Hermann Orth, Kay Axhausen, Monica Menendez, Ulrich Alois Weidmann

Introduction to Transportation Engineering

Ideas and Concepts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Transportation is best considered as a socio-technical system, and the different modes are complementary to each other and may be optimally integrated. The textbook covers planning and design as well as system development and serves as a starting point for deeper and detailed work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2025
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781466565876
• ISBN-10: 146656587X
• Artikelnr.: 59991445

Autorenporträt

Kay W. Axhausen is Professor of Transport Planning; Monica Menendez is Director of the Traffic Engineering Research Group; Hermann Orth is a researcher; Ulrich Weidmann is former head of Railway System Engineering at Swiss Federal Railways, and is Professor of Transport Systems and Vice President. All are at ETH-Zurich.

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction. Preface. Brief History of Transport Systems.
Transportation, Society, Economics and the Environment. II Transportation
Planning. Accessibility and Productivity. Transport and Land Use: The Basic
Models. User Behaviour. Principles of Network design. Decision Making:
Consistent Approaches. Decision Making: A Messy Reality. III Private
Transportation. Introduction to Private Transportation Systems.
Fundamentals of Traffic Flow. Introduction to Queuing Theory: Application
to Transportation Problems. Traffic Parameters and Their Measurement.
Capacity and Level of Service Analysis. Traffic Management and Control.
Infrastructure for Private Transportation Systems. Evaluation of Private
Transportation Systems. V Public Transportation. Public Transport Systems.
Planning of Public Transport Services. Planning of Rail Freight Systems,
Intermodality. Resource Planning. Vehicles in Public Transport. Railway
Infrastructure. Capacity and Operation of Rail Systems. Regulation,
Organisation, Marketing. Walking, Cycling, Intermodality. Introduction to
Walking, Cycling and Intermodality. Walking. Cycling. Intermodality.
Outlook. Sustainability. Urban Development. Technical Prospects. Future
Policies. Perspectives of Future Transportation ¿ a Short Summary.