03886nam 22007455 450 991029969950332120200703113604.03-319-15165-710.1007/978-3-319-15165-6(CKB)3710000000375685(EBL)1998184(SSID)ssj0001465701(PQKBManifestationID)11848988(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001465701(PQKBWorkID)11478109(PQKB)11578410(DE-He213)978-3-319-15165-6(MiAaPQ)EBC1998184(PPN)184893607(EXLCZ)99371000000037568520150313d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRoad Traffic Congestion: A Concise Guide /by John C. Falcocchio, Herbert S. Levinson1st ed. 2015.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (403 p.)Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic,2194-8119 ;7Description based upon print version of record.3-319-15164-9 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Part I Background -- Part II Traffic Congestion Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences -- Part III Congestion Relief Strategies -- Part IV Conclusions.This book on road traffic congestion in cities and suburbs describes congestion problems and shows how they can be relieved. The first part (Chapters 1 - 3) shows how congestion reflects transportation technologies and settlement patterns. The second part (Chapters 4 - 13) describes the causes, characteristics, and consequences of congestion. The third part (Chapters 14 - 23) presents various relief strategies - including supply adaptation and demand mitigation - for nonrecurring and recurring congestion. The last part (Chapter 24) gives general guidelines for congestion relief and provides a general outlook for the future. The book will be useful for a wide audience - including students, practitioners and researchers in a variety of professional endeavors: traffic engineers, transportation planners, public transport specialists, city planners, public administrators, and private enterprises that depend on transportation for their activities.  .Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic,2194-8119 ;7Engineering economyEngineering economyCivil engineeringComputational complexityTransportationEngineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketinghttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T22016Civil Engineeringhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T23004Complexityhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T11022Transportationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/119000Engineering economy.Engineering economy.Civil engineering.Computational complexity.Transportation.Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.Civil Engineering.Complexity.Transportation.388.314Falcocchio John Cauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut720680Levinson Herbert Sauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910299699503321Road Traffic Congestion: A Concise Guide2507769UNINA