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This pack contains data tables and 10 maps derived from a survey carried out in 37 UNECE member countries on road traffic and infrastructure topics, in accordance with Resolution No. 247 adopted by the UNECE Inland Transport Committee at its 61st session held in February 1999. A CD ROM publication is also available (ISBN 9211168538).
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• The Machine for Access. (D.M. Levinson, K.J. Krizek, D. Gillen). Part I: Overview. Congestion and Its Extent. (R.L. Bertini). Congestion and Its Discontents. (J.L. Gifford). Place-based versus People-based Accessibility. (H.J. Miller). The Transportation-Land Use Policy Connection. (G-J. Knaap). Perspectives on Accessibility and Travel. (K.J. Krizek). Planning for Accessibility, In Theory and In Practice. (S. Handy). Part II: Behavior and Measures. Current Determinants of Residential Location Choices: An Empirical Study in the Greater Columbus Metropolitan Area. (Moon Jeong Kim, H. Morrow-Jones). Evaluating Measures of Job-Housing Proximity. (J. Yang, J. Ferreira). Examining the Spatial and Social Variation in Employment Accessibility: A Case Study of Bus Transit in Austin, Texas. (M.W. Horner, J.N. Mefford). Parcel-level Measure of Public Transit Accessibility to Destinations. (B. Ho-Yin Lee). Paving New Ground: A Markov Cahin Model of the Change in Transportation Networks and Land Use - Exploring Spatial-Temporal Dimensions. (C. Woudsma, J.F. Jensen). Accessibility in the luci2 Urban Simulation Model and the Importance of Accessibility for Urban Development. (J.R. Ottensmann). Part III: Applications. An Accessibility Framework for Evaluating Transport Policies. (F. Primerano, M.A.P. Taylor). Modeling Accessibility in Urban Transportation Networks: A Graph-Based Hierarchical Approach. (A. Abdel-Rahim, A.M. Ismail). Accessibility and Spatial Development in Switzerland During the Last 50 Years. (M. Tschopp, P. Frohlich, K.W. Axhausen). Parking and Accessibility. (E. Ferguson).
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Much of land use and transportation planning today aims to reduce traffic congestion. However, the barometers typically used to measure congestion provide only a snapshot of a select dimension of a city's transportation system and fail to accurately reflect how easy it is to reach destinations. Comprehensive and policy relevant measures useful to land-use and transportation planning need to capture both land use and travel dimensions. This book focuses on the science and policy around the multi-modal concept of accessibility. If the goal is to create physical environments that are accessible, this work provides an up date account that can advance empirically grounded research and planning practice relating to accessibility.
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• Section headings: Introduction. Modelling Developments. Theories and Empirical Analyses. Data Needs and Data Representation. Policy Analysis. Future Directions.
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Societal trends have made the need for better travel demand forecasts more urgent, at the same time as making people's travel and activity patterns far more complex. Traditional traffic flow models are no longer sophisticated enough to cope. Activity analysis is seen by many as the solution. It has had a short but intense history in geography, urban planning, time use research and, more recently, transportation. Pioneering activity-based models have now been developed to the point where, some argue, it is time to abandon the traditional four-step model for transportation demand forecasting and to adopt activity-based approaches instead. Others claim that the complexity of such approaches, and their tremendous data requirements, prevent them from having a significant impact. This book explores these claims and the issues associated with them. An introductory section outlines the debate. The body of the work is organised in four sections: modelling developments; theories and empirical analyses; data needs and data representation; and policy analysis. The final section discusses future research directions.
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• Initial planning for urban transit systems-- S.C. WirasinghePublic transport timetabling and vehicle scheduling-- A. Ceder Designing public transport network and routes-- A. Ceder Transit path choice and assignment model approaches-- A. Nuzzolo Schedule-based transit assignment models-- A. Nuzzolo Frequency based transit route choice models-- M. Florian Capacity constrained transit assignment models and reliability analysis-- M.G.H. Bell Dynasmart-IP - dynamic traffic assignment meso-simulator for intermodal networks-- H.S. Mahmassani & K.F. Abdelghany Modeling competitive multi-modal services-- H.K. Lo et al. Modeling urban taxi services - a literature survey and an analytical example-- Hai Yang et al. The estimation of origin-destination matrices in transit networks-- S. C. Wong & C.O. Tong Models for optimizing transit fares-- Jing Zhou & W.H.K. Lam.
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In this title, experts in public transport address the current problem of improving public transit systems by taking advantage of new technologies and advanced modelling techniques. The key areas open to improvement are service planning and operations management.
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• Dynamic Traffic Assignment: A Survey of Mathematical Models and Techniques / Pushkin Kachroo, Neveen Shlayan
• The Max-Pressure Controller for Arbitrary Networks of Signalized Intersections / Pravin Varaiya
• Coordinated Feedback-Based Freeway Ramp Metering Control Strategies "C-MIXCROS and D-MIXCROS" that Take Ramp Queues into Account / Ilgin Gokasar, Kaan Ozbay, Pushkin Kachroo
• Solving the Integrated Corridor Control Problem Using Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation / Jingtao Ma, Yu (Marco) Nie, H. Michael Zhang
• Analyses of Arterial Travel Times Based on Probe Data / Isaac Kumar Isukapati, George F. List
• A Multibuffer Model for LWR Road Networks / Mauro Garavello, Benedetto Piccoli
• Cell-Based Dynamic Equilibrium Models / W.Y. Szeto
• Information Impacts on Traveler Behavior and Network Performance: State of Knowledge and Future Directions / Ramachandran Balakrishna, Moshe Ben-Akiva
• Modeling Within-Day Activity Rescheduling Decisions under Time-Varying Network Conditions / Yunemi Jang, Yi-Chang Chiu, Hong Zheng
• Dynamic Navigation in Direction-Dependent Environments / Irina S. Dolinskaya
• An Approach to Assess the Impact of Dynamic Congestion in Vehicle Routing Problems / H.M. Abdul Aziz, Satish V. Ukkusuri
• Incident Duration Prediction with Hybrid Tree-based Quantile Regression / Qing He, Yiannis Kamarianakis.

"This edited book focuses on recent developments in Dynamic Network Modeling, including aspects of route guidance and traffic control as they relate to transportation systems and other complex infrastructure networks. Dynamic Network Modeling is generally understood to be the mathematical modeling of time-varying vehicular flows on networks in a fashion that is consistent with established traffic flow theory and travel demand theory. Dynamic Network Modeling as a field has grown over the last thirty years, with contributions from various scholars all over the field. The basic problem which many scholars in this area have focused on is related to the analysis and prediction of traffic flows satisfying notions of equilibrium when flows are changing over time. In addition, recent research has also focused on integrating dynamic equilibrium with traffic control and other mechanism designs such as congestion pricing and network design. Recently, advances in sensor deployment, availability of GPS-enabled vehicular data and social media data have rapidly contributed to better understanding and estimating the traffic network states and have contributed to new research problems which advance previous models in dynamic modeling. A recent National Science Foundation workshop on 'Dynamic Route Guidance and Traffic Control' was organized in June 2010 at Rutgers University by Prof. Kaan Ozbay, Prof. Satish Ukkusuri, Prof. Hani Nassif, and Professor Pushkin Kachroo. This workshop brought together experts in this area from universities, industry and federal/state agencies to present recent findings in this area. Various topics were presented at the workshop including dynamic traffic assignment, traffic flow modeling, network control, complex systems, mobile sensor deployment, intelligent traffic systems and data collection issues. This book is motivated by the research presented at this workshop and the discussions that followed"--Provided by publisher.

• Port Development: Maritime Trade Evolutions and Port City Developments in Asia-- Scenario Simulation Analysis for the Port Development of Hong Kong Under Changing Business Environment-- Evaluation on Ports and Maritime Logistic Systems: A Framework for Modeling Benchmarking Maritime Clusters-- Port Competitiveness and Benchmarking Studies-- Is Port Throughput a Port Output-- The Challenges of Today's Maritime Logistics: A Proposed Systems Approach to the Understanding of a Complex System-- A Novel Performance Evaluation Strategy Towards Dealers in the Automotive Supply Chain-- OR Studies on Maritime Logistics: A Linearized Approach for the Liner Containership Fleet Planning with Demand Uncertainty-- A Yard Allocation Strategy for Export Containers via Simulation and Optimization-- Exploring Tanker Market Elasticity with Respect to Oil Production Using FORESIM-- Studies on Container Ships: On the Ongoing Increase of Containership Size-- Green Maritime Logistics.
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This timely book discusses the recent developments in maritime logistics, an important specialized area for the global economy. It includes issues such as the recent economic crisis, port competition and development, and provides insights and trends relating to these issues. Consisting of renowned researchers worldwide, the primary objective of the book identifies some of the new problems and challenges faced and innovative solutions to address these problems.
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• Preface-- Government and politics-- Aviation and politics-- Significant aeropolitical issues-- Politics and emergent trends in air law-- Issues in the carriage of passengers and cargo-- The international civil aviation organisation-- Index.
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This book is about the intrinsic link between aviation and politics. It addresses the manner in which the world deals with aviation issues and the legal and diplomatic nuances associated with them. From the inception of regulated civil aviation in 1944, politics and diplomacy have been inextricable from policy making and dispute settlement in affairs of aviation. Varied and chronologically sequential instances where the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was requested by its Contracting States to address contentious issues relating to civil aviation are reflective of the importance of political considerations that underlie such disputes. Additionally, with some regularity, individual issues have emerged, which this book will address, that reflect the responses of a dynamic aviation political community. This book also addresses the role of ICAO, which is dedicated to issues of international civil aviation under the auspices of the United Nations. However, it must be stated at the outset that, although political contentions may exist between States, which is a natural corollary of Statecraft and international politics, it is not the purview of an international organisation to address political motivations of individual States when considering issues referred to it or adjudicating disputes between States. In this regard, ICAO, and the rest of the world have tread a delicate line between diplomacy and objectivity.
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• Roadmapping development and poverty alleviation : transport and the Millennium Development goals in Africa / Deborah Fahy Bryceson
• Financing regional infrastructure projects in Africa : issues and options / Robert M. Okello
• Transportation costs and spatial integration of agricultural commodity markets in Africa / Edward Mabaya
• Exploring the components of "accessibility" from a transport and health perspective in rural South Africa / Talia McCray
• Transport and the MDGs : perspectives from a Nairobi slum / Rachel Reichenbach
• Progress and challenges of meeting the MDGs in Uganda : the role of transport / Betty Babirye-Ddungu
• Linking transport to employment : pursuing the Millennium Development goals / Ronald W. McQuaid
• The significance of local-level rural infrastructure provision in poverty alleviation : evidence from the horse's mouth / T.C. Mbara
• Introduction of the roadside station as a pro-poor infrastructure : its potential contribution to attaining the MDGs in Africa / Yoichi Sakurada
• Port infrastructure and development in South Africa / Michael G.H. Bell
• Sustainable transport technologies for developing environments : towards appropriate investment strategies / John D. Nelson
• Access vs. Accessibility : transport, MDGs, youth and health / Deladem Kusi-Appouh
• Mobility, maternal mortality and mainstreaming gender : a need for action / Jeff Turner
• Children, (im)mobility and transport in sub-Saharan Africa : implications for meeting the MDGs / Gina Porter.

