Routledge Handbook of Transportation

by Dusan Teodorovic (Editor)

Overview

The Routledge Handbook of Transportation offers a current and comprehensive survey of transportation planning and engineering research. It provides a step-by-step introduction to research related to traffic engineering and control, transportation planning, and performance measurement and evaluation of transportation alternatives.

The Handbook of Transportation demonstrates models and methods for predicting travel and freight demand, planning future transportation networks, and developing traffic control systems. Readers will learn how to use various engineering concepts and approaches to make future transportation safer, more efficient, and more sustainable.

Edited by Dušan Teodorović and featuring 29 chapters from more than 50 leading global experts, with more than 200 illustrations, the Routledge Handbook of Transportation is designed as an invaluable resource for professionals and students in transportation planning and engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317630906
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/20/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	483
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Dušan Teodorovi? is Professor at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia, and Professor Emeritus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. Dr. Teodorovi? received a Ph.D. degree in engineering from the University of Belgrade and has worldwide academic experience. His primary research interests are in operations research and computational intelligence applications in transportation engineering. Dr. Teodorovi? has been elected a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction, Dušan Teodorovi?; Chapter 2 Traffic Flow Theory, Hesham Rakha; Chapter 3 Traffic Network Modeling, Srinivas Peeta,, Henry Liu,, Xiaozheng He; Chapter 4 Freeway Traffic Control, John Hourdos; Chapter 5 Road Traffic Control, Montasir Abbas; Chapter 6 Evolution Of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Praveen Edara, Jalil Kianfar; Chapter 7 Autonomous Intersection Management For Semi-Autonomous Vehicles, Tsz-Chiu Au,, Shun Zhang,, Peter Stone; Chapter 8 Behavioral Approaches For Combating Aggressive Driving, David L. Wiesenthal,, James E. W. Roseborough,, Christine M. Wickens; Chapter 9 Pedestrian Transportation, Christopher M. Monsere,, Nick Foster,, Todd Borkowitz,, Sirisha Kothuri,, Matthew Downey, Robert L. Bertini; Chapter 10 Bicycle Transportation, Christopher M. Monsere, Nick Foster, Todd Borkowitz, Sirisha Kothuri, Robert L. Bertini; Chapter 11 Traffic Crash Analysis And Prevention, Gudmundur F. Ulfarsson; Chapter 12 Travel Behavior In Response To Network Disruptions, Praveen Edara, Timothy C. Matisziw; Chapter 13 Transportation Planning, Matthew Karlaftis, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou, Grigorios Fountas; Chapter 14 Transportation And Land Use, Giovanni Circella, Francesca Pagliara; Chapter 15 Public Transportation Systems, Partha Chakroborty, Vinod Vasudevan; Chapter 16 Vehicle Routing And Scheduling, Xingyin Wang, Maria Battarra, Bruce Golden, Edward Wasil; Chapter 17 Airport Planning and Design, Alexandre G. de Barros; Chapter 18 The ATC (Air Traffic Control) System, Milan Jani?; Chapter 19 Railway Planning And Operations, Nigel G. Harris; Chapter 20 Inland Waterway Transportation, Paul Schonfeld; Chapter 21 Maritime Transportation, Harilaos N. Psaraftis; Chapter 22 Logistics And Supply Chain Management, Riccardo Manzini, Ricardo Accorsi, Mauro Gamberi, Alberto Regattieri, Matteo Mario Savino; Chapter 23 City Logistics, Eiichi Taniguchi; Chapter 24 Transportation, Energy, And The Environment, Konstantina Gkritza; Chapter 25 Transportation Economics, Kara M. Kockelman, T. Donna Chen; Chapter 26 Queueing In Transportation Systems, Dušan Teodorovi?, Ranko Nedeljkovi?; Chapter 27 Location Analysis In Transportation, Dušan Teodorovi?, Branka Dimitrijevi?, Milica Šelmi?; Chapter 28 Efficiency Performance Measurement For Transportation Systems, Konstantinos Triantis; Chapter 29 GIS and Transportation, Alan T. Murray;