Still stuck in traffic : coping with peak-hour traffic congestion / / Anthony Downs
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| Autore: |
Downs Anthony
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| Titolo: |
Still stuck in traffic : coping with peak-hour traffic congestion / / Anthony Downs
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 388.4/13142/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Traffic congestion - United States |
| Traffic flow - United States | |
| Land use, Urban - United States | |
| Altri autori: | DownsAnthony |
| Note generali: | Rev. ed. of: Stuck in traffic. 1992. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Benefits of Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion; 3. How Bad Is Traffic Congestion?; 4. Causes of Recent Increases in Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion; 5. Incidents and Accidents and Causes of Congestion; 6. Strategies for Reducing Congestion and Four Basic Principles of Traffic; 7. Reducing Incident-Caused Congestion; 8. Increasing Road-Carrying Capacity; 9. Creating More Public Transit Capacity; 10. Peak-Hour and Other Road Pricing; 11. Demand-Side Behavioral Tactics; 12. Remedies That Increase Densities |
| 13. Changing the Jobs-Housing Balance14. Concentrating Jobs in Large Clusters; 15. Local Growth Management Policies; 16. Traffic Congestion around the World; 17. Regional Anticongestion Policies; 18. Summary and Conclusions; Appendix A. The Dynamics of Traffic Congestion; Appendix B. Graphic Analysis of Peak-Hour Road Pricing; Appendix C. Translating Gross Residential Densities into Net Residential Densities; Appendix D. A Spatial Model for Simulating Changes; Appendix E. Clustering High-Density Housing Near Transit Stops; Notes; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In this edition, Anthony Downs seeks to assess the utility of anticongestion programmes. Drawing on a significant body of research from transportation experts and land-use planners, the book examines the advantages and disadvantages of various strategies. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Still stuck in traffic |
| ISBN: | 1-280-81297-4 |
| 9786610812974 | |
| 0-8157-9655-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820925703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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James A. Johnson metro series.