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Transportation planning, policy and analysis /

Transportation Planning, Policy and Analysis is a review of selected policies affecting the administration, urban transportation, and proposals regarding transport improvements. The book discusses the inter-relationship of transport policy and analysis of transportation planning. The text outlines t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Starkie, D. N. M. (David Nicholas Martin), 1942-
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1976.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Urban and regional planning series ; v. 13.
Subjects:
Transportation and state > Great Britain.
Transportation > Great Britain > Planning.
Transportation > Planning.
Transportation and state.
Transportation > Planning > Great Britain > History.
Transport > Planification.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale.
Transport > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
Transport > Grande-Bretagne > Planification.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commerce.
Transports.
Transportation and state
Transportation > Planning
Great Britain
Verkehrsplanung
Österreich
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Transportation Planning, Policy and Analysis; Copyright page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; PART ONE: The 1960's; CHAPTER 1. The Evolution of Modern Transport Planning; THE PLANNING ENVIRONMENT; THE MODERN PLANNING PROCESS; TRANSPORTATION STUDIES: THE NEW APPROACH; PROJECT STUDIES AND THE NEW APPROACH; FEATURES OF SYSTEMS PLANNING; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 2. The Administrative Framework; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE; TRANSPORT PLANNING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE; THE ORGANISATION OF CONURBATION TRANSPORTATION STUDIES
  • THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GREATER LONDON COUNCIL AND PASSENGER TRANSPORT AUTHORITIESCHAPTER 3. Traffic and Public Transport Policies; ATTEMPTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE CAR; TRAFFIC RESTRAINT; PROMOTION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT; CHAPTER 4. Evaluation Policy; INTRODUCTION; MAXIMISING THE OVERALL LEVEL Ol· SERVICE; MAXIMISING PROFITS; MAXIMISING USER SURPLUSES; MAXIMISING THE COMBINED SURPLUS OF USERS AND OPERATORS; SURPLUS CHANGES TO NON-USERS; THE TREATMENT OF INTANGIBLES; THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUSES BETWEEN CONTEMPORARIES; DISTRIBUTION OVER TIME; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 5. Transportation Planning Models
  • MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION: THE TRAVEL MODELICONIC SIMULATION: DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS; MARKET RESEARCH METHODS; PART TWO: The 1970s; CHAPTER 6. Reaction to the First-generation Transportation Studies; INTRODUCTION; COUNTER-PRESSURES; REFORM OF THE COMPENSATION CODE; REORGANISATION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT; PUBLIC CONSULTATION; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 7. Recent Policies; LOCAL-TRANSPORT POLICIES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM; PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT; TRANSPORT POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES; THE BLOCK AND SUPPLEMENTARY GRANT SYSTEM; NON-LOCAL TRANSPORT
  • INTER-URBAN ROAD TRANSPORT POLICIESCHAPTER 8. Signs of the Seventies; INTRODUCTION; PRESERVATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; A PROBLEM OF ACCESSIBILITY RATHER THAN MOBILITY; ACCESSIBILITY FOR WHOM?; CONCLUSIONS; References; OTHER PUBLICATIONS; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; NETWORK BUILDING; DISTRIBUTION; MODAL SPLIT; ASSIGNMENT; INPUTS; OUTPUTS; AVAILABILITY; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; Index; THE URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING SERIES