CITY TRANSPORT in Developed and Developing Countries

✍ Scribed by Tom Rallis Dr. techn. (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Leaves: 217
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Having provided theoretical models of such items as capacity, network, scheduling, costs, organisation, environment and forecasting, the author uses these models to compare and evaluate the city transport problems in London, Paris, Copenhagen and Los Angeles, as well as in Cairo, Singapore and Rio de Janeiro. Finally future demand is assessed and guidance on future planning is given.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: City Transport....Pages 1-10
City Transport Evolution....Pages 11-52
City Transport Environment....Pages 53-64
City Transport Capacity....Pages 65-85
City Transport Economy....Pages 86-140
City Transport Future....Pages 141-180
Conclusion....Pages 181-190
Back Matter....Pages 191-202

✦ Subjects

Development Economics; Transportation

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