Intro -- Transportation Engineering: Theory, Practice and Modeling -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the authors -- Foreword to the first edition -- Foreword to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Transportation Systems -- 2.1. Background -- 2.2. History of Transportation -- 2.3. Transportation Sector and Transportation Modes -- 2.3.1. Components of Transportation Modes -- 2.3.2. Structure of Transportation Modes -- 2.3.3. Technologies of Transport Modes -- 2.3.3.1. Support -- 2.3.3.2. Guidance -- 2.3.3.3. Propulsion -- Propulsion units -- Methods of transferring tractive force -- 2.3.4. Relationships Between Transport Modes -- 2.4. Characteristics of Transport Modes and Their Systems -- 2.4.1. Introduction -- 2.4.2. Urban and Sub/Urban Road and Rail-Based Transit Systems for Passengers -- 2.4.2.1. Background -- 2.4.2.2. Bus system -- 2.4.2.3. Streetcar (tramway) system -- 2.4.2.4. LRT system -- 2.4.2.5. Subway (metro) systems -- 2.4.3. Urban and Sub/Urban Transport Systems for Freight Shipments -- 2.4.4. Interurban Road Transport Systems -- 2.4.4.1. Freight shipments -- 2.4.5. Interurban Rail Transport Systems -- 2.4.5.1. Introduction -- 2.4.5.2. Passengers -- Infrastructure -- Rolling stock and operating speed -- Levitation and propulsion -- Control systems -- Weight and energy consumption -- Commercial use -- 2.4.5.3. Freight shipments -- 2.4.6. Inland Waterways and Sea Shipping Systems for Cargo Shipments -- 2.4.6.1. Introduction -- 2.4.6.2. Inland waterways -- 2.4.6.3. Sea shipping -- 2.4.7. Air Transport System -- 2.4.7.1. Introduction -- 2.4.7.2. Airports -- 2.4.7.3. Transport service networks -- 2.5. Transportation Systems Topics: Planning, Control, Congestion, Safety, and Environment Protection -- 2.6. Problems.


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    Title :

    Transportation Engineering : Theory, Practice, and Modeling


    Contributors:

    Edition :

    Second edition


    Publication date :

    2022


    Size :

    xxviii, 984 Seiten


    Remarks:

    Illustrationen, Diagramme



    Type of media :

    Book


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    BKL:    55.00 Technik der Verkehrsmittel, Verkehrswesen: Allgemeines
    DDC:    629.04



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