Download or read book New Road Transport Planning of Entire India written by Sanjay Pardeshi and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A globally customizable infrastructure plan can be adapted for other countries in minimal expenses, time, and changes. It has been presented in the world meeting of International Road Federation (IRF) on November 11, 2013, at Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). Our objective is, roads in the country must be like veins in the body, with smooth flow of transport. If it is not so, then we have to restructure the road and transportation system. Megaprojects are required. But it is an addition and will give best results after the basic infrastructure is ready. A developing country (like India) has to first build basic infrastructure fully. With weak infrastructure, the above costly megaprojects may create complications. We believe revolution in infrastructure means development with difference. For example 1. At present there are a number of street vendors / hawkers, which are the integrated part of the nation. Build a small structure for them at an interval so that they can earn daily. We name this structure as Chota Parivar (which means small family). 2. Just change the road markings and enjoy safe and smooth travel and parking. Altogether it will develop a complete basic infrastructure for the nation. So go for small and sweet development.
Download or read book Urban Transport written by Ashok Kumar Jain and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the transport system of Delhi, India.
Download or read book TRANSPORTATION PLANNING written by PRABIR KUMAR SARKAR and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transportation planning plays a useful role as a lifeline for any society. It comprises applications of science and art, where a great deal of judgement coupled with its technical elements is required to arrive at a meaningful decision in order to develop transportation infrastructure facilities for the community. Transportation planning, thereby, helps in achieving a safer, faster, comfortable, convenient, economical and environment-friendly movement of people and goods traffic. In this context, an attempt has been made to write a comprehensive book on this subject, which not only deals with the basic principles and fundamentals of transportation planning but also keeps abreast of the current practices and policies conducted in transportation planning. Divided into 23 chapters, the book felicitously proffers the fundamental techniques of transportation planning and travel demand modelling, urban form and urban structure and their relation with transport pattern, land use-transport model, accessibility and mobility consideration in transport modelling, graph theory and road network planning, cost benefit analysis, mass transport planning, applications of intelligent transport system, applications of software in transport planning, and transport policies. Exploiting a systematic approach avoiding prolixity, this book will prove to be a vade mecum for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil engineering and transportation engineering. Besides, this book is of immense benefit to the students opting a course on Master of Planning conducted in various institutes. Highlights of the Book • Systematically organised concepts well-supported with ample illustrations • Prodigious illustrative figures and tables • Incorporates chapter-end summary to help in grasping the quirk concepts • Presents state-of-the-art data • Includes chapter-end review questions to help students prepare for examination
Download or read book Transportation Research in India written by Akhilesh Kumar Maurya and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-23 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This co-edited book focuses on the state-of-the-art research in transportation in India. Exploring the need for a sustainable transport paradigm in India, this timely book offers solution concepts for mobility and infrastructure challenges faced by local, state, and national transport authorities. The contents provide a holistic understanding of the paradigm, considering several case-studies and study findings from the leading transportation researchers in India. At the same time, it also addresses the pressing transportation related challenges such as road user safety, traffic operation efficiency, economic and social development, non-motorized transport planning, environmental impact mitigation, energy consumption reduction, land-use, equity, freight transport planning, multimodal coordination, access for the diverse range of travellers’ needs, sustainable pavement construction, and emerging vehicle technologies. The existing practices and policies in all the sectors and levels of transport are highlighted in this book with an emphasis on a broader vision for achieving sustainable and inclusive development. The information and data-driven inferences compiled in the book will be useful for practitioners, policymakers, educators, researchers, students, and individual learners.
Download or read book Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries written by Ashish Verma and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing Countries Have Different Transportation Issues and Requirements Than Developed CountriesAn efficient transportation system is critical for a country's development. Yet cities in developing countries are typically characterized by high-density urban areas and poor public transport, as well as lack of proper roads, parking facilities, road
Download or read book Transport Planning and Traffic Safety written by Geetam Tiwari and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recognition of the importance of road safety as a major health issue, the World Health Organization has declared 2011-2021 the Decade of Safety Action. Several countries in Europe, North America, and Asia have been successful in reducing fatalities and injuries due to road traffic crashes. However, many low-income countries continue to experience high rates of traffic fatalities and injuries. Transport Planning and Traffic Safety: Making Cities, Roads, and Vehicles Safer offers a source book for road safety training courses as well as an introductory textbook for graduate-level courses on road safety taught in engineering institutes. It brings together the international experiences and lessons learned from countries which have been successful in reducing traffic crashes and their applicability in low-income countries. The content is based on lectures delivered during an international course on transportation planning and traffic safety, sponsored annually by the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The book is interdisciplinary and aimed at professionals—traffic and road engineers, vehicle designers, law enforcers, and transport planners. The authors examine trends in performance of OECD countries and highlight the public health and systems approach of traffic safety with the vulnerable road user in focus. Topics include land use (transportation planning, mobility, and safety), safety education and legislation, accident analysis, road safety research, human tolerance to injury, vehicle design, safety in construction zones, safety in urban areas, traffic calming, public transportation, safety laws and policies, and pre-hospital care of the injured.
