by Sigurd Grava

Comprehensive, expert treatment of every mode of urban transportation—including the automobile!

Urban Transportation Systems offers an in-depth, comprehensive, balanced discussion of all possible options –with equal attention paid to the automobile -- and explains how to analyze alternatives and select the optimal system for a given community. This well-illustrated, problem-solving resource offers more than data – it provides viable transportation solutions based on real-world elements such as consumer travel behavior and preferences and tackles complex, timely issues such as sprawl, traffic flow, and accessibility.

Written by an international leader in the field of urban transportation, Urban Transportation Systems includes useful capacity, cost, and land-development considerations, as well as technical norms and specifications. With its detailed coverage of every major transportation modality, including walking, bicycles, motorcycles, autos, street cars, trolleys, taxis, monorails, subways, waterborne methods, and much more, this extraordinary work will be worth its weight in gold to planners, urban designers, and engineers.

Contents

1. Overview--Criteria for Selecting Modes
2. Walking
3. Bicycles
4. Motorcycles and Scooters
5. Automobiles
6. Paratransit
7. Taxis
8. Buses
9. Bus Rapid Transit
10. Trolleybuses
11. Streetcars and Light Rail Transit
12. Monorails
13. Heavy Rail Transit (Metro)
14. Commuter Rail
15. Automated Guideway Transit
16. Waterbourne Modes
17. Special Modes
18. Intermodal Terminals
19. Conclusion--The Road Ahead

Appendix A: Rail Transit Definitions
Appendix B: Summary of Performance and Service Characteristics
Appendix C: Suggested Places for Field Inspection

Index

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