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Shifting gears :toward a new way of thinking about transportation
"This book takes a critical look at the way of thinking that has shaped the US transportation system for the past century and explores the new ways of thinking that might actually make it easier for Americans - all of them - to get where they need to go. The book is part reflection, part history, and part introduction to the field, based on the author's years of experience in transportation"--O…
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Installing automobility :emerging politics of mobility and streets in Indian …
An examination of the process of prioritizing private motorized transportation in Bengaluru, a rapidly growing megacity of the Global South. Automobiles and their associated infrastructures, deeply embedded in Western cities, have become a rapidly growing presence in the mega-cities of the Global South. Streets, once crowded with pedestrians, pushcarts, vendors, and bicyclists, are now choked w…
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Riding the New York Subway :the invention of the modern passenger
A history of New York subway passengers as they navigated the system's constraints while striving for individuality, or at least a smooth ride. When the subway first opened with much fanfare on October 27, 1904, New York became a city of underground passengers almost overnight. In this book, Stefan Hohne examines how the experiences of subway passengers in New York City were intertwined with cu…
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- 1 online resource (400 pages) :illustrations
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Cycling for sustainable cities
"A guide to all things cycling: present and future, local and global"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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Faster, smarter, greener :the future of the car and urban mobility
A call to redefine mobility so that it is connected, heterogeneous, intelligent, and personalized, as well as sustainable, adaptable, and city-friendly.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 1 online resource (xxiii, 326 pages)
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Reinventing the automobile :personal urban mobility for the 21st century
This book provides a long-overdue vision for a new automobile era. The cars we drive today follow the same underlying design principles as the Model Ts of a hundred years ago. In the twenty-first century, cars are still made for twentieth-century purposes. They're well suited for conveying multiple passengers over long distances at high speeds, but inefficient for providing personal mobility wi…
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- 0262288559
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- 1 online resource (x, 227 pages) :color illustrations, color maps
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Vehicular ad hoc Networks Standards, Solutions, and Research
This book presents vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) from the their onset, gradually going into technical details, providing a clear understanding of both theoretical foundations and more practical investigation. The editors gathered top-ranking authors to provide comprehensiveness and timely content; the invited authors were carefully selected from a list of who’s who in the respective fiel…
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Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks for Smart Cities First International Workshop, 2014
Vehicular communication is a key technology in intelligent transportation systems. For many years now, the academic and industrial research communities have been investigating these communications in order to improve efficiency and safety of future transportation. Vehicular networking offers a wide variety of applications, including safety applications as well as infotainment applications. T…
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Urban Transportation and the Environment Issues, Alternatives and Policy Ana…
The book deals with urban transportation planning in light of environmental sustainability and social equity. It begins with a review of the Indian urban transportation system and the issues surrounding it, and discusses the alternatives and policy directions that are being considered. It examines all the environmental issues arising out of transportation as a sector and assesses the alternativ…
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Forecasting Travel in Urban America: The Socio-Technical Life of an Engineeri…
A history of urban travel demand modeling (UTDM) and its enormous influence on American life from the 1920s to the present. For better and worse, the automobile has been an integral part of the American way of life for decades. Its ascendance would have been far less spectacular, however, had engineers and planners not devised urban travel demand modeling (UTDM). This book tells the story of…
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