Urban Decision Making for Transportation Investments
Author : Sheldon M. Edner
Publisher :
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Local transit
ISBN :
Author : Sheldon M. Edner
Publisher :
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Local transit
ISBN :
Author : Sheldon M. Edner
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Local transit
ISBN :
Author : Veli Himanen
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 31,88 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Transportation
ISBN :
Author : Michael D. Meyer
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
The book can serve as an ideal textbook for both undergraduate and graduate courses in Urban Transportation Planning. It fills an appropriate and important niche by giving proper emphasis to what "actors" and activities can influence the quality of the planning process and its eventual impact on a community. The incorporation of major legislation (ISTEA, CAAA, etc.) and other developments (GIS, traffic impact analysis, 1000 Friends of Oregon, etc.)that affect transportation planning distinguishes the text among others in the area.
Author : Joseph R. Stowers
Publisher : Transportation Research Board National Research
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 13,64 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
Author : Kumares C. Sinha
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 14,40 MB
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1118169662
This pioneering text provides a holistic approach to decisionmaking in transportation project development and programming, whichcan help transportation professionals to optimize their investmentchoices. The authors present a proven set of methodologies forevaluating transportation projects that ensures that all costs andimpacts are taken into consideration. The text's logical organization gets readers started with asolid foundation in basic principles and then progressively buildson that foundation. Topics covered include: Developing performance measures for evaluation, estimatingtravel demand, and costing transportation projects Performing an economic efficiency evaluation that accounts forsuch factors as travel time, safety, and vehicle operatingcosts Evaluating a project's impact on economic development and landuse as well as its impact on society and culture Assessing a project's environmental impact, including airquality, noise, ecology, water resources, and aesthetics Evaluating alternative projects on the basis of multipleperformance criteria Programming transportation investments so that resources can beoptimally allocated to meet facility-specific and system-widegoals Each chapter begins with basic definitions and concepts followedby a methodology for impact assessment. Relevant legislation isdiscussed and available software for performing evaluations ispresented. At the end of each chapter, readers are providedresources for detailed investigation of particular topics. Theseinclude Internet sites and publications of international anddomestic agencies and research institutions. The authors alsoprovide a companion Web site that offers updates, data foranalysis, and case histories of project evaluation and decisionmaking. Given that billions of dollars are spent each year ontransportation systems in the United States alone, and that thereis a need for thorough and rational evaluation and decision makingfor cost-effective system preservation and improvement, this textshould be on the desks of all transportation planners, engineers,and educators. With exercises in every chapter, this text is anideal coursebook for the subject of transportation systems analysisand evaluation.
Author : Joseph Berechman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3319746065
This book explores the various economic and institutional factors that explain why huge investments are made in unworthy transportation mega-projects in the US and other countries. It is based on research, the general literature, economic analyses, and results from a specifically collected database showing that a significant proportion of implemented mega-projects have been found to be inferior ex-ante or incapable of delivering the returns they promised ex-post. Transportation infrastructure and other public investments of a similar scope (“mega-projects”) reflect public sector priorities and objectives, non-pecuniary as well as financial constraints, and a range of decision-making processes. This book describes how decisions made in the public sector with respect to transportation infrastructure investments are affected by the large populations and territories they serve, the estimation of the substantial opportunity costs they entail, the formal procedures instituted for quantitatively appraising projected outcomes and monetary returns, and the political environment in which these decisions are made.
Author : Kala Seetharam Sridhar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 12,65 MB
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9811396205
This book presents an innovative democratic framework that ensures public participation, based on applying principles of good governance to facilitate urban transport decision-making in an integrated and structured manner. While – given the need for mobility in cities – transport is crucial for urban development, problems such as the fragmentation of institutions, decision-making, and unequal knowledge concentrations represent major hurdles to effective governance outcomes (especially those that go beyond technical and regulatory aspects). Substantial investments continue to be pumped into the urban transportation sector, with cities lacking the necessary capacities or governance mechanisms to ensure optimal returns on these investments. The book introduces the transport governance framework, which is intended to provide an integrated and structured approach to facilitate decision-making processes in the urban transport sector, focusing on how decisions are made rather than what decisions are made. It also discusses the initial testing of the framework in several cities across India. In addition, it examines the application of the TAPC (transparency, accountability, participation, and capacity building) principles of good governance to key aspects of urban transport – policy, planning, standards, budgets, execution, and regulation.
Author : Ira M. Robinson
Publisher :
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 11,93 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
"The systematic presentation of this book follows in a formal way a well established paradigm of the planning process. It deals with the setting of goals, the formulation of alternatives, the prediction of outcomes, and the evaluation of the alternatives in relation to the goals and the outcomes." From foreward.
Author :
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 39,40 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780309051132
This conference, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration and the Transportation Research Board, examined the options available for maintaining future urban mobility. Its purpose was to bring together experts to (1) review the status of our current knowledge with respect to recent historical trends in urban development and transportation and their interaction with economic and demographic forces, (2) discuss solutions and innovative institutional and technical approaches to provide for future urban mobility, and (3) identify research needs to aid in the analysis, development, and implementation of such solutions. Resource papers were commissioned on the following topics: housing and jobs; financing; decision making; energy and environment; options; and urban design.