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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164875003321

Autore

Knoflacher Hermann

Titolo

Engineering tools and solutions for sustainable transportation planning / / Hermann Knoflacher and Ebru V. Ocalir-Akunal, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hershey, Pennsylvania : , : Engineering Science Reference, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

PDFs (374 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering (ACIE) Book Series

Disciplina

388.01/1

Soggetti

Transportation engineering

Transportation - Planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The role of engineers and their tools in the transport sector after paradigm change: from assumptions and extrapolations to science / Hermann Knoflacher -- Evaluation of walkability and pedestrian level of service / Hediye Tuydes-Yaman, Pinar Karatas -- Cycling related mental barriers in decision makers: the Austrian context / Tadej Brezina, Alberto Castro Fernandez -- Comparative analysis of public transport users' perception targeting sustainable transportation / Yetis Sazi Murat, Ziya Cakici -- An assessment relationship between social exclusion and transportation / Seher Ozkazanc, Nihan Ozdemir Sonmez -- Equidistance: evidence of the influence of parking organization on mode choice / Guenter Emberger, Paul Pfaffenbichler -- Effects on car ownership rates resulting from increased parking lots in residential areas: the case of gated communities / Leyla Alkan -- From regional Austrian parking ordinances to sound guidelines / Tadej Brezina, Josef Michael Schopf -- Sustainable parking planning for smart growth of metropolitan cities / Ozge Yalciner Ercoskun, Ebru Vesile Ocalir Akunal -- Evaluating alternatives of transport network design of a metropolitan city using hierarchical cluster analysis: case study of Istanbul's 2023 plan networks / Darcin Akin -- A comparison of transport modes in terms of energy consumption / Zafer Yilmaz, Serpil Erol, Ebru Vesile Öcalir-Akunal -- Effect of a motorway on development of accidents in a big city / Hermann Knoflacher --



Multi-modal assessment of highway performance / Markus Mailer -- A specific issue on sustainability of transportation planning in an urban region: ambulance location problem / Aykan Akıncılar, Ece Akıncılar -- Logistics for city and regional planning: urban and regional planning without taking into account the effects of transport logistics / Hermann Knoflacher.

Sommario/riassunto

"[This book] is an informative reference source that outlines why current transportation systems have become inefficient in modern societies, and offers solutions for the improvement of transportation infrastructures. Highlighting key topics such as parking organization, car ownership, energy consumption, and highway performance, this is a detailed resource for all practitioners, academics, graduate students, and researchers that are interested in studying the latest trends and developments in the transportation sector"--Provided by publisher.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910637781703321

Autore

Cabrera Juan A

Titolo

Advances in Intelligent Vehicle Control

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

ISBN

3-0365-6010-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Soggetti

History of engineering & technology

Technology: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Advances in Intelligent Vehicle Control that was published in the journal Sensors. It presents a collection of eleven papers that covers a range of topics, such as the development of intelligent control algorithms for active safety systems, smart sensors, and intelligent and efficient driving. The contributions presented in these papers can serve as useful tools for



researchers who are interested in new vehicle technology and in the improvement of vehicle control systems.