Transport is an essential service that must contribute to national development objectives in health, education, agriculture and other sectors in guiding sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty. Developing policies aimed at providing safe, reliable and affordable transport infrastructure and services can and will make a substantial and sustainable contribution to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, improving health care and reducing HIV/AIDS. Although transport is identified as a priority in poverty reduction strategies, it has not generally been adequately addressed. Global responses tend to focus on rural transport infrastructure-principally roads-with little attention given to sub-sectors such as rivers, lakes, and railroads; and important geographical and econological differences are ignored. The needs of the urban poor have been weakly addressed, as have the access and mobility needs of women, the disabled and other disadvantaged groups, while strategies for adapting transport to agricultural production/distribution or social services (e.g. health and education) have not been adequately developed. A systematic approach to the development of sound, comprehensive transport sector programs that provide clear guidance on what is to be done is much needed. This volume-the product of an expert workshop held at Cornell University's Institute for African Development in May, 2007-provides accounts of an array of African operational spaces in which transport is relevant to the Millennium Development Goals. It addresses many heretofore ignored dimesions of transport-mobility issues of the urban poor, of women and children, and issues of access to employment, education and health services. It provides an alignment of transport with the MDGs in what proves to be fertile ground for research with important messages for policy makers and consequences for policy.
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• Acknowledgments1. Introduction
• Part 1. Freedom Railway2. Railway Visions--
• 3. Building the People's Railway--
• 4. Living along the Railway
• Part 2. Ordinary Train5. The Ordinary Train--
• 6. Landscape Visions--
• 7. Conclusion
• Appendix 1. Eight Principles Governing China's Economic and Technical Aid to Other Countries--
• Appendix 2. Parcel Shipments to and from Selected Rail Stations--
• Appendix 3. Land Cover Change, Kilombero Valley Study AreaNotes-- Bibliography-- Index.
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The TAZARA (Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority) or Freedom Railway stretches from Dar es Salaam on the Tanzanian coast to the Copperbelt region of Zambia. The railway, built during the height of the Cold War, was intended to redirect the mineral wealth of the interior away from routes through South Africa and Rhodesia. After being rebuffed by Western donors, newly independent Tanzania and Zambia accepted help from communist China to construct what would become one of Africa's most vital transportation corridors. Drawing on first-hand experiences of engineers and labourers together with life histories of traders who used the railway, Jamie Monson tracks the railroad from its design and construction to its daily use as a passenger train that provided an important means for moving people and goods from one village to another. This engaging history reveals how transnational interests contributed to environmental change, population movements, the rise of local and regional economic enterprise, and one of the most sweeping development transitions in post-colonial Africa.
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• Contents
• PREFACE
• ONE BELOVED MONSTER
• TWO SKY-HIGH GROWTH
• THREE CLIMATE CONCERN
• FOUR DECIBEL DIN
• FIVE CROWDED SKIES, VANISHED ACRES
• SIX THE SCOURGE TO COME
• SEVEN THE WAY AHEAD
• EIGHT BEYOND BALANCE
• INDEX

Annotation. Campaigning book that spells out the environmental downsides of aviation growth including climate change, noise pollution, safety and land loss. Compares UK aviation policy with the historically unregulated growth of motor traffic, hence the same mistakes are being repeated in the air as have been made on the roads.

• Title page; Contents; Redesigning Maintenance Processes to Increase Delivery Performance of the A-Check for Wide-Body Aircraft at KLM E & M; Leaning the Material Management Process of KLM Engineering & Maintenance
• Supply Base Rationalization Using Essentiality; A Model to Forecast Non-Routine Work for the Wide Body Base Maintenance at KLM E & M; Control Space Analysis of Continuous Descent Operations at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol; The Use of a Dynamic Solution Space to Predict Air Traffic Controller Workload; Bayesian Estimation of Accident Rate, Trend and Uncertainty.

This book presents the proceedings of the Second International Air Transport and Operations Symposium, ATOS 2011, held at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The focus of ATOS 2011 and this proceedings is on how air transport can evolve in order to continue to add value in the 21st Century, given its incredible impact in the 20th Century. The book covers a whole range of topics: Aircraft Design and Future Concepts; Air Transport Economics; Air Transport, Environment and Safety; Aircraft Lifecycle Value Engineering; Personal Air Transport System (PATS); Airports and Air Traffic.

• Title page; Contents; Session 1.1. Aircraft Design & Future Concepts; Can We Still Dream?
• Thinking Out of the Box; The Quest for Unmanned Aerial Transportation and Role of Governments; Strategic Jet Engine System Design in Light of Uncertain Fuel and Carbon Prices; Session 1.2. Air Transport Economics; Development of a Customer Value Forecasting Tool for Commercial Aircraft Wing Movables; Air Cargo Information Platform; Session 1.3. Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul
• 1; Forecasting Maintenance by Monitoring Usage, Loads or Condition.

• Title Page; Preface; Original Words of Invite from IMAPP, ComplexWorld and ASDA; Contents; Part I. ATOS; Validating Value-Driven Design; Value Driven Design in Automotive Transport Systems; How to Improve Operational Availability and Cost Effectiveness Using a Pragmatic RAMS Value Driven Design Effort
• A Military Helicopter Case Study; Method-Driven Test Case Generation for Functional System Verification; Aviation Security in a Digital Age: Can Security Benefit from Wireless Communication Technologies in Passenger Air Transport?

• Stall Shield Devices, an Innovative Approach to Stall Prevention?Flyover Noise Synthesis for the Virtual Community Noise Simulator; Noise-Minimal Landing and Take-off Trajectories Under Procedural and Safety Regulations; Traveler Expectation and Airport Service Improvement: Kaohsiung International Airport, Taiwan; Air Traffic Control Complexity, Fatigue & Service Expectation: Results from a Preliminary Study; A Value Operations-Based Methodology for Airport Concept Development for the Year 2050; Simulation of Taxiway System Maintenance to Optimize Airport Operational Value.

• Scheduling a Hybrid Flowshop with Parallel Machines for Aircraft Assembly ProductionSurplus Value Sensitivity and Subsystem Analysis; Subliminal Control on CDA Final Descent Operations; Adaptive Automation Support for Time-Based Operations in ATC; Optimizing Nightly Schiphol Traffic Through Time Based Operations; Concept of Operations for Air Traffic Management by Managing Uncertainty Through Multiple Metering Points; The Turkish Aviation System and the Strategy of Turkish Airlines; Safety Management as an Aspect of Business Management.

• Applying Proven Methods in a New Environment: The Case of LEAN in Business Aviation MROMoonshine: Employee-Involved Workplace Innovation
• An Exploratory Study; New Similarity Metric for Mixed Production of Aircraft Assembly; Predicting Foreseeable Uncertainty Using a Value Driven Design Methodology; Value Driven Design in the Presence of Fuzzy Requirements; Development of a Surplus Value Parameter for Use in Initial Aircraft Conceptual Design; Part II. IMAPP; A Maintenance Packaging and Scheduling Optimization Method for Future Aircraft.

• NFF
• Who Is to Be Blamed? Unravelling the Mysteries of NFFAn Attempt to Quantitatively Underpin the Rationality of Maintenance Support; Cost-Benefit Evaluation of Aircraft Maintenance Base-Check Downtime and Cost; Development of a Maintenance Decision Model to Optimize for Technical Reliability
• A Component Based Approach; Modification and Certification of Research Aircraft; Upgrading a Multi-Mission Research Aircraft; Part III. ComplexWorld; Modelling of Human Performance-Related Hazards in ATM; From Uncertainty to Robustness and System's Resilience in ATM: A Case-Study.

