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Book Equilibrium and Advanced Transportation Modelling

Download or read book Equilibrium and Advanced Transportation Modelling written by P. Marcotte and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each chapter in Equilibrium and Advanced Transportation Modelling develops a topic from basic concepts to the state-of-the-art, and beyond. All chapters relate to aspects of network equilibrium. Chapter One advocates the use of simulation models for the representation of traffic flow movements at the microscopic level. Chapter Two presents travel demand systems for generating trip matrices from activity-based models, taking into account the entire daily schedule of network users. Chapter Three examines equilibrium strategic choices adopted by the passengers of a congested transit system, carefully addressing line selection at boarding and transfer nodes. Chapter Four provides a critical appraisal of the traditional process that consists in sequentially performing the tasks of trip generation, trip distribution, mode split and assignment, and its impact on the practice of transportation planning. Chapter Five gives an insightful overview of stochastic assignment models, both in the static and dynamic cases. Chapters Six and Seven investigate the setting of tolls to improve traffic flow conditions in a congested transportation network. Chapter Eight provides a unifying framework for the analysis of multicriteria assignment models. In this chapter, available algorithms are summarized and an econometric perspective on the estimation of heterogeneous preferences is given. Chapter Nine surveys the use of hyperpaths in operations research and proposes a new paradigm of equilibrium in a capacitated network, with an application to transit assignment. Chapter Ten analyzes the transient states of a system moving towards equilibrium, using the mathematical framework of projected dynamical systems. Chapter Eleven discusses an in-depth survey of algorithms for solving shortest path problems, which are pervasive to any equilibrium algorithm. The chapter devotes special attention to the computation of dynamic shortest paths and to shortest hyperpaths. The final chapter considers operations research tools for reducing traffic congestion, in particular introducing an algorithm for solving a signal-setting problem formulated as a bilevel program.

Book Street Smart

Download or read book Street Smart written by Gabriel Roth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poor health of today's roads--a subject close to the hearts of motorists, taxpayers, and government treasurers around the world--has resulted from faulty incentives that misdirect government decision-makers, according to the contributors to Street Smart. During the 1990s, bad government decision-making resulted in the U.S. Interstate Highway System growing by only one seventh the rate of traffic growth. The poor maintenance of existing roads is another concern. In cities around the world, highly political and wasteful government decision-making has led to excessive traffic congestion that has created long commutes, reduced safety, and caused loss of leisure time.Street Smart examines the privatization of roads in theory and in practice. The authors see at least four possible roles for private companies, beyond the well-known one of working under contract to design, build, or maintain governmentally provided roads. These include testing and licensing vehicles and drivers; management of government-owned facilities; franchising; and outright private ownership. Two chapters describe the history of private roads in the United Kingdom and the United States. Contemporary examples are provided of road pricing, privatizing, and contracting out are evident in environs as diverse as Singapore, Southern California, and Scandinavia, and cities as different as Bergen, Norway, and London, England. Finally, several chapters examine strategies for implementing privatization. The principles governing providing scarce resources in free societies are well known. We apply them to such necessities as energy, food, and water so why not to "road space"? The main obstacle to private, or semi-private, ownership of roads is likely to remain the reluctance of the political class to give up a lucrative source of power and influence.Those who want decisions about road services to be controlled by the interplay of consumers and suppliers in free markets, rat

Book Transport Economics

Download or read book Transport Economics written by Tae Hoon Oum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. This book contains a set of readings which convey clearly the fundamental concepts, theory and methodologies essential for the teaching and study of transport economics. The papers were carefully selected by seven prominent and experienced professors of transport economics for their usefulness in teaching. As such, most of the twenty-seven papers included in the book deal with timeless and fundamental subjects in transport economics and have been evaluated by many instructors as being effective papers for teaching. The book is organised into six parts: Transport Demand, Transport Cost, Pricing, Infrastructure, Regulation and Market Structure, and Project Evaluation.

