Perspectives on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Perspectives on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

Author: Joseph S. Sussman

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-05-26

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0387232605

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Perspectives on ITS" is a collection of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) writings of Professor Joseph M. Sussman from MIT. Professor Sussman is a long-time major participant in the ITS world, beginning with his work on the core writing team in the original "IVHS" Strategic Plan in 1991-92, and continuing on to the present day. He has worked in a number of ITS area and is a keen observer of the ITS scene in general. The book contains extended articles on various aspects of ITS and perspectives on the future of the field, building on its rich history; organizational issues related to ITS – in particular, regionalism and the transportation / information infrastructure; and ITS’ implications for the transportation profession at large and for transportation education. In addition it contains 14 selected columns from the ITS Quarterly.

Intelligent Transportation Systems – Problems and Perspectives
Intelligent Transportation Systems – Problems and Perspectives

Author: Aleksander Sładkowski

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-06-24

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 3319191500

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book presents a discussion of problems encountered in the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). It puts emphasis on the early tasks of designing and proofing the concept of integration of technologies in Intelligent Transport Systems. In its first part the book concentrates on the design problems of urban ITS. The second part of the book features case studies representative for the different modes of transport. These are freight transport, rail transport and aerospace transport encompassing also space stations. The book provides ideas for deployment which may be developed by scientists and engineers engaged in the design of Intelligent Transport Systems. It can also be used in the training of specialists, students and post-graduate students in universities and transport high schools.

Sustainable Transportation and Smart Logistics
Sustainable Transportation and Smart Logistics

Author: Javier Faulin

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2018-11-13

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 012814243X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Sustainable Transportation and Smart Logistics: Decision-Making Models and Solutions provides deterministic and probabilistic models for transportation logistics problem-solving and decision-making. The book presents an overview of the intersections between sustainability, transportation, and logistics, and delves into the current problems associated with the implementation of sustainable transportation and smart logistics in urban settings. It also offers models for addressing complex structural problems and procedures for estimating transportation externalities such as environmental and social impacts, both in industrial and government arenas, as well as decision-making models from operational, tactical, and strategic management perspectives. Sustainable Transportation and Smart Logistics also covers best practices for practical corporate policy implementation, making it a comprehensive and vital resource for researchers, graduate students, practitioners, and policy makers in transportation, logistics, urban planning, economics, engineering, and environmental science. - Examines various modes of transportation - Includes mathematical models for decision-making in a wide variety of situations - Presents public transportation and smart cities use cases

New Perspectives and Methods in Transport and Social Exclusion Research
New Perspectives and Methods in Transport and Social Exclusion Research

Author: Graham Currie

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2011-10-20

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1780522010

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Presents findings of a successful, international research project exploring links between social exclusion (SE), transport disadvantage (TD) and psychological well being (WB). This title examines fresh perspectives in relation to social capital and WB and developing various economic methods to estimate the marginal value of additional travel.

Green Logistics and Transportation
Green Logistics and Transportation

Author: Behnam Fahimnia

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-05-11

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 331917181X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book identifies and furthers the state of the art in green logistics and transportation with a supply chain focus. It includes discussions on concerns and linkages across policy, corporate strategy and operations and inter-organizational relationships and practices. Separate sections are assigned to discuss issues related to greening of logistics and transportation functions, including green logistics network, green land transportation and green air and water transportation. Linking research with practice is another important feature of the book as various techniques and research methodologies are utilized to explain and analyze green logistics and transportation concepts and issues. The authors come from throughout the world from a variety of backgrounds (e.g. policy, technical, engineering, and management backgrounds) to provide solutions and insights from their regional and global perspectives to some of the world’s most critical green logistics and transportation issues.

Air Transportation
Air Transportation

Author: Dr John G. Wensveen

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 1409486826

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Now in its Seventh Edition, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management.

Perspectives and Strategies for Promoting Safe Transportation Among Older Adults
Perspectives and Strategies for Promoting Safe Transportation Among Older Adults

Author: David W. Eby

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2018-11-27

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0128123265

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Promoting Safe Transportation among Older Adults: Perspectives and Strategies provides a concise, comprehensive, and up-to-date resource on safe mobility for an aging population. The book offers an interdisciplinary perspective for understanding and influencing the behavior of older adults with regard to their safe transportation. It is organized around the professions and disciplines that have a stake in the safe transportation of older adults and the role they play at each stage of their mobility needs. The book also addresses the various strategies that have been used to help keep older adults safe and mobile. Readers will find great insights on key issues related to aging and mobility, giving them an overarching framework for how to maintain safe mobility into older adulthood. The book enables readers to understand the perspectives of the critical groups of people involved in keeping older people safe and explores existing strategies by which an aging individual can maintain safe mobility. - Utilizes a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach for examining the complexities of transportation for older adults - Offers an integrated, overarching narrative for understanding the key issues of safety and mobility in our aging society - Written by leading transportation and health scholars - Offers insights into the perspectives of all the stakeholders, such as hands-on transportation and health practitioners, students of varying levels, researchers and policymakers

Movement in Cities
Movement in Cities

Author: P.W. Daniels

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 113567163X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Movement in Cities describes and analyses urban travel in terms of purpose, distance and frequency of journeys and modes and routes used, concentrating mainly on British towns with many references to the United States and Australia. The authors elucidate the all-important interrelations between location of activities and the patterns of transport supply and use within towns. The issues they raise are of pressing practical and intellectual importance. This book was first published in 1980.

International Maritime Transport
International Maritime Transport

Author: Heather Leggate

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1134270585

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The importance of the international maritime transport industry is difficult to overstate. This new book presents an interdisciplinary approach from a wide range of internationally-based experts. International Maritime Transport represents a radical departure from previous works in its structure and approach. The section editors each discuss the state of the art in the opening chapter, before introducing a selection of works providing a wide-ranging analysis of the subject. Wide discretion of approach has provided literary freedom for individual opinion and analysis within the overall framework: this permits a level of innovation which is perhaps stifled by the more standardized model. Whilst each perspective can be seen as exclusive, together they form a comprehensive volume of issues in contemporary maritime transport. Topics covered include: ports as interfaces, logistics, manpower and skills, financial risk and opportunities, the regulatory framework. Each chapter contains an introduction which explains the context of the chapter within the book and the contemporary state of the art. Under the editorship of maritime experts James McConville, Alfonso Morvillo and Heather Leggate, the book is sure to be of interest to students and academics working on maritime studies, as well as being useful to professionals and policy makers in the maritime industry.