• Contents: Preface-- Part I Practitioners Pieces: Volatility in the global airline industry is shaping its future evolution, Alan Joyce-- The future of air navigation, Ashley Smout-- Aviation safety concern, Bill Voss-- A beneficial industry but one with elusive profitability, Brian Pearce-- The challenges faced by independent ground handlers and in-flight caterers, Clement Woon-- Growth opportunities in Brazil, Constantino de Oliveira Jr-- Can Gulf carriers sustain their current growth rate?, Fariba Alamdari-- Forecasting the fate of the airline industry, Gary Kelly-- Changing global air transport, James Hogan-- The inevitable evolution of aviation, Kenneth Button-- Longer-term prospects for air transport, Laurent Rouaud-- Airline consolidation in China and the prospects for China Eastern, Liu Shaoyong-- Overcoming the constraints of aeropolitics, Maurice Flanagan-- In search of sustained profitability 30 years after deregulation, Peter P.Belobaba-- IT, airlines and the recession: what is a Chief Information Officer to do?, Paul Coby-- An inherently unstable industry: airlines have themselves to blame, Rigas Doganis-- Engine makers can help airlines thrive, even in a difficult environment, Robert J. Keady-- The future of airline sales distribution, Scott D. Nason-- Dynamic air transport industry, Tewolde GebreMariam-- The dilemma facing airport management: taking control of the airport environment, William deCota-- Surviving the crisis, Willie Walsh. Part II Academic Section: Airlines: an inherently turbulent industry, John F. O'Connell-- State of US aviation: clinging to the old ways in a new century, Dawna L. Rhoades-- Ryanair and the low-cost revolution, Sean D. Barrett-- Airline strategy: keeping the legacy carrier competitive. How can mature airlines stay ahead in the low-fare airline era?, Alan Gogbashian and Thomas Lawton-- Ancillary revenues: the new trend in strategic airline marketing, John F. O'Connell-- Multilateral airline alliances: the fallacy of the alliances to mergers proposition, Sveinn Vidar Gudmundson and Christian Lechner-- Comparing the economic and operating characteristics of charter and low-cost scheduled airlines, George Williams-- Airlines and tourism: interrelations and trends, Andreas Papatheodorou-- The economics of 7th freedom, Peter Forsyth-- The air cargo industry, Peter S. Morrell-- Key issues facing the airport industry, Anne Graham-- Challenges to growth: environmental issues and the development of the air transport industry, Ben Daley and Callum Thomas-- Advances in transport aircraft and engines, John Snow-- Safety management systems in aviation, Graham Braithwaite-- Cooperation in air navigation services: is globalization arriving in the world of ANS?, Manjit Singh-- IT innovations in passenger services, John F. O'Connell-- Aviation security in the United States, Robert Raffel and Jim Ramsay-- An examination of the world's most profitable airline in 2009/10: the Emirates business model, John F. O'Connell-- Index.
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Airlines are buffeted by fluctuating political and economic landscapes, ever-changing competition, technology developments, globalization, increasing deregulation and evolving customer requirements. As a consequence all sectors of the air transport industry are in a constant state of flux. The principle aim of this book is to review current trends in the airline industry and its related suppliers, thereby providing an insight into the forces that are changing its dynamics. The factors that are reshaping the structure of the industry are examined with a view to identifying the key issues whose impact will be critical in the future. The book features two very distinct sections. The first contains short contributions from industry executives at CEO/VP level from airlines, aircraft/engine manufacturers, safety and navigational provider organisations, who have set out their take of where the airline industry is heading. This commercial input sets the scene for the book and provides the bridge to the second section, which is composed of 18 chapters written by distinguished academic authors. Each chapter presents a valuable insight into a specific area of the air transport industry, including: airlines, airports, cargo, deregulation, the environment, navigation, strategy, information technology, security and tourism. The shared objective of the authors is to describe and explain the core competencies that are determining the current shape of the industry and to examine the forces that will change its direction going forward. The book is written in a management style and will appeal to all levels of personnel who work for airlines across the world. It is also written for airport authorities, aerospace manufacturers, regulatory and government transportation agencies, researchers and students of aviation management, transport studies, tourism and the wider air transport industry.
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• The air transport system..- Historical development of air transport.- Market aspects.- The regulatory framework of the air transportation System.- Aircraft characteristics.- Aircraft manufacturer.- Airlines.- Airport and Infrastructure.- Air Navigation Services.- Environmental aspects of air Transport.- Challenges and competition of air Transport.
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The book addresses all major aspects to be considered for the design and operation of aircrafts within the entire transportation chain. It provides the basic information about the legal environment, which defines the basic requirements for aircraft design and aircraft operation. The interactions between airport, air traffic management and the airlines are described. The market forecast methods and the aircraft development process are explained to understand the very complex and risky business of an aircraft manufacturer. The principles of flight physics as basis for aircraft design are presented and linked to the operational and legal aspects of air transport including all environmental impacts. The book is written for graduate students as well as for engineers and experts, who are working in aerospace industry, at airports or in the domain of transport and logistics.
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• Contents: Foreword, Jack J. Pelton-- Foreword, Michael Magnusson-- Preface--
• Part 1 An Introduction to Air Transportation: The airline industry: trends, challenges and strategies-- Aviation: an overview-- Historical perspective-- Air transportation: regulators and associations-- The general aviation industry.
• Part 2 Structure and Economics of the Airlines: The airline industry-- Economic characteristics of the airlines.
• Part 3 Managerial Aspects of Airlines: Airline management and organization-- Forecasting methods-- Airline passenger marketing-- Airline pricing, demand, and output determination-- Air cargo-- Principles of airline scheduling-- Fleet planning: the aircraft selection process-- Airline labor relations-- Airline financing.
• Part 4 The International Scene: International aviation-- Appendix-- Glossary-- Index.
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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. In addition to explaining the fundamentals, this book now takes the reader to the leading edge of the discipline, using past and present trends to forecast future challenges the industry may face and encouraging the reader to really think about the decisions a manager implements. The Seventh Edition brings the text right up to date with a new opening chapter, titled 'The Airline Industry: Trends, Challenges and Strategies', setting the context for all that follows within the book, and a new section within 'International Aviation' that explores the new airline business models. New and updated material has been added throughout the text and overall presents a more international perspective. Arranged in sharply focused parts and accessible sections, the exposition is clear and reader-friendly. Air Transportation: A Management Perspective is suitable for almost all aviation programs that feature business and management. Its student-friendly structure and style make it highly suitable for modular courses and distance-learning programmes, or for self-directed study and continuing personal professional development.
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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.
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• Preface-- Aviation: an overview-- Historical perspective-- Air transportation: regulators and associations-- The general aviation industry-- The airline industry-- Economic characteristics of the airlines-- Airline management and organization-- Forecasting methods-- Airline passenger marketing-- Airline pricing, demand, and output determination-- Air cargo-- Principles of airline scheduling-- Fleet planning: the aircraft selection process-- Airline labor relations-- Airline financing-- International aviation-- Appendices-- Index.
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Now in its Sixth Edition, "Air Transportation" by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management.In addition to explaining the fundamentals, this book now takes the reader to the leading edge of the discipline, using past and present trends to forecast future challenges the industry may face and encouraging the reader to really think about the decisions a manager implements. The Sixth Edition contains updated material on airline passenger marketing, labor relations, financing and heightened security precautions.Arranged in sharply focused parts and accessible sections, the exposition is clear and reader-friendly. "Air Transportation" is suitable for almost all aviation programs that feature business and management. Its accessible structure and style make it highly suitable for modular courses and distance learning programmes, or for self-directed study and continuing personal professional development.
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• 1. Beyond the Crisis: Trends and Challenges
• 2. Towards "Open Skies"
• 3. Beyond "Open Skies"
• 4. Alliances: A response to uncertainty or an economic necessity?
• 5. Labour is the Key
• 6. The Low-Cost Revolution
• 7. e-commerce@airlines.co
• 8. State-owned Airlines: A dying species or a suitable case for treatment?
• 9. Strategies for Survival in the Twenty-First Century Appendices.
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The airline industry is currently faced with its longest and deepest crisis to date: many airlines are losing hundred of millions of US dollars, several have collapsed entirely and others have been rescued by their governments. This crisis has been precipitated by external shocks such as the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, the invasion of Iraq and the SARS epidemic. In addition, the effect of these events has been exacerbated by dynamic and potentially destabilizing internal developments. Comprehensive and thorough, this revealing book gives a detailed analysis of the crucial events and key developments which have impacted, and will continue to impact on the dynamics of the airline industry. Special attention is paid to: the key challenges faced by the airlines such as continued liberalization and `open skies' the impacts of global alliances new low-cost and no-frills carriers on-line selling and distribution privatization the impact of disasters. Leading industry authority Rigas Doganis examines the future prospects for the changing airline business and assesses alternative policies which could help the sector adapt to the shifting marketplace. Ideal for students, researchers and professionals in the fields of economics and business, industry and transportation studies, this second edition of his definitive book brings the story right up to date.
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• 1. Introduction and Overview - John D. Bitzan, James H. Peoples and Wesley W. Wilson
• 2. Airline Productivity and Efficiency: Concept, Measurement, and Applications - Chunyan Yu
• 3. Benchmarking US All-Cargo Carriers: a Productivity and Cost Competitiveness Analysis - Matteo Balliauw, Hilde Meersman, Evy Onghena and Eddy Van De Voorde
• 4. Ground and Network Efficiency Drivers in African Airlines: a Two-Stage Network DEA Approach - Carlos Pestana Barros and Peter Wanke
• 5. Modeling Airline Efficiency - a Comparison of International Airlines Using Data Envelopment Analysis Stefan Sjogren
• 6. The Effects of Mergers on Airline Performance and Social Welfare - Jia Yan, Xiaowen Fu, Tae Hoon Oum and Kun Wang
• 7. Airline Mergers in the United States Since
• 2005: What Impact Have They Had on Airline Efficiency? - Mark R. Greer
• 8. Air Transport and High Speed Railway: How Would Collaboration Affect Service Performance? - Mikio Takebayashi
• 9. Managing Freight Operations Chains of Passenger Airlines at International Airports - Rico Merkert and David Wayne Alexander
• 10. Multi-Product Cost Analysis of US Airports - Patrick McCarthy
• 11. Regional Development and Airport Productivity in China - Clement Kong Wing Chow, Michael Ka Yiu Fung and Japhet Sebastian Law
• 12. Airline Fuel Efficiency: Assessment Methodologies and Applications in the US Domestic Airline Industry - Bo Zou, Irene Kwan, Mark Hansen, Dan Rutherford and Nabin Kafle
• 13. The Convergence of Low-Cost and Legacy Airline Operations - Kevin E. Henrickson and Wesley W. Wilson.
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An efficient air transport system is critical to countries attaining and sustaining healthy economies in an increasingly interconnected world economy. Competing successfully now means quick shipping over long distances at reasonable rates. Societies also prosper when people from different countries can travel around the world using efficient transport. This volume includes literature surveys and original empirical research examining airline efficiency in the twenty first century. Topics cover airline productivity, sources of airline efficiency, the cost and scope of operations in airline transport; airline productivity for different global regions; methodologies estimating productivity growth and efficiency. Further chapters on sources of airline efficiency examine fuel efficiency differences, efficiency in different stages of production, and the contributions of technological change, mergers, and low-cost carrier competition to efficiency. Chapters on the cost and scope of operations examine all-cargo carrier efficiency, gains from airline/high speed-rail cooperation, and airport economies of scope in passenger and freight operations.
