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The Urban Transportation Problem /

Meyer, J. R.

The Urban Transportation Problem / J. R. Meyer, J. F. Kain, M. Wohl. - Reprint 2014 - 1 online resource (427 p.) : 64 tables

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: A Problem in Search of a Solution -- PART I. THE CONTEXT OF URBAN CHANGE -- Chapter 2. Economic Change and the City: A Qualitative Evaluation and Some Hypotheses -- Chapter 3. Recent Trends in Urban Location -- Chapter 4. Recent Trends in the Supply of Urban Transport and Highway Financing -- Chapter 5. Trip Patterns and Demand -- Chapter 6. The Interrelationship of Housing and Urban Transportation -- Chapter 7. Race and the Urban Transportation Problem -- PART II. COMPARATIVE COSTS -- Chapter 8. Costing Procedures and Assumptions -- Chapter 9. Line-Haul Systems -- Chapter 10. Residential Collection and Distribution -- Chapter 11. Downtown Distribution -- PART III. SOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY -- Chapter 12. The Role of Technology -- Chapter 13. Pricing, Subsidies, Market Structure, and Regulatory Institutions -- Chapter 14. Urban Transportation in Summary and Perspective -- APPENDIXES. INDEX -- Appendix A. Summary Description of Rail Line-Haul Systems -- Appendix B. Summary Description of Bus Line-Haul Systems -- Appendix C. Evaluation of Residential Service Costs under Different Hypothesized Conditions -- Index

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9780674421196 9780674421202

10.4159/harvard.9780674421202 doi


Engenharia De Trafego.
Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr.
Local transit.
Lokaal verkeer.
Stadtverkehr.
Traffic engineering.
Local transit -- United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Urban transportation -- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General.