Transportation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639894741Author Jacob RoweFormat HardbackPage Count 245Imprint States Academic PressPublisher States Academic PressWeight(grams) 203g

In a large and complex system, such as a railway network, it is often not an option to stop operation at any time. Even if a part of the system fails, is being repaired or modified, the system has to keep functioning. This leads to many requirements for...

The role of data and information and communication technology (ICT) is growing in all areas of transport, with autonomous vehicles among the most advanced examples. This opens up opportunities for malevolent interference, such as remote-control of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639892945Author Madison WestFormat HardbackPage Count 245Imprint States Academic PressPublisher States Academic PressWeight(grams) 803gDimensions(mm)...

The global economy requires globalized movement of goods. Freight transport operations need to be efficient, productive, safe and secure, clean and green. The use of ICT and ITS (intelligent transport systems) are addressing these challenges by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639874460Author Marshall RoyFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Murphy & Moore PublishingPublisher Murphy & Moore PublishingWeight(grams)...

This expanded and revised sixth edition of The Geography of Transport Systems provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. It explores the spatial aspects of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604271393Author Frederick BloetscherFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint J Ross PublishingPublisher J Ross PublishingWeight(grams) 633g

Creating Traffic Models is a challenging task because some of their interactions and system components are difficult to adequately express in a mathematical form. Traffic Flow Theory: Characteristics, Experimental Methods, and Numerical Techniques...

Transportation Engineering: Theory, Practice and Modeling is a guide for integrating multi-modal transportation networks and assessing their potential cost and impact on society and the environment. Clear and rigorous in its coverage, the authors begin...

This book helps readers maximize effectiveness in all facets of highway engineering including planning, design, operations, safety, and geotechnical engineering. Highway Engineering: Planning, Design, and Operations features a seven part treatment,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624177088Author Bruce M HowardFormat HardbackPage Count 115Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 320g

America is stuck: just look at the crumbling roads and bridges, mismanaged railways, old-fashioned and easily overloaded air traffic control system, and perpetual lack of political will to do anything about it all. In contrast, take a trip around the...

About 90 percent of this excessive heat is due to buildings and pavements that absorb and store solar heat (According to the Green Buildings Council). The only reference that focuses specifically on pavements, Pavement Materials for Heat Island...

Traffic and Pavement Engineering presents the latest engineering concepts, techniques, practices, principles, standard procedures, and models that are applied and used to design and evaluate traffic systems, road pavement structures, and alternative...

Major accidents are rare events due to the many barriers, safeguards and defences developed by modern technologies. But they continue to happen with saddening regularity and their human and financial consequences are all too often unacceptably...

Emphasizing a sustainable and green approach, this new book presents an overview of state-of-the-art AI strategies for solving transportation challenges around the world, with a focus on traffic management, traffic safety, public transportation, urban...

The Future of Road Transportation presents rapidly growing research towards electrified and automated vehicles. It explains the workings and drawbacks of a conventional vehicle's powertrain, braking, and steering systems before exploring ADAS equipment...

Approachable guide combining project management principles and proven best practices applied to transportation projects Transportation Project Management is a comprehensive and approachable work providing practical guidance on all aspects of managing...

World population growth and economic prosperity have given rise to ever-increasing demands on cities, transportation planning, and goods movement. This growth, coupled with a slower pace of transportation capacity expansion and deteriorated facility...

Hospital service areas (HSAs) and hospital referral regions (HRRs) are considered more appropriate units than geopolitical units for analyzing the performance of health care markets and policy implementation. GIS Automated Delineation of Hospital Service...

Electric vehicles (EV), are being hailed as part of the solution to reducing urban air pollution and noise, and staving off climate change. Their success hinges on the availability and reliability of fast and efficient charging facilities, both...

Containerization provides optimization of handling processes in terms of intermodality and efficient cargo handling, and maritime transport, in particular, it provides further optimization of shipping processes in terms of volume and distance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604270488Author Lewis LesleyFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint J Ross PublishingPublisher J Ross PublishingWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641723961Author Amanda WangFormat HardbackPage Count 229Imprint Larsen and Keller EducationPublisher Larsen and Keller EducationWeight(grams)...

Driver information and assistance systems have emerged as an integral part of modern road vehicles in order to support the driver while driving. They make use of the newest information technologies in order to enhance driver awareness, safety and...

This book serves as a primer on freight transportation and logistics, providing a general and broad coverage of concepts, mathematical models and methodologies available for freight transportation planning at strategic, tactical and operational levels...

The on-time delivery of goods is regarded as a primary factor of the urban economy and is being monitored by businesses and government alike. However, much analysis of freight transportation and the flow of goods into, out of and within urban areas...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953953Author Nick RobinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

A symbol of the "new Japan" displayed at World's Fairs, depicted in travel posters, and celebrated as the product of a national spirit of innovation, the Tokaido Shinkansen-the first bullet train, dubbed the "dream super-express"-represents the bold...

Dynamics and Optimal Control of Road Vehicles uniquely offers a unified treatment of tyre, car and motorcycle dynamics, and the application of nonlinear optimal control to vehicle-related problems within a single book. This is a comprehensive and...

Railway Transportation Systems covers the entire range of railway passenger systems, from conventional and high-speed intercity systems to suburban, regional, operating on steep gradients, and urban ones. It also examines in depth freight railway systems...

Highways is a comprehensive textbook on all aspects of road engineering. This new edition, written by a team of acknowledged experts in the field, teams up with Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering to become a worthy successor to Coleman...

Links Geotechnics with Railway Track Engineering and Railway Operation Good railway track and railway operations depend on good geotechnics, in several different ways and at varying levels. Railway Geotechnics covers track, track substructure, load...

The International Civil Aviation Organization has mandated that all of its member states implement Safety Management Systems (SMS) in their aviation industries. Responding to that call, many countries are now in various stages of SMS development,...

Bicycle Engineering and Technology is a primer and technical introduction for anyone interested in bicycles, bicycling and the bicycle industry. With insight into how bicycles are made and operated, the book covers the engineering materials used for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647283384Author Nathan BushFormat HardbackPage Count 237Imprint Willford PressPublisher Willford PressWeight(grams) 785gDimensions(mm) 276mm * 203mm *...

This expanded and revised sixth edition of The Geography of Transport Systems provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. It explores the spatial aspects of...

This book presents a comprehensive analysis and modelling of demand, capacity, quality of services, economics, and sustainability of the air transport system and its main components - - airports, airlines, and ATC/ATM (Air Traffic Control/Management)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912687688Author Alex GlassbrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Law Brief PublishingPublisher Law Brief Publishing