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• Contents: Preface-- Industry financial performance-- Airline financial statements-- Airline financial ratios-- Airline valuation-- Sources of finance-- Equity finance-- Airline privatisation-- Airline financial planning and appraisal-- Risk management: foreign currency, fuel prices and interest rates-- Aircraft leasing-- Aircraft securitisation-- Airline bankruptcy-- Industry financial prospects-- Bibliography-- Glossary of terms-- Index.
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Air transport industry finance, with its complexity and special needs such as route rights, airport slots, aircraft leasing options and frequent flyer programmes, requires specific knowledge. While there are numerous financial management and corporate finance texts available, few of these provide explanations for the singularities of the airline industry with worked examples drawn directly from the industry itself. Revised and updated in its fourth edition, this internationally renowned and respected book provides the essentials to understanding all areas of airline finance. Designed to address each of the distinct areas of financial management in an air transport industry context, it also shows how these fit together, while each chapter and topic provides a detailed resource which can be also consulted separately. Supported at each stage by practical airline examples, it examines the financial trends and prospects for the airline industry as a whole, contrasting the developments for the major regions and airlines. Important techniques in financial analysis are applied to the airline industry, together with critical discussion of key issues. Thoroughly amended and updated throughout, the fourth edition reflects the many developments that have affected the industry, with a particular emphasis on the full impact of the global banking and sovereign debt crises. This edition also features new material discussing the increased airline mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity of recent years, and considers the likelihood of further consolidation in the future. The book is a key resource for students of airline management, and a sophisticated and authoritative guide for analysts in financial institutions and consultancies, executives in airlines and related industries, and civil aviation departments.
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• Preface-- Industry financial performance-- Airline financial statements-- Airline financial ratios-- Airline valuation-- Sources of finance-- Equity finance-- Airline privatisation-- Airline financial planning and appraisal-- Risk management: foreign currency and fuel price-- Aircraft leasing-- Aircraft securitisation-- Airline bankruptcy-- Industry financial prospects-- Bibliography-- Index.
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Air transport industry finance, with its complexity and special needs such as route rights, airport slots, aircraft leasing options and frequent flyer programmes, requires specific knowledge. While there are numerous financial management and corporate finance texts available, few of these provide explanations for the singularities of the airline industry with worked examples drawn directly from the industry itself. Revised and updated in its third edition, this internationally renowned and respected book provides the essentials to understanding all areas of airline finance. Designed to address each of the distinct areas of financial management in an air transport industry context, it also shows how these fit together, while each chapter and topic provides a detailed resource which can be also consulted separately. Supported at each stage by practical airline examples, it examines the financial trends and prospects for the airline industry as a whole, contrasting the developments for the major regions and airlines. Important techniques in financial analysis are applied to the airline industry, together with critical discussion of key issues. Thoroughly amended and updated throughout, the third edition reflects the many developments that have affected the industry since 2001. It features several important new topics, including Low Cost Carriers (LCCs), fuel hedging and US Chapter 11 provisions. The sections on airline revenues, costs and beta values have been expanded. New case studies have been added, as well as the latest available financial data. The range and perspective is even greater than before, with significant expansion of material specific to the US and Asia. The book is a key resource for students of airline management, and a sophisticated and authoritative guide for analysts in financial institutions and consultancies, executives in airlines and related industries, and civil aviation departments.
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Air transport industry finance, with its complexity and special needs such as route rights, airport slots, aircraft leasing options and frequent flyer programmes, requires specific knowledge. While there are numerous financial management and corporate finance texts available, few of these provide explanations for the singularities of the airline industry with worked examples drawn directly from the industry itself.
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• List of Figures xi
• List of Tables xxv
• Preface xxvii
• Section 1 1
• 1 Brands of Airlines 3
• 1.1 Schedule Availability 3
• 1.1.1 Charter Airlines 3
• 1.1.2 Scheduled Airlines 4
• 1.2 Size and Domain of Service 4
• 1.2.1 Major Airlines 4
• 1.2.2 National Airlines 4
• 1.2.3 Regional Airlines 5
• 1.3 Business Model 5
• 1.3.1 Legacy Airlines (or Mainline) 5
• 1.3.2 Low?cost Airlines 6
• 1.3.3 Ultralow?cost Airlines 6
• 1.4 Ownership 7
• 1.4.1 Public or State Ownership 7
• 1.4.2 Private Ownership 7
• 1.5 Network Structure 8
• 1.5.1 Hub and Spoke 8
• 1.5.2 Point?to?Point 8
• 1.5.3 Hybrid 8
• 1.6 Transport Service Type 8
• 1.6.1 Cargo Airlines 8
• 1.6.2 Passenger and Cargo Airlines 9
• 1.7 Network Coverage 9
• 1.7.1 Domestic 9
• 1.7.2 International 9
• 2 Airline Network Structure 11
• 2.1 Introduction 11
• 2.2 Time Bank 14
• 2.3 Advantages of the Hub?and?spoke Network 23
• 2.3.1 Better Network Coverage 23
• 2.3.2 Mixed Portfolio of Passenger Demand 24
• 2.3.3 Dominance at the Hub 26
• 2.3.4 Economy of Scale Operations at the Hub 27
• 2.4 Limitations of the Hub?and?spoke Network 27
• 2.4.1 Congestion at the Hub 27
• 2.4.2 Schedule Vulnerability to Disruption at the Hub 28
• 2.4.3 Extended Ground Time for Resources 28
• 3 Airline Schedule Planning Decisions 31
• 3.1 Definitions 31
• 3.1.1 Demand Forecasting and Competition Analysis 31
• 3.1.2 Served Markets 32
• 3.1.3 Flight Frequency 32
• 3.1.4 Flight Departure/Arrival Time 32
• 3.1.5 Fleet Assignment 33
• 3.1.6 Aircraft Schedule 34
• 3.1.7 Crew Schedule 35
• 3.1.8 Gate Assignment 35
• 3.1.9 Other Resources 36
• 3.2 Relationships Among Scheduling Decisions 36
• 3.2.1 Flight Frequency and Fleet Assignment 37
• 3.2.2 Departure Time and City?pairs 38
• 3.2.3 Departure Time and Demand 38
• 3.2.4 Fleet Assignment and Flight Arrival Time 39
• 3.2.5 Fleet Assignment and Flight Departure Time 40
• 3.2.6 Flight Departure Time, Arrival Time, and Block Time 40
• 3.2.7 Flight Departure Time and Aircraft Rotation 42
• 3.2.8 Flight Schedule and Fleet Assignment Balance 42
• 3.2.9 Maintenance Rotations and Fleet Assignment 42
• 3.2.10 Seat Capacity/Frequency and Demand 44
• 3.2.11 Feet Assignment and Flight Demand 46
• 3.2.12 Frequency and Departure Time 46
• 3.2.13 Departure/Arrival Time and Gate Availability 48
• 3.2.14 Departure Time and Crew Schedule 49
• 4 Measures of Performance 51
• 4.1 Operating Cost 51
• 4.2 Revenue or Income 52
• 4.3 Net Income (Net Profit) and Operating Profit 53
• 4.4 Flights 53
• 4.5 Available Seat Miles 55
• 4.6 Cost per Available Seat Miles (CASM) 56
• 4.7 CASM? EX or CASM?EX Fuel 57
• 4.8 Passengers 58
• 4.9 Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM) 60
• 4.10 Total Revenue per Available Seat Mile (TRASM or Simply RASM) 61
• 4.11 Passenger Revenue per Available Seat Mile (PRASM) 61
• 4.12 Passenger Yield 62
• 4.13 Average Load Factor (LF) 62
• 4.14 Block Hours 66
• 4.15 Aircraft Utilization 66
• 4.16 Stage Length 66
• 4.17 On?time Performance Measures 67
• 4.18 Aircraft Life Cycle 67
• 4.19 Aircraft Number and Diversification 68
• 5 Freedoms of Air Service 75
• 6 Slot Availability 81
• 6.1 Level 1 Airports 82
• 6.2 Level 2 Airports 82
• 6.3 Level 3 Airports 84
• Section 2 91
• 7 Feasibility of a New Route 93
• 7.1 Business Plan 94
• 7.1.1 Proposed Property 94
• 7.1.2 Identifying Demand Feeders 94
• 7.1.3 Identifying the Size of the Demand Feeders 95
• 7.1.4 Analyzing Competition 96
• 7.1.5 Estimating Market Share 96
• 7.1.6 Estimating Total Demand and Unconstrained Market Share 101
• 7.2 Application of Feasibility Study on a New Airline Route 102
• 7.2.1 The Proposed Route 103
• 7.2.2 Identifying Demand Feeders 103
• 7.2.3 Identifying the Size of the Demand Feeding Markets 104
• 7.2.4 Analyzing Competition 105
• 7.2.5 Estimating Market Share 106
• 7.2.6 Estimating Total Flight Demand (Unconstrained Demand) 110
• 8 Market Share Models 113
• 8.1 What Is a Model? 113
• 8.2 Model and Historical Data 114
• 8.3 Model Development Example 115
• 8.4 Categorical Dependent Variable 119
• 8.5 Introduction to Discrete Choice Models 120
• 8.6 Itinerary Choice Models 123
• 8.7 Applying Itinerary Choice Models: An Example 131
• 9 Profitability Forecasting Models 139
• 9.1 Introduction 139
• 9.2 Model Input 140
• 9.3 Itinerary Builder Module 143
• 9.4 How the Model Works? 143
• 9.5 Load Factor, Market Share, and Market Concentration 144
• 10 Partnership Agreements 149
• 10.1 Introduction 149
• 10.2 Regional Airlines 150
• 10.3 Code?share Agreements 151
• 10.4 Airline Alliances 154
• 10.5 Distribution Channels and Point of Sale 154
• 10.6 Loyalty Programs 156
• 10.7 Corporate Travel 156
• Section 3 159
• 11 Basic Fleet Assignment Model (FAM) 161
• 11.1 Introduction 161
• 11.2 Graphical Representation: Time?staggered Diagram 164
• 11.3 Problem Input 167
• 11.4 Problem Definition and Formulation 170
• 11.5 The Constraints of the Basic Fleet Assignment Problem 172
• 11.5.1 The Coverage Constraints 172
• 11.5.2 Resources Constraints 173
• 11.5.3 The Through?flights Constraints 173
• 11.5.4 The Balance Constraints 174
• 12 A Walk?through Example of the Basic Fleet Assignment Model 175
• 12.1 Problem Definition 175
• 12.2 The Objective Function 178
• 12.3 The Constraints 178
• 12.4 Interconnection Nodes 183
• 13 Application of the Basic Fleet Assignment Model 193
• 13.1 Introduction 193
• 13.2 Problem Input 193
• 13.3 Setting the Problem in Excel Solver 203
• 13.4 Solution Interpretation 208
• 13.5 Resources Constraints 210
• 13.6 Additional Constraints 213
• Section 4 215
• 14 The Schedule Adjustment Problem 217
• 14.1 Introduction 217
• 14.2 Schedule Adjustment Decisions 218
• 14.3 Problem Formulation 219
• 15 Examples on the Schedule Adjustment Problem 221
• 15.1 Flight Deletion 221
• 15.2 Flight Addition 228
• 15.3 Flight Departure Time 235
• Section 5 243
• 16 Itinerary?based Fleet Assignment Model (IFAM) 245
• 16.1 Introduction 245
• 16.2 Spill Cost Estimates and Network Effect 246
• 16.3 Demand Recapture 248
• 16.4 The Flight-Itinerary Interaction 251
• 16.5 The Itinerary?based Fleet Assignment Problem 254
• 17 Example on IFAM 255
• 17.1 Problem Definition 255
• 17.2 The Constraints of the IFAM Example 258
• 17.3 The Objective Function 259
• 17.4 Problem Solution 270
• 18 Comparing FAM and IFAM 279
• 18.1 Problem Definition 279
• 18.2 Problem Solution 285
• Section 6 289
• 19 Integrated Schedule Design with the Itinerary?based Fleet Assignment Model (ISD?IFAM) 291
• 19.1 Introduction 291
• 19.2 Example of Demand and Supply Interactions 292
• 19.3 Aspects of Demand-Supply Interactions: Demand Correction Factors 293
• 19.4 The Schedule Design and Adjustment Problem 298
• 19.4.1 The Objective Function of ISD?IFAM 298
• 19.4.2 The Constraints of the ISD?IFAM 298
• 20 Example on ISD?IFAM 301
• 20.1 Problem Definition 301
• 20.2 The Constraints of the Problem 304
• 20.3 The Objective Function 305
• 20.4 Problem Solving 324
• 20.5 Solution Interpretation 327
• 20.6 Changing the Operations Cost 331
• Section 7 345
• 21 Schedule Robustness 347
• 21.1 Introduction 347
• 21.2 Less?prone?to?disruptions Schedules: The Concept of Adding Slack Times 348
• 21.2.1 Slack in Flight Block Time 348
• 21.2.2 Slack Time of a Connecting Resource 349
• 21.2.3 Slack Time of an Inbound Flight 351
• 21.3 Recoverable Flight Schedules 353
• 21.3.1 Background 353
• 21.3.2 Station Purity 355
• 21.3.3 Short Cancellation Cycles 356
• 21.3.4 Maximizing Swapping Possibility 357
• 21.3.5 Allocating Standby and Reserve Crew 358
• References 359
• Index 369.
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A concise resource to the best practices and problem-solving ideas for understanding the airline network planning and scheduling process Airline Network Planning and Scheduling offers a comprehensive resource that is filled with the industry's best practices that can help to inform decision-modeling and the problem-solving process. Written by two industry experts, the book is designed to be an accessible guide that contains information for addressing complex challenges, problems, and approaches that arise on the job. The chapters begin by addressing the complex topics at a broad, conceptual level before moving on to more detailed modeling in later chapters. This approach follows the standard airline planning process and reflects the duties of the day-to-day job of network/schedule planners. To help gain a practical understanding of the information presented, each chapter includes exercises and data based on real-world case studies. In addition, throughout the book there are graphs and illustrations as well as, information on the most recent advances in airline network and planning research. This important resource: Takes a practical approach when detailing airline network planning and scheduling practices as opposed to a theoretical perspective Puts the focus on the complexity and main challenges as well as current practices and approaches to problem-solving and decision-making Presents the information in a logical sequence that begins with broad, conceptual topics and gradually delves into more advanced topics that address modeling Contains international standard airline planning processes, the day-to-day responsibilities of the job, and outlines the steps taken when building an airline network and schedule Includes numerous case studies, exercises, graphs, and illustrations throughout Written for professionals and academics, Airline Network Planning and Scheduling offers a resource for understanding best practices and models as well as the challenges involved with network planning and scheduling.
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• Foundations
• The birth of an industry
• The aviation industry comes of age
• Consolidation
• 1929 : calm before the storm
• The post office takes charge
• The Watres Act
• Realignment
• Drawing a new map
• Reaction
• Cord and Congress
• The Democrats take control
• Congress assumes command.

