Urban Transit Systems And Technology - Rilegato

Vuchic, Vukan R.

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ISBN 10: 047175823X ISBN 13: 9780471758235

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2007

Riassunto

This is the only current and in print book covering the full field of transit systems and technology. Beginning with a history of transit and its role in urban development, the book proceeds to define relevant terms and concepts, and then present detailed coverage of all urban transit modes and the most efficient system designs for each. Including coverage of such integral subjects as travel time, vehicle propulsion, system integration, fully supported with equations and analytical methods, this book is the primary resource for students of transit as well as those professionals who design and operate these key pieces of urban infrastructure.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Vukan R. Vuchic, PhD, is UPS Foundation Professor of Transportation Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Urban Transit: Operations, Planning, and Economics (Wiley), Transportation for Livable Cities, and other acclaimed books and articles on the subject of urban transit. He has consulted for over a dozen cities around the world and lectured at over seventy universities.

Dalla quarta di copertina

"Probably the most important book for the industry since Peter White's Planning for Public Transportation, Professor Vuchic's contribution is valuable because in its pages it gives references to almost every basic hardware option likely to face the transport planner or entice the politician."
—Bus and Coach

"Contains between two covers for the first time most everything anybody would want to know about the history, evolution, technology, characteristics, and applications of transit systems."
—APA Journal

"Probably one of the most complete histories ever written on the development and growth of the various forms of urban transportation. It is a well-written, well-illustrated volume that belongs on the bookshelf of anyone seriously interested in mass transit."
—National Railway Bulletin

"Every engineer and planner of urban public transit facilities and systems needs [this] book."
—ITE News

A comprehensive modern guide to urban transportation

The founding, shaping, and growth of human communities throughout history have been products of complex interactions of many forces. One major force has always been transportation. Transportation has played a key role in determining the location of cities; their size; their form; and their structure. Today, the United States has a population of 300 million people driving 136 million cars and served by over 6,000 public transit agencies. With such daunting statistics, the challenge to the transportation professional is significant indeed.

In Urban Transit: Systems and Technology, Vukan Vuchic has assembled the guide to urban transportation that the industry needs. Broad in scope and deeply researched, this book covers the entire field of transit in all its modes and aspects. Vuchic begins with an overview of the history of transit and its role in urban development, illuminating how transportation both responded to the needs of communities and, in turn, helped shape them.

Defining relevant terms and concepts, the text then examines:

• Urban transit modes—highway, rail, automated, specialized, paratransit, and unconventional concepts—and the most efficient systems designs for each
• System components, vehicles, travel ways, terminals, and control systems
• Vehicle propulsion (diesel, electric, and others), fully supported with equations and analytical methods for vehicle dynamic performance and travel times

Bringing every aspect of urban transport between two covers, Urban Transit: Systems and Technology is a primary resource for professionals and students who are designing and operating these key components of urban infrastructure.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 047175823X
• ISBN 13: 9780471758235
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 624
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile