Overview
- A concise guide to Road Traffic Congestion
- Valuable book for urban and transportation planners dealing with the problems of congestion
- Introduction, Causes and Management of Road Traffic Congestion
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic (STTT, volume 7)
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This book on road traffic congestion in cities and suburbs describes congestion problems and shows how they can be relieved. The first part (Chapters 1 - 3) shows how congestion reflects transportation technologies and settlement patterns. The second part (Chapters 4 - 13) describes the causes, characteristics, and consequences of congestion. The third part (Chapters 14 - 23) presents various relief strategies - including supply adaptation and demand mitigation - for nonrecurring and recurring congestion. The last part (Chapter 24) gives general guidelines for congestion relief and provides a general outlook for the future.
The book will be useful for a wide audience - including students, practitioners and researchers in a variety of professional endeavors: traffic engineers, transportation planners, public transport specialists, city planners, public administrators, and private enterprises that depend on transportation for their activities.
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Traffic Congestion Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences
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Congestion Relief Strategies
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Road Traffic Congestion: A Concise Guide
Authors: John C. Falcocchio, Herbert S. Levinson
Series Title: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15165-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15164-9Published: 27 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36225-0Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15165-6Published: 13 March 2015
Series ISSN: 2194-8119
Series E-ISSN: 2194-8127
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 401
Number of Illustrations: 117 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Civil Engineering, Complexity, Transportation