Conventional wisdom credits only entrepreneurs with the vision to create America's commercial airline industry and contends that it was not until Roosevelt's Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 that federal airline regulation began. In Airlines and Air Mail, F. Robert van der Linden persuasively argues that Progressive republican policies of Herbert Hoover actually fostered the growth of American commercial aviation. Air mail contracts provided a critical indirect subsidy and a solid financial foundation for this nascent industry. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown used these contracts as a carrot and a stick to ensure that the industry developed in the public interest while guaranteeing the survival of the pioneering companies. Bureaucrats, entrepreneurs, and politicians of all stripes are thoughtfully portrayed in this thorough chronicle of one of America's most resounding successes, the commercial aviation industry.
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• Foundations
• The birth of an industry
• The aviation industry comes of age
• Consolidation
• 1929 : calm before the storm
• The post office takes charge
• The Watres Act
• Realignment
• Drawing a new map
• Reaction
• Cord and Congress
• The Democrats take control
• Congress assumes command.

Conventional wisdom credits only entrepreneurs with the vision to create America's commercial airline industry and contends that it was not until Roosevelt's Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 that federal airline regulation began. In Airlines and Air Mail, F. Robert van der Linden persuasively argues that Progressive republican policies of Herbert Hoover actually fostered the growth of American commercial aviation. Air mail contracts provided a critical indirect subsidy and a solid financial foundation for this nascent industry. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown used these contracts as a carrot and a stick to ensure that the industry developed in the public interest while guaranteeing the survival of the pioneering companies. Bureaucrats, entrepreneurs, and politicians of all stripes are thoughtfully portrayed in this thorough chronicle of one of America's most resounding successes, the commercial aviation industry.
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• Preface-- Airport Privatization: Issues & Options for Congress-- Airport Privatization: Limited Interest despite FAA's Pilot Program-- Index.
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Almost all commercial service airports in the United States are owned by local and state governments, or by public entities such as airport authorities or multipurpose port authorities. In 1996, Congress established the Airport Privatization Pilot Program (APPP) to explore the prospect of privatising publicly owned airports and using private capital to improve and develop them. In addition to reducing demand for government funds, privatisation has been promoted as a way to make airports more efficient and financially viable. Privatisation refers to the shifting of governmental functions, responsibilities, and sometimes ownership, in whole or in part, to the private sector. With respect to airports, "privatisation" can take many forms up to and including the transfer of an entire airport to private operation and/or ownership. This book examines the issues and options for Congress with airport privatisation. It describes the experience with the APPP; examines the challenges airport owners and investors face to full airport privatisation; describes the potential effects of airport privatisation; and, discusses reasons why airport privatisation is more prevalent outside of the U.S. and stakeholder views on the APPP.
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• History of Santa Fe and the Santa Fe railway system
• How the AT & SF marketed Santa Fe into the early 1920s
• The promotion of Santa Fe by the Harvey Company and the AT & SF into the 1930s
• Promoting Santa Fe the AT & SF way, then and now
• The town down the tracks : Santa Fe's rival, Albuquerque
• The AT & SF's lingering effects on tourism in modern day Santa Fe
• Brochures by the AT & SF and the Fred Harvey Company --Santa Fe hotel listings, 1880 to 1940
• Population, Albuquerque and Santa Fe
• Albuquerque Curio Listings
• Albuquerque hotel listings
• Tourisim statistics (Lodgers' tax reports).

