World Gazetteer of Tram, Trolleybus, and Rapid Transit Systems: North America
Author: Robert Peschkes
Publisher: Rapid Transit Press
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780948619069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robert Peschkes
Publisher: Rapid Transit Press
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780948619069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ralf Roth
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-07-18
Total Pages: 499
ISBN-13: 1000591220
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume explores the relationship between cities and railways over three centuries. Despite their nearly 200-year existence, The City and the Railway in the World shows that urban railways are still politically and historically important to the modern world. Since its inception, cities have played a significant role in the railway system; cities were among the main reasons for building such efficient but lavish and costly modes of transport for persons, goods, and information. They also influenced the technological appearance of railways as these have had to meet particular demands for transport in urban areas. In 25 essays, this volume demonstrates that the relationship between the city and the railway is one of the most publicly debated themes in the context of daily lives in growing urban settings, as well as in the second urbanisation of the global South with migration from rural to urban landscapes. The volume’s broad geographical range includes discussions of railway networks, railway stations, and urban rails in countries such as India, Japan, England, Belgium, Romania, Nigeria, the USA, and Mexico. The City and the Railway in the World will be a useful tool for scholars interested in the history of transport, travel, and urban change.
Author: Henry F. Howson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2021-05-11
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 100036321X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When originally published in 1975, (here re-issuing the 3rd edition of 1985), this was the only genuinely introductory textbook to the subject of transportation planning. The introductory chapter places the issue of transport in its broader societal context, relating it to demographic, socio-economic, political and environmental considerations. The increasing importance of technology is recognized in the chapter which covers commonly used software packages. As a whole the book provides a basic introduction to the traffic estimation stage of the transport planning process and forms a general guide and survey to the whole subject.