) Department of Development, Mobility and Environment Ifsttar Centre de Nantes Cedex- France “An excellent compilation of latest developments in the field of sustainable pavements. The chapter topics have been carefully chosen and are very well-organized with the intention of equipping the reader with the state-of-the-art knowledge on all aspects of pavement sustainability. Topics covered include pavement Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), pervious pavements, cool pavements, photocatalytic pavements, energy harvesting pavements, etc. which will all be of significant interest to students, researchers, and practitioners of pavement engineering. This book will no doubt serve as an excellent reference on the topic of sustainable pavements.” Dr. Wei-Hsing Huang Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology (IJPRT) and Professor of Civil Engineering National Central University Taiwan

Innovative Production And Construction: Transforming Construction Through Emerging Technologies

Innovative Production And Construction: Transforming Construction Through Emerging Technologies
  • Author : Peng Wu
  • Publisher : World Scientific
  • Pages : 716
  • Relase : 2019-05-03
  • ISBN : 9789813272507

Innovative Production And Construction: Transforming Construction Through Emerging Technologies Book Review:

Throughout the 38 chapters, this must-have volume outlines essential information about the implementation of emerging technologies, from building information modeling and 3D printing, to life cycle assessment and information technology in construction and engineering projects.It covers practical case studies to demonstrate the implementation of emerging technologies in a compact style, ensuring that practitioners can adopt these methods to realize immediate benefits in productivity, safety and performance improvement.

Introduction to Civil Engineering Systems

Introduction to Civil Engineering Systems
  • Author : Samuel Labi
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Pages : 1061
  • Relase : 2014-04-07
  • ISBN : 9780470530634

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This book presents an integrated systems approach to the evaluation, analysis, design, and maintenance of civil engineering systems. Addressing recent concerns about the world's aging civil infrastructure and its environmental impact, the author makes the case for why any civil infrastructure should be seen as part of a larger whole. He walks readers through all phases of a civil project, from feasibility assessment to construction to operations, explaining how to evaluate tasks and challenges at each phase using a holistic approach. Unique coverage of ethics, legal issues, and management is also included.

Proceedings fib Symposium in Stockholm Sweden

Proceedings fib Symposium in Stockholm Sweden
  • Author : FIB – International Federation for Structural Concrete
  • Publisher : FIB - Féd. Int. du Béton
  • Pages : 669
  • Relase : 2012-06-01
  • ISBN :

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NHI Training Catalog

NHI Training Catalog
  • Author : National Highway Institute (U.S.)
  • Publisher :
  • Pages :
  • Relase : 2006
  • ISBN : NWU:35556036455483

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North Metro Corridor Project

North Metro Corridor Project
  • Author : Anonim
  • Publisher :
  • Pages : 4
  • Relase : 2011
  • ISBN : NWU:35556039339155

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US 36 Corridor Project, Denver, Colorado Metropolitan Area

US 36 Corridor Project, Denver, Colorado Metropolitan Area
  • Author : Anonim
  • Publisher :
  • Pages : 6
  • Relase : 2009
  • ISBN : NWU:35556043257377

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On the Road to Economic Prosperity

On the Road to Economic Prosperity
  • Author : Tuan Anh Luong,Zenas Azuma
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Pages : 110
  • Relase : 2022-10-31
  • ISBN : 9781009033787

On the Road to Economic Prosperity Book Review:

This Element investigates how the Ghanaian household wealth index is impacted by travel time reduction, which is a direct effect of infrastructural investments from 2000 to 2016. The wealth index is constructed based on the possession of selected assets and reflects the well-being of residents in Ghana. The Element employs two datasets, the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and the DHS Covariates. The two-stage least square estimation is implemented to establish the causal relationship. The Element finds that a ten percent reduction in travel time from 2000 to 2015 would result in a 1.2 percent increase in the wealth index from 2003 to 2016. This finding is robust to various settings, including the addition of more control variables, the use of different instrumental variables, and the study of both short-term and long-term effects. The analysis lends support to the Ghanaian government's current economic and infrastructure development plans.