By the late 1800s, the major mode of transportation for travelers to the Southwest was by rail. In 1878, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) became the first railroad to enter New Mexico, and by the late 1890s it controlled more than half of the track-miles in the Territory. The company wielded tremendous power in New Mexico, and soon made tourism an important facet of its financial enterprise. All Aboard for Santa Fe focuses on the AT&SF's marketing efforts to highlight Santa Fe as an ideal tourism destination. The company marketed the healthful benefits of the area's dry desert air, a strong selling point for eastern city-dwelling tuberculosis sufferers. AT&SF also joined forces with the Fred Harvey Company, owner of numerous hotels and restaurants along the rail line, to promote Santa Fe. Together, they developed materials emphasizing Santa Fe's Indian and Hispanic cultures, promoting artists from the area's art colonies, and created the Indian Detours sightseeing tours. All Aboard for Santa Fe is a comprehensive study of AT&SF's early involvement in the establishment of western tourism and the mystique of Santa Fe.
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• List of Illustrations List of Tables Editor's Foreword to the Second Edition Editor's Foreword to the First Edition Acknowledgments
• 1: "A Perfect System of Roads and Canals"
• 2: First Rails
• 3: Early Maturity: Expansion and War
• 4: The Rails Move West
• 5: Corruption, Discrimination, and Regulation
• 6: Uniformity and Consolidation
• 7: Railroads at War
• 8: Railroads in Decline after World War I
• 9: Troubles in the 1960s and 1970s
• 10: The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 Brings Prosperity and Many Mergers Important Dates Suggested Reading Index.
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Few scenes capture the American experience so eloquently as that of a lonely train chugging across the vastness of the Great Plains, or snaking through tortuous high mountain passes. Although this vision was eclipsed for a time by the rise of air travel and trucking, American railroads have enjoyed a rebirth in recent years as profitable freight carriers. An account of the rise, decline, and rebirth of railroads in the United States, this survey traces their history from the first lines that helped eastern seaports capture western markets to the modern newly-revitalized industry. John Stover describes the growth of the railroads' monopoly, with the consequent need for state and federal regulations; relates the vital part played by the railroads during the Civil War and the two World Wars; and charts the railroads' decline due to the advent of air travel and trucking during the 1950s. The author recounts the remarkable recovery of the railroads, along with other pivotal events of the industry's recent history. During the 1960s declining passenger traffic and excessive federal regulation led to the federally-financed creation of Amtrak to revive passenger service and Conrail to provide freight service on bankrupt northeastern railroads. The real saviour for the railroads, however, proved to be the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, which brought prosperity to rail freight carriers by substantially deregulating the industry. By 1995, renewed railroad freight traffic had reached nearly twice its former peak in 1944.
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• The enduring American railroads
• The ills of government regulation of rail rates and services
• The policy dilemma of competition and consolidation
• The impact of rival freight modes on railroads
• The decline of railway passenger service, 1900/1970
• Mergers at mid-century and the Penn Central debacle
• The RRR and RRRR Acts and Northeast rail reorganization
• The brief, mainly happy life of Conrail, 1976/1999
• The Staggers Rail Act and railroad experience under deregulation
• How railroads got their final sizes and shapes
• The enduring problem of rail passenger service in the Amtrak era
• Advancing technology for enduring railroads
• Decline and renaissance of American railroads in the twentieth century; pulling into the terminal.

Overregulated and displaced by barges, trucks, and jet aviation, railroads fell into decline. Their misfortune was measured in lost market share, abandoned track, bankruptcies, and unemployment. Today, rail transportation is reviving. American Railroads tells a riveting story about how this iconic industry managed to turn itself around.
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Once an icon of American industry, railroads fell into a long decline beginning around the turn of the twentieth century. Overburdened with regulation and often displaced by barge traffic on government-maintained waterways, trucking on interstate highways, and jet aviation, railroads measured their misfortune in lost market share, abandoned track, bankruptcies, and unemployment. Today, however, as Robert Gallamore and John Meyer demonstrate, rail transportation is reviving, rescued by new sources of traffic and advanced technology, as well as less onerous bureaucracy. In 1970, Congress responded to the industry's plight by consolidating most passenger rail service nationwide into Amtrak. But private-sector freight service was left to succeed or fail on its own. The renaissance in freight traffic began in 1980 with the Staggers Rail Act, which allowed railroad companies to contract with customers for services and granted freedom to set most rates based on market supply and demand. Railroads found new business hauling low-sulfur coal and grain long distances in redesigned freight cars, while double-stacked container cars moved a growing volume of both international and domestic goods. Today, trains have smaller crews, operate over better track, and are longer and heavier than ever before. Near the end of the twentieth century, after several difficult but important mergers, privately owned railroads increased their investments in safe, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly freight transportation. American Railroads tells a riveting story about how this crucial U.S. industry managed to turn itself around.
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Chicago-O'Hare, DFW, LAX, New York-La Guardia. Across the country, Americans take for granted the convenience of air flight from one city to another. The federal role in managing air traffic and the cooperative corporate planning of major airlines mask to some degree the fact that those airports are not jointly owned or managed, but rather are local public responsibilities. In this unique history of the places travelers in cities across America call "the" airport, Janet R. Daly Bednarek traces the evolving relationship between cities and their airports during the crucial formative years of 1918-47. She highlights the early history of experimentation and innovation in the development of municipal airports and identifies the factors--including pressure from the U.S. Post Office and the military, neither of which had the independent resources to develop a network of terminals--that made American cities responsible for their own air access. She shows how boosterism accelerated the trend toward local construction and ownership of the fields. In the later years of the period, Bednarek shows, cities found they could not shoulder the whole burden of airport construction, maintenance, and improvement. As part of a general trend during the 1930s toward a strong, direct relationship between cities and the federal government, cities began to lobby for federal aid for their airports, a demand that was eventually met when World War II increased the federal stakes in their functioning. Along with this complex local-federal relationship, Bednarek considers the role of the courts and of city planning in the development of municipal airfields. Drawing on several brief case studies, she looks at the social aspects of airports and analyzes how urban development resulted in a variety of airport arrangements. Little published work has been available on this topic. Now, with Bednarek's insightful and thorough treatment and broad view of the subject, those interested in the patterns of American air travel will have new understanding and those concerned with urban development will recognize an additional dimension.
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• 1 Front Matter-- 2 Executive Summary-- 3 1 Need for Improved Navigation Information Systems-- 4 2 Federal, State, and Private Roles-- 5 3 Enhancing Navigation Safety Information Systems-- 6 4 Vision of the Future and How to Achieve It-- 7 5 Conclusions and Recommendations-- 8 A Biographies of Committee Members-- 9 B Excerpt from the National Dialog on Vessel Traffic Services, April 1997-- 10 C Maritime Advanced Information Systems, Puget Sound Region-- 11 D Maritime Information Systems, Port of Charleston, South Carolina-- 12 E Arrival-to-Departure Information Exchange.
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The future safety of maritime transportation in the United States-a major factor in the nation's international trade and economic well-being-will depend heavily on the quality of port and waterways information systems. Many U.S. ports and waterways lack adequate information services, although certain elements of advanced systems are now available in some locations. Barriers to improvements in information systems include the division of responsibilities for waterways management among multiple agencies at all levels of government, a lack of coordination among the federal agencies responsible for waterways management, inadequate budgets for some critical maritime programs, the high costs of some specialized technologies, stakeholder opposition to user fees, limited access to certain key data, the incompatibility of many independently developed systems, and the absence of standards for some attractive technologies. In this report, the second phase of a three-year study by the Committee on Maritime Advanced Information Systems of the National Research Council, a strategy is presented for overcoming the major barriers and deficiencies and providing a minimum level of maritime safety information nationwide. In this phase of the study, the committee concentrated on maritime information systems that promote safety, which is the area of greatest need. The committee did not examine in detail the relationship between navigation safety and maritime transportation efficiency or evaluate information systems that promote efficiency; the committee believes, however, that these issues deserve further attention.
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• Crisis
• Infrastructuration I: active citizens
• Infrastructuration II: modelling consumers
• Disruption
• Reactions
• Normalization.

An examination of how human beings are brought into the planning of complex infrastructure projects, through analysis of a controversial public transportation project. Policymakers are regularly confronted by complaints that ordinary people are left out of the planning and managing of complex infrastructure projects. In this book, Sebastian Ureta argues that humans, both individually and collectively, are always at the heart of infrastructure policy; the issue is how they are brought into it. Ureta develops his argument through the case of Transantiago, a massive public transportation project in the city of Santiago, proposed in 2000, launched in 2007, and in 2012 called "the worst public policy ever implemented in our country" by a Chilean government spokesman. Ureta examines Transantiago as a policy assemblage formed by an array of heterogeneous elements-including, crucially, "human devices, " or artifacts and practices through which humans were brought into infrastructure planning and implementation. Ureta traces the design and operation of Transantiago through four configurations: crisis, infrastructuration, disruption, and normalization. In the crisis phase, humans were enacted both as consumers and as participants in the transformation of Santiago into a "world-class" city, but during infrastructuration the "active citizen" went missing. The launch of Transantiago caused huge disruptions, in part because users challenged their role as mere consumers and instead enacted unexpected human devices. Resisting calls for radical reform, policymakers insisted on normalizing Transantiago, transforming it into a permanent failing system. Drawing on Chile's experience, Ureta argues that if we understand policy as a series of heterogeneous assemblages, infrastructure policymaking would be more inclusive, reflexive, and responsible.
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• 1 Front Matter-- 2 Summary-- 3 1 Introduction-- 4 2 Key Issues-- 5 3 Specific Observations and Research Questions Raised-- 6 A Statement of Task-- 7 B Workshop Agenda-- 8 C Workshop Participants-- 9 D Biographies of Organizing Committee Members and Rapporteur.
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The U.S. aviation industry, airline passengers, aircraft pilots, airports, and airline companies are all facing challenges. The air transportation system is experiencing unprecedented and increasing levels of use. The federal government understands the critical need to update the U.S. air transportation system, and plans to implement the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) by 2025. This system is an example of active networking technology that updates itself with real-time shared information and tailors itself to the individual needs of all U.S. aircraft, stressing adaptability by enabling aircraft to immediately adjust to ever-changing factors. On April 1-2, 2008, a workshop was held at the National Academies to gather reactions to the research and development aspects of the Joint Planning and Development Office's baseline Integrated Work Plan (IWP), which is designed to increase the efficiency of airport and air space use in the United States. This book provides a summary of the workshop, which included presentations on the following topics: * Airport operations and support; * Environmental management; * Air navigation operations, * Air navigation support, and flight operation support; * Positioning, navigation, and timing services and surveillance; * Weather information services; * Safety management; * Net-centric infrastructure services and operations; and * Layered adaptive security.
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• 1. Introduction
• 2. Developing New Coalitions
• 3. A New Place at the Transportation Planning Table
• 4. Replacing Transportation Blunders with Community-Derived Solutions
• 5. Transportation and Regional Growth Management
• 6. Enhancing the Existing Highway System
• 7. Reflections on Serving Community
• 8. First Steps under ISTEA
• 9. Public Involvement in the Transportation Planning Process
• 10. Definitions of Enhancement Activities
• 11. Metropolitan Planning Requirements
• 12. Planning, Project Selection, and Financing
• Afterword: How ISTEA Will Help Us Serve Communities.