Download or read book TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PRINCIPLES PRACTICES AND POLICIES written by PRADIP KUMAR SARKAR, and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transportation planning plays a key role as a lifeline for any society. It comprises applications of science and art, where a great deal of judgment coupled with its technical elements is required to arrive at a meaningful decision in order to develop transportation infrastructure facilities for the community. It, thereby, helps in achieving a safer, faster, comfortable, convenient, economical, sustainable and environment-friendly movement of people and goods traffic. In this context, the book has been written, and now updated in the second edition dealing with the basic principles and fundamentals of transportation planning. It also keeps abreast of the current techniques practices and policies conducted in transportation planning. Exploiting a systematic approach avoiding prolixity, this book will prove to be a vade mecum for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil engineering and transportation engineering. Besides, the book is of immense benefit to the students opting a course on Mater of Planning conducted in various institutes. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOOK • Systematically organised concepts well-supported with ample illustrations • Prodigious illustrative figures and tables • Chapter-end summary helps in grasping the quirk concepts • State-of-the-art data garnered in the book presents an updated version • Chapter-end review questions help students to prepare for the examination NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION • Provides Fuzzy Logic, Artificial Neural Network and Neuro Fuzzy Model techniques (Chapter 4) • Incorporates the formation of travel demand model with soft computing techniques including trip generation model (Chapter 5) • Provides a practical approach of calibrating Origin Destination Matrix (Chapter 6) • Incorporates the concept of mode choice models with a number of worked-out examples (Chapter 7) • Provides a case study on mobility plan of Gandhinagar, Gujarat, demonstrating the development of all stages of transport modelling (Chapter 11) • Includes a new appendix on "Applications of Soft Computing in Trip Distribution and Traffic Assignment"
Download or read book Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries written by Ashish Verma and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing Countries Have Different Transportation Issues and Requirements Than Developed Countries An efficient transportation system is critical for a country’s development. Yet cities in developing countries are typically characterized by high-density urban areas and poor public transport, as well as lack of proper roads, parking facilities, road user discipline, and control of land use, resulting in pollution, congestion, accidents, and a host of other transportation problems. Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries examines the status of urban transport in India and other developing countries. It explains the principles of public transport planning and management that are relevant and suitable for developing countries, addresses current transportation system inefficiencies, explores the relationship between mobility and accessibility, and analyzes the results for future use. Considers Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics It’s projected that by 2030, developing nations will have more vehicles than developed nations, and automated guided transit (AGT) and other transport systems will soon be available in India. This text compares five cities using specific indicators—urbanization, population growth, vehicle ownership, and usage. It determines demographic and economic changes in India, and examines how these changes have impacted transportation demand and supply, transport policy and regulations, and aspects of economics and finance related to public transport. The authors emphasize preserving and improving existing modes, efficient use of the public transport management infrastructure, implementing proper planning measures, and encouraging a shift towards sustainable modes. They also discuss sustainability in terms of environment, energy, economic, and land use perspectives and consider the trends of motorization, vehicle growth, modal share, effects on mobility and environment, and transport energy consumption and emissions. Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries addresses the growing resource needs and economics of public transport in developing countries, explains various aspects of public transport planning and management, and provides readers with a basic understanding of both urban and rural public transport planning and management in developing countries.
Download or read book Transport and Regional Development written by Sukla Bhaduri and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transport Planning Policy and Development written by V. S. Mahajan and published by Deep and Deep Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geography of Transport Development in India written by Balkrishna C. Vaidya and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Would Be Extremely Valuable As Guideline To Planners, Geographers, Economists, Academicians, Researchers And Others Who Are Keen To Appraise Themselves Of The Tremendous Development In The India Transport Sector.
Download or read book Transportation Planning Handbook written by ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multi-disciplinary approach to transportation planningfundamentals The Transportation Planning Handbook is a comprehensive,practice-oriented reference that presents the fundamental conceptsof transportation planning alongside proven techniques. This newfourth edition is more strongly focused on serving the needs of allusers, the role of safety in the planning process, andtransportation planning in the context of societal concerns,including the development of more sustainable transportationsolutions. The content structure has been redesigned with a newformat that promotes a more functionally driven multimodal approachto planning, design, and implementation, including guidance towardthe latest tools and technology. The material has been updated toreflect the latest changes to major transportation resources suchas the HCM, MUTCD, HSM, and more, including the most current ADAaccessibility regulations. Transportation planning has historically followed the rationalplanning model of defining objectives, identifying problems,generating and evaluating alternatives, and developing plans.Planners are increasingly expected to adopt a moremulti-disciplinary approach, especially in light of the risingimportance of sustainability and environmental concerns. This bookpresents the fundamentals of transportation planning in amultidisciplinary context, giving readers a practical reference forday-to-day answers. Serve the needs of all users Incorporate safety into the planning process Examine the latest transportation planning softwarepackages Get up to date on the latest standards, recommendations, andcodes Developed by The Institute of Transportation Engineers, thisbook is the culmination of over seventy years of transportationplanning solutions, fully updated to reflect the needs of achanging society. For a comprehensive guide with practical answers,The Transportation Planning Handbook is an essentialreference.
Download or read book Geography of Transport Development in India written by Balkrishna C. Vaidya and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Would Be Extremely Valuable As Guideline To Planners, Geographers, Economists, Academicians, Researchers And Others Who Are Keen To Appraise Themselves Of The Tremendous Development In The India Transport Sector.
Download or read book Transport Planning for Third World Cities Routledge Revivals written by Harry T. Dimitriou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities within the developing world experience a form of urban development which is different to those in more industrialised countries. Rates of growth are usually much more dramatic, housing and transport are often provided informally, and institutional support for urban management is also much weaker. The crux of this book, first published in 1990, lies in the idea that urban transport planning cannot be viewed in isolation from this wider development context. Making special reference to a number of countries, including Brazil, India and Indonesia, chapters discuss problems of urban transport planning, deficiencies in the theory and practice of conventional transport planning, and the emerging alternatives in the countries under examination. This work addresses problems that are still of great concern to urban policy planners, professionals and academics, as well as students from the fields of development studies, urban geography and planning, architecture and civil engineering.
Download or read book Road Infrastructure written by Vivek Date and published by SBS Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENTS: Roads, Pro - Poor & Pro - Growth Provision of Road Infrastructure in India; Issues & Strategies; Maintaining Highways on Maintain-Operate-Transfer Basis: A Business Model to Commercialize Highways in India; The Crisis of Public Transport in India: Overwhelming Needs but Limited Resources; Social Cost Benefit Analysis for Indian Roads-Development with Responsibility; Road Transport & Poverty Reduction in Tanzania; Guide to Process & Code of Practice for National Road Project Planning & Acquisition of Property for National Roads; All Roads Lead to Vietnam' s Danang; Linkages Between Infrastructure & Economic Growth; Implications of Selected Urban Road Tolling Policies for New Zealand (Executive Summary); The Road from Mumbai to Pune; Asphalt Net Covers China's West; Generated Traffic & Induced Travel Implications for Transport Planning.
Download or read book The Way Forward Transportation Planning And Road Safety written by Geetam Tiwari and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way Forward presents for the first time, a comprehensive text which documents the scientific evidence on various aspects of road safety. This book moves well beyond the mere compilation of data and analyses. It examines road safety from such diverse points of view as biomechanics ergonomics, transportation, road planning, epidemiology, medicine, vehicle design and the social sciences. The book will prove useful in training courses in road safety by city, traffic and transport planning, public health professionals, and graduate-level students in departments and centres for transportation research and planning in universities across the world.
Download or read book Road Transport Situation in India written by Avnish K. Bhatia and published by Prowess Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is about how consistent neglect of crucial road transport sector has perpetrated total mess on roads. How irregular planning and lackadaisical enforcement aggravated general road indiscipline to unleash chaos and disorder for mixed and heterogeneous traffic flow. Violations like rash driving, over-speeding, overloading, blatant unauthorized encroachment of public roads for private use is rampant without evoking any action against defaulters notwithstanding recurrent incidence of accidents causing huge loss of lives and property. The book while analyzing various problems in road transport sector suggests some policy prescriptions to make road safe, comfortable and convenient for ordinary road users.
