Integrated transport : from policy to practice / / Moshe Givoni and David Banister

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Disciplina: 388
• Soggetto topico: Transportation and state; Transportation - Planning; Transportation engineering
• Altri autori: BanisterDavid GivoniMoshe
• Note generali: Papers from a two day meeting held in Sept. 2008 in support of activities of the Network for European Communications and Transport Activities Research.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 The need for integration in transport policy and practice; Part 1 The main issues in integrated transport; Chapter 2 Integrated transport policy: A conceptual analysis; Chapter 3 Planning for sustainable travel: Integrating spatial planning and transport; Chapter 4 The need for integrated institutions and organizations in transport policy: The case of transport and climate change; Chapter 5 Integrated transport policy in freight transport ; Chapter 6 The value of reliability and its relevance in transport networksChapter 7 Appraisal of integrated transport policies; Part 2 Application of integrated transport policy; Chapter 8 Integrating individual travel desires in transport planning: What is too far and what is too close?; Chapter 9 Planning walking networks and cycling networks; Chapter 10 The role of ICT in achieving integrated transport networks; Chapter 11 Developing the rail network through better access to railway stations: The need for integration; Part 3 Assessing the potential benefits of integrated transport policies ; Chapter 12 Measuring the costs and benefits of integrated transport policies and schemesChapter 13 A decision analysis framework for intermodal transport: Evaluating different policy measures to stimulate the market; Chapter 14 Integrating the railways: Key assessment issues; Chapter 15 Assessing intermodal re-balance and integration in urban transportation planning: An illustration on the basis of a sub-lagoon tube plan for Venice; Chapter 16 Weather and travel time of public transport trips: An empirical study for the Netherlands ; Part 4 The challenges in achieving integrated transport at city, regional and national levelsChapter 17 Impediments to integrative transport policies: Lessons from the new town of Modiin; Chapter 18 Integrating public transport management in France How to manage gaps between mono-scale policies; Chapter 19 Intermodalism in the US: Issues and prospects; Chapter 20 The pursuit of integration: How far and what next?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Travel is an essential part of everyday life and today most journeys are multimodal.? It is the total travel experience that counts and integrated transport must reduce the inconvenience of transfers between modes.? Most research and many publications on transport policy advocate sustainable transport, but the priority given to integration has been negligible.? Yet integration is one of the most important means to advance sustainable transport and sustainability more generally.While integrated transport systems are seen to be an ideal, there is a failure to make the transition from p
• Titolo autorizzato: Integrated transport
• ISBN: 1-136-96547-5; 1-136-96548-3; 1-282-65971-5; 9786612659713; 0-203-85088-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828856703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II