At Road's End presents new models for transportation planning, describes effective strategies for resolving community disputes, and offers inspiration by clearly demonstrating that new ways of planning and implementing transportation systems can work. The book highlights case studies from around the country where plans to build more freeways are being scrapped or modified by new coalitions of environmentalists, developers, and community leaders; progressive transportation planners and officials are redefining transportation corridors to include more than roads; and communities are enhanced by bike paths, pedestrian ways, and reduced urban sprawl.
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• Introduction / Clifford Winston and Ginés de Rus
• Part one: The United States and continental Europe
• Delayed! U.S. aviation infrastructure policy at a crossroads / Steven A. Morrison and Clifford Winston
• The European Union : evolution of privatization, regulation, and slot reform / David Gillen and Hans-Martin Niemeier
• Part two: Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Canada
• Airport policy in Australia and New Zealand : privatization, light-handed regulation, and performance / Peter Forsyth
• Airport planning and regulation in the United Kingdom / Anne Graham
• Airport policy in Canada : limitations of the not-for-profit governance model / Michael W. Tretheway and Robert Andriulaitis
• Part three: China and developing countries
• Airport policy and performance in mainland China and Hong Kong / Anming Zhang and Andrew Yuen
• Air transportation infrastructure in developing countries : privatization and deregulation / Kenneth Button
• Synthesis and conclusions / Clifford Winston and Ginés de Rus.

"International transportation experts compare and contrast how different nations have managed their airports and air traffic control systems to address congestion and delays, carrier competition, and air travel safety and how well they are meeting the needs of their people"--Provided by publisher.

• Chapter -
• 01: Air cargo - trying harder--Chapter -
• 02: The world of air cargo, Oliver Evans, former TIACA--Chapter -
• 03: Air cargo history--Chapter -
• 04: Airport connections--Chapter -
• 05: Cargo handling agents - the impact of IT--Chapter -
• 06: Road feeder service--Chapter -
• 07: Freight forwarder--Chapter -
• 08: Cool logistics--Chapter -
• 09: Express and mail--Chapter -
• 10: Special air cargoes--Chapter -
• 11: Cargo security and risk--Chapter -
• 12: Environment--Chapter -
• 13: Innovation and trends in air logistics--Chapter -
• 14: Views on the future--Chapter -
• 15: The law - organizations and regulations governing international aviationChapter -
• 16: Glossary of common air freight terms.
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Aviation Logistics looks at the function of the air cargo business and its role in global supply chains and logistics. As global economies are constantly evolving, the supply chain business with its transport partners must be proactive for the future. Technology and its resulting efficiency and transparency are therefore a central part of this book. Aviation Logistics examines how carriers are coming up with new methods and technologies to improve ground handling and road transport, traceability systems and barcoding, security and screening, and safe delivery of perishable items (such as in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors). Endorsed by The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), Aviation Logistics is supplemented with case studies and contributions from a team of experts including Oliver Evans and Stan Wraight, both industry experts. The book features online resources including a Freighter Directory.
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• Introduction
• 1. Regulation and Sustainable Transport.
• Part 1. Transport Policy
• 2. Public and Private Initiatives in Transport Infrastructure Supply
• 3. Overcoming Barriers to Implementation in Transport Policy
• 4. Myths and Taboos in Transport Policy.
• Part 2. Local and Regional Aspects of Sustainable Transport
• 5. Institutional Issues: Land Use Planning as an Ingredient of Transport Policies
• 6. Institutional Issues in Parking
• 7. Organising School Transport.
• Part 3. International Dimensions
• 8. Institutional Issues in Transatlantic Aviation
• 9. The Evolution of Economic Institutions in Transport Facilitating International Trade
• 10. Impact of Border Regime Institutions on Transport Network Development.
• Part 4. Freight Transport
• 11. Comparison of Politician's and Supply Chain Manager's Perspective on Transport Policy
• 12. Intermodal Transport Markets and Sustainability
• 13. Institutional Issues in Transport: A Synthesis.
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The complexity of transportation systems and their negative social and environmental effects are today at the centre of attention. This book focuses on the impact of institutions and regulatory systems on transport systems and travel behaviour. While institutions appear to play an important role in the economic success of many countries, this book considers the extent to which they also support sustainable development.
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Railway expansion was the great industrial project of the late 19th century, and the Great Powers built railways at speed and reaped great commercial benefits. The greatest imperial dream of all was to connect the might of Europe to the potential riches of the Middle East and the Ottoman Empire. In 1903 Imperial Germany, under Kaiser Wilhelm II, began to construct a railway which would connect Berlin to the Ottoman city of Baghdad, and project German power all the way to the Persian Gulf. The Ottoman Emperor, Abdul Hamid II, meanwhile, saw the railway as a means to bolster crumbling Ottoman control of Arabia. Using new Ottoman Turkish sources, Murat OEzyuksel shows how the Berlin-Baghdad railway became a symbol of both rising European power and declining Ottoman fortunes. It marks a new and important contribution to our understanding of the geopolitics of the Middle East before World War I, and will be essential reading for students of empire, Industrial History and Ottoman Studies.
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• Friends of the Earth: rethinking travel Foreword by Peter McManners Preface Introduction
• Part 1 Thinking beyond flying
• 1. To fly or not to fly? Chris Brazier
• 2. Deciding never to fly again Rob Hopkins
• 3. Young people and climate change Saci Lloyd
• 4. Waking up to the downsides of flying John Stewart
• 5. Slow and low - the way to go: a systems view of travel emissions Kevin Anderson
• Part 2 Business beyond flying
• 6. A green travel experiment Chris Watson
• 7. Trains versus planes: building a low-carbon travel agency Kate Andrews
• 8. Going cold turkey: a law practice without any flights Tom Bennion
• 9. The no-flying conference: Signs of Change Susan Krumdieck
• 10. Slowlier than thou: why flight-free travel is about better, not less Ed Gillespie
• Part 2 Savouring the journey
• 11. The human engine: bicycling to Beijing Chris Smith
• 12. Walking distance: Europe on foot Adam Weymouth
• 13. bike2oz: the world going through you instead of around you Lowanna Doye
• 14. A small matter of distance: trying not to fly to climate talks Nic Seton
• 15. Travel on a hot planet: exploring the global tourist industry overland Anirvan Chatterjee and Barnali Ghosh
• How to fly less Index.
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Fourteen authors from around the world share their stories about how they came to the conclusion that reducing their air travel was necessary to avoid playing their part in climate change, and how they changed values and attitudes to businesses and personal travel. These are the stories of how these remarkable people found easy and better ways of living and working in a globalised world with less air travel.
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• Preface Introduction1. Get Out of the Road!2. The Right Sort of People3. The Rules of the Road4. Victory Bike Battles5. 1950's Syndrome6. Bikes Are Beautiful ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNote on Citations and SourcesAbbreviationsNotesSelect BibliographyIndex.
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Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most American cities still so ill-prepared to handle cyclists? James Longhurst, a historian and avid cyclist, tackles that question by tracing the contentious debates between American bike riders, motorists, and pedestrians over the shared road. Bike Battles explores the different ways that Americans have thought about the bicycle through popular songs, merit badge pamphlets, advertising, films, newspapers and sitcoms. Those associations shaped the actions of government and the courts when they intervened in bike policy through lawsuits, traffic control, road building, taxation, rationing, import tariffs, safety education and bike lanes from the 1870s to the 1970s. Today, cycling in American urban centers remains a challenge as city planners, political pundits, and residents continue to argue over bike lanes, bike-share programs, law enforcement, sustainability, and public safety. Combining fascinating new research from a wide range of sources with a true passion for the topic, Longhurst shows us that these battles are nothing new; in fact they're simply a continuation of the original battle over who is - and isn't - welcome on our roads. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNleJ0tDvqg.
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• Introduction (Andrew Adamatzky)-- Methods: How We Made Experiments and Analysed Their Results (Andrew Adamatzky)-- Trans-African Highways (Andrew Adamatzky and Anne Kayem)-- Tracing Historical Development of Australian Highways (Andrew Adamatzky and Mikhail Prokopenko)-- Belgian Transport Networks: Redundancy and Dissolution (Andrew Adamatzky, Bernard De Baets and Wesley Van Dessel)-- Brazilian Highways from Slime Mould's Point of View (Andrew Adamatzky and Pedro P B De Oliveira)-- Trans-Canada Slimeways: From Coast to Coast to Coast (Andrew Adamatzky and Selim G Akl)-- Slime Mould Imitates Highways in China (Andrew Adamatzky, Xin-She Yang and Yu-Xin Zhao)-- Schlauschleimer auf Autobahnen: The Case of Germany (Andrew Adamatzky and Theresa Schubert)-- Vie Physarale: Roman Roads With Slime Mould (Emanuele Strano, Andrew Adamatzky and Jeff Jones)-- Malaysian Expressways: Is There a Logic Behind? (Andrew Adamatzky, Zuwairie Ibrahim, Amar Faiz Zainal Abidin and Badaruddin Muhammad)-- Physarum Narcotraficum: Mexican Highways and Slime Mould (Andrew Adamatzky, Genaro J Martinez, Sergio V Chapa-Vergara, Rene Asomoza-Palacio and Christopher R Stephens)-- Physarum in the Netherlands: Responding to the Flood (Andrew Adamatzky, Michael Lees and Peter M A Sloot)-- Rebuilding Iberian Motorways with Slime Mould (Andrew Adamatzky and Ramon Alonso-Sanz)-- United Kingdom Road Planning with Slime Mould (Andrew Adamatzky and Jeff Jones)-- Slimy Interstates in the USA (Andrew Adamatzky and Andrew Ilachinski)-- The World's Colonisation and Trade Routes Formation (Andrew Adamatzky)-- Bio-Rationality of Motorways (Andrew Adamatzky, Selim Akl, Ramon Alonso-Sanz, Wesley van Dessel, Zuwairie Ibrahim, Andrew Ilachinski, Jeff Jones, Anne V D M Kayem, Genaro J Martinez, Pedro de Oliveira, Mikhail Prokopenko, Theresa Schubert, Peter Sloot, Emanuele Strano and Xin-She Yang).
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Slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a monstrous single cell well known for its task-solving abilities - solves computational geometry and logical problems, navigates robots and generates music.The slime mould could also build motorways, highways and expressways. It is used to analyse transport networks of Africa, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Iberia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, UK and USA. The largest cities are represented by oat flakes and the slime mould is inoculated in a capital. When all oat flakes are covered by the slime mould, the structure of the protoplasmic networks formed are analyzed. In the laboratory experiments and theoretical analyses, intriguing country-specific properties of the motorway networks are uncovered and compared with the man-made and slime mould networks. They are studied as proximity graphs, leading to hierarchies of complexity and bio-rationality of the motorways.The book will inspire novel and original thoughts, paradigms and approaches for re-evaluation of historical findings on the emergence of ancient roads and will help to design future transcontinental pathways. The book is self-contained and does not require any special training or knowledge. This lavishly illustrated text will be appreciated by readers from all walks of life.
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• Introduction. Frontiers in modelling bounded rationality in travel behaviour research / Soora Rasouli and Harry Timmermans
• 1. Models of bounded rationality under certainty / Soora Rasouli and Harry Timmermans
• 2. Utility maximisation and regret minimisation / Stephane Hess and Caspar G. Chorus
• 3. Relative utility modelling / Junyi Zhang
• 4. The influence of varying information load on inferred attribute non-attendance Andrew T. Collins and David A. Hensher
• 5. The heterogeneous heuristic modeling framework for inferring decision processes / Wei Zhu and Harry Timmermans
• 6. Investigating situational differences in individuals' mental representations of activity-travel decisions / Oliver Horeni, Theo Arentze, Benedict G.C. Dellaert and Harry Timmermans
• 7. Towards a novel classifier for the representation of bounded rationality in models of travel demand / Davy Janssens and Geert Wets
• 8. Bounded rationality in dynamic traffic assignment / WY Szeto, Yi Wang and Ke Han
• 9. Incorporating bounded rationality in a model of endogenous dynamics of activity-travel behaviour / Ifigenia Psarra, Theo Arentze and Harry Timmermans
• 10. Multidimensional travel decision-making / Chenfeng Xiong, Xiqun Chen and Lei Zhang
• 11. Prospect theory and its applications to the modelling of travel choice / Erel Avineri and Eran Ben-Elia.