Book Assessment of Advanced Technologies for Relieving Urban Traffic Congestion

Download or read book Assessment of Advanced Technologies for Relieving Urban Traffic Congestion written by Peter Davies and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1991 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Road Pricing for Congestion Management

Download or read book Road Pricing for Congestion Management written by José A. Gómez-Ibáñez and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1994 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The synthesis describes the experience of several foreign countries that have used road pricing, or congestion pricing, as a means to manage congestion. The synthesis contains dicussions of the policy, equity, and implementation issues associated with congestion pricing. Several of the schemes described were planned or implemented as methods to increase roadway funding rather than for congestion management, but have had the effect of changing travel patterns."--Avant-propos.

Book Advanced Technologies and Methodologies for Risk Management in the Global Transport of Dangerous Goods

Download or read book Advanced Technologies and Methodologies for Risk Management in the Global Transport of Dangerous Goods written by C. Bersani and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few years, logistics has become a strategic factor for development and competition. In fact, research and development activities have traditionally faced the management of supply chain and international transport focussing on two main aspects: speed and efficiency. However, several vulnerabilities have recently been highlighted under a safety and security viewpoint. The weakness of the logistic chains has become more evident with the beginning of the new millennium. Terrorist attacks, such as the 11th of September 2001 in the USA, have caused the introduction of new rules and procedures, which affect the overall logistics showing the vulnerability of the global economy. So, nowadays, it would appear anachronistic to carry out an exhaustive research activity on the supply chain with no relation to the various typologies of risk, which may affect it. This book aims to effectively represent the current status of research on dangerous goods transport.

Book Proceedings of the 2023 3rd International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication  SDMC 2023

Download or read book Proceedings of the 2023 3rd International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication SDMC 2023 written by Sikandar Ali Qalati and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access book. As a leading role in the global megatrend of scientific innovation, China has been creating a more and more open environment for scientific innovation, increasing the depth and breadth of academic cooperation, and building a community of innovation that benefits all. Such endeavors are making new contributions to the globalization and creating a community of shared future. To adapt to this changing world and China's fast development in the new era, 2023 3rd International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2023) to be held in November 2023. This conference takes "bringing together global wisdom in scientific innovation to promote high-quality development" as the theme and focuses on cutting-edge research fields including Social Development and Media Communication. SDMC 2023 encourages the exchange of information at the forefront of research in different fields, connects the most advanced academic resources in China and the world, transforms research results into industrial solutions, and brings together talent, technology and capital to drive development. The conference sincerely invites experts, scholars, business people and other relevant personnel from universities, scientific research institutions at home and abroad to attend and exchange! 2023 3rd International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2023) will conduct in-depth discussions on the impact of social development on media communication and the impact of media communication on social development. Scholars in relevant fields are cordially invited to participate. We warmly invite you to participate in SDMC 2023 and look forward to seeing you in Xishuang Banna,China.

Book Traffic Engineering and Management

Download or read book Traffic Engineering and Management written by Kenneth Wade Ogden and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Artificial Intelligence Applications to Traffic Engineering

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence Applications to Traffic Engineering written by Maurizio Bielli and published by VSP. This book was released on 1994-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the applications of advanced information technologies in the field of transportation have affected both road infrastructures and vehicle technologies. The development of advanced transport telematics systems and the implementation of a new generation of technological options in the transport environment have had a significant impact on improved traffic management, efficiency and safety. This volume contains contributions from scientific and academic centres which have been active in this field of research and provides an overview of applications of AI technology in the field of traffic control and management. The topics covered are: -- current status of AI in transport -- AI applications in traffic engineering -- in-vehicle AI

Book Road Pricing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Georgina Santos
  • Publisher : Elsevier
  • Release : 2004-07-31
  • ISBN : 0080545467
  • Pages : 323 pages

Download or read book Road Pricing written by Georgina Santos and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traffic congestion affects towns and cities everywhere and in some places it is regarded as one of the most urgent and important problems in need of a solution. Road pricing is undoubtedly recognised as an effective traffic demand management tool. The recent London congestion charging scheme seems to be showing that public and political opposition is not insurmountable. Thus, the ghost that prevented the introduction of a policy supported by transport economists for over 80 years seems to have disappeared or at least, weakened.The book contains twelve papers useful to different types of audience, such as researchers and postgraduate students, civil servants, policy makers and consultants. The first part is mainly theoretical and concentrates on second-best congestion pricing including pricing in urban contexts, the impact on the performance of the road network, optimal locations and charge levels, dynamic aspects such as time variation of tolls, potential impacts of road pricing on costs and service quality of public transport buses, and efficiency costs and transport sector effects of different types of pricing when they guarantee a balanced budget per mode.The second part contains chapters that describe the schemes in place around the world such as Singapore, Norway, London, and the US. The volume is an update of the state of the art on the subject and the first one to have been written and appear after the London scheme was implemented and to contain an assessment of its preliminary impacts.

Book Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics

Download or read book Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics written by Peter Nijkamp and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1986 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen essays in this handbook are divided into four parts. Part I surveys basic spatial and spatially related research; Part II surveys literature on specific urban markets; Part III is devoted to studies of urban development and problems in developing countries.; Part IV contains papers on specific urban problems and sectors.

Book Intelligent Transportation System and Advanced Technology

Download or read book Intelligent Transportation System and Advanced Technology written by Ram Krishna Upadhyay and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Road Traffic Modeling and Management

Download or read book Road Traffic Modeling and Management written by Fouzi Harrou and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Road Traffic Modeling and Management: Using Statistical Monitoring and Deep Learning provides a framework for understanding and enhancing road traffic monitoring and management. The book examines commonly used traffic analysis methodologies as well the emerging methods that use deep learning methods. Other sections discuss how to understand statistical models and machine learning algorithms and how to apply them to traffic modeling, estimation, forecasting and traffic congestion monitoring. Providing both a theoretical framework along with practical technical solutions, this book is ideal for researchers and practitioners who want to improve the performance of intelligent transportation systems. - Provides integrated, up-to-date and complete coverage of the key components for intelligent transportation systems: traffic modeling, forecasting, estimation and monitoring - Uses methods based on video and time series data for traffic modeling and forecasting - Includes case studies, key processes guidance and comparisons of different methodologies

Book International Conference on Transportation Engineering  2009

Download or read book International Conference on Transportation Engineering 2009 written by and published by La Fontaine de Siloë. This book was released on 2009 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Computational Models  Software Engineering  and Advanced Technologies in Air Transportation  Next Generation Applications

Download or read book Computational Models Software Engineering and Advanced Technologies in Air Transportation Next Generation Applications written by Weigang, Li and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2009-10-31 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book disseminates knowledge on modern information technology applications in air transportation useful to professionals, researchers, and academicians"--Provided by publisher.

Book Handbook of Transportation Science

Download or read book Handbook of Transportation Science written by Randolph Hall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past thirty-five years, a substantial amount of theoretical and empirical scholarly research has been developed across the discipline domains of Transportation. This research has been synthesized into a systematic handbook that examines the scientific concepts, methods, and principles of this growing and evolving field. The Handbook of Transportation Science outlines the field of transportation as a scientific discipline that transcends transportation technology and methods. Whether by car, truck, airplane - or by a mode of transportation that has not yet been conceived - transportation obeys fundamental properties. The science of transportation defines these properties, and demonstrates how our knowledge of one mode of transportation can be used to explain the behavior of another. Transportation scientists are motivated by the desire to explain spatial interactions that result in movement of people or objects from place to place. Its methodologies draw from physics, operations research, probability and control theory.

Book The 1st International Conference on Maritime Education and Development

Download or read book The 1st International Conference on Maritime Education and Development written by Sanja Bauk and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Maritime Education and Development. The conference exchanges knowledge, experiences and ideas in the domain of maritime education and development, with the ultimate goal of generating new knowledge and implementing smart strategies and actions. Topics include the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR); unmanned air/sea surface/underwater vehicles (UxV); the digital divide and Internet accessibility; digital infrastructure; IMO E-navigation strategy; smart-ship concept; automation and digitalization; cyber security; and maritime future. This proceedings pertains to researchers, academics, students, and professionals in the realm of maritime education and development.