• Front Cover; Bounded Rational Choice Behaviour: Applications in Transport; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Frontiers in Modelling Bounded Rationality in Travel Behaviour Research: Introduction to the Collection of Chapters; References;
• Chapter 1 Models of Bounded Rationality under Certainty; 1.1 Framework; 1.2 Non-Optimal Decision Mechanisms; 1.3 Considering a Subset of Influential Attributes; 1.4 Indifference between Small Differences in Utility or Attribute Values; 1.5 Considering a Subset of Choice Alternatives; 1.6 Applications; 1.7 Conclusions and Discussion.

• 3.2.5 Reflecting the Non-linearity of Context Dependency3.3 Major Findings of Existing Studies; 3.3.1 Choices of Destinations and Stop Patterns; 3.3.2 Dynamic Travel Mode Choice; 3.3.3 Travel Information and Travel Behaviour; 3.3.4 Choices of Packaged Tours; 3.3.5 Choice Set Generation; 3.4 Further Improvements; 3.4.1 Modelling Improvements; 3.4.2 Model Estimation; 3.5 Conclusion; References;
• Chapter 4 The Influence of Varying Information Load on Inferred Attribute Non-Attendance; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Methodology; 4.3 Data and Model Specifications; 4.4 Results; 4.5 Discussion; References.

• Chapter 5 The Heterogeneous Heuristic Modeling Framework for Inferring Decision Processes5.1 Motivation; 5.2 Modeling Framework; 5.2.1 Satisficing Decision; 5.2.1.1 Preference structure; 5.2.1.2 Deriving decision heuristics; 5.2.1.3 Choice of heuristics; 5.2.1.4 Mental effort; 5.2.1.5 Risk perception; 5.2.1.6 Expected outcome; 5.2.2 Extension to Comparative Decision; 5.3 Applications; 5.3.1 The Go-Home Decision; 5.3.1.1 Model specification; 5.3.1.2 Results; 5.3.2 The Direction Choice Decision; 5.3.2.1 Model specification; 5.3.2.2 Results; 5.4 Conclusion and Future Work; References.

• Chapter 6 Investigating Situational Differences in Individuals' Mental Representations of Activity-Travel Decisions: Progress and Empirical Illustration for the Impact of Online Alternatives6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Mental Representations of Complex Decision Problems; 6.2.1 Theory and Concepts; 6.2.2 Measuring Mental Representations; 6.3 Case Study; 6.3.1 Choice Task and Experimental Design; 6.3.2 Data Collection and Sample; 6.3.3 Analysis; 6.3.3.1 The complexity of respondents' mental representations; Number of recalled considerations; Number of attributes and number of benefits.

This book brings together frontier research in transportation and travel behaviour on the formulation and estimation of models of bounded rationality to analyse and predict various facets underlying daily activity-travel behaviour. Key behavioural principles and mechanisms relate to simplifying decision complexity by ignoring particular attributes, developing context and task-dependent mental representations, deriving decision heuristics, adding emotional aspects to cognitive assessments of choice options, regret-minimization, semi-compensatory decision rules based on mental effort and risk perception, learning and adaptation, satisfying decision rules and prospect theoretic approaches. The book is important reading for transportation researchers and professionals who are interested in the latest developments in transport demand forecasting. It offers historical reviews of the development of models of bounded rationality in this field of research, and a variety of new concepts and modelling approaches that should be inspirational to both new and experienced researchers in this field of research and application.
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• pt.
• 1. The railway and culture in Brazil
• pt.
• 2. The past into the present.

Brazilian Railway Culture examines the cultural relationship Brazil has had with its railways since tracks were first laid by British, American and French engineers in the nineteenth century. 'Railway' and 'Brazil' are words not often found in the same sentence. Yet each year over seven hundred million passengers are carried by train in the major urban centres, and tens of thousands of visitors enjoy heritage steam rides at over a dozen restored lines and museums. Brazilian Railway Culture starts from the premise that Brazilian society and culture is not just samba, football and sex. The book takes a journey through Brazilian cultural output from 1865 to the present day, examining novels, poetry, music, art, film and television, as well as autobiographies, written histories, and museums to uncover ways in which the railway has been represented. This interdisciplinary study engages with theories of informal empire and postcolonialism, Latin American studies, cultural studies, film and television studies, literary criticism, art history and criticism, museum and heritage studies, as well as railway studies. This is a supplementary text for use by students on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It will also be of interest to academics, researchers, and railway historians across a range of disciplines.
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• Strike at Prudhoe Bay State no. 1
• No cream puff
• Submarines, blimps, trains, and ships
• "Bienvenu dans ces eaux. Welcome to Canadian waters"
• A floating laboratory
• In the passage
• Through the passage
• What did the Manhattan prove?
• Roundtrip
• Epilogue.

In 1969, an ice-breaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned to transit the Northwest Passage in order to test the feasibility of an all-marine transportation system for Alaska North Slope crude oil. The Manhattan made two voyages to the North American Arctic and collected volumes of scientific data on ice conditions and the behavior of ships in ice. Although the Manhattan was the first commercial vessel to successfully navigate the Northwest Passage, the expedition ultimately demonstrated the impracticality of moving crude oil using ice-breaking ships. "Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil" details this historic voyage, establishing its significant impact on the future of marine traffic and resource development in the Arctic and setting the stage for the current oil crisis.
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• Introduction : the project of the century
• Prometheanism versus conservationism on the railway
• Crime and corruption in BAM society
• Working alone : women on the railway
• National differentiation and marginalization on the railway
• The rails of fraternal cooperation : BAMers abroad and foreigners at home
• Conclusion : Brezhnev's folly in perspective.

• Cover; Book Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; About the Author; Introduction; Pictures; A BRIEF LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL OPERATORS:; Chapter; Back Cover

This fascinating and informative book looks at the Tilling Group of bus companies during the 1960s. These operated approximately half of the inter-urban and rural bus services in England and Wales, and were nationalised by Clement Attlee's Labour Government in 1948 under the control of the British Transport Commission. Ownership passed to the Transport Holding Company Ltd in 1963, though the fleets remained under Tilling Group control. During the period covered by this book, the operators within the group had very standardised fleets, with the vast majority of their buses and coaches having Bristol chassis and Eastern Coachworks (ECW) bodywork. This was a result of these manufacturers also having been nationalised and controlled by the BTC and THC. However, some Tilling Group operators still had earlier vehicles with, for instance, AEC or Leyland chassis, which were acquired prior to the requirement for them to buy only Bristol products, whilst some also had coaches with Bedford or Ford Thames chassis built in the 1950s and 1960s. Unlike the BET fleets throughout England and Wales, most Tilling fleets also had highly standardised liveries, either of red with cream relief, or green with cream relief for their stage carriage buses, or the reverse of this for their coaches. There were some exceptions, though. The most obvious ones were Midland General and Notts & Derby, whose livery was an attractive dark blue and cream; as well as the Royal Blue coaches of Southern and Western National and the maroon and cream coaches of Thames Valley subsidiary South Midland. All Tilling Group companies became part of the National Bus Company in early 1969, and before long their traditional liveries became just a memory when the NBC imposed standard red or green liveries. Throughout most of the 1960s, Jim Blake travelled to these operators and photographed their vehicles, and spent many summer Saturdays at London's Victoria Coach Station, where their service buses as well as express coaches could be seen. He was fortunate to capture much of this changing transport scene on film, and presents some of these photographs in this volume. Many have never been published before.
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• Introduction. How to Cast the Future?. Looking Over the Horizon: Visioning and Backcasting. Lessons from Prospective Research on Sustainable Transport Carried Out through the OECD EST and French PREDIT Programs. Drivers of Freight Transport Demand and their Policy Implications. Space-Economy Interactions in the Context of Sustainability. The Metropolitan Field: An Emerging Form that may Condition the Sustainability of Transport. Sustainable Mobility and Urbanity. Movement of Goods, Services and People: Entanglements with Sustainability Implications. Effectiveness and Acceptability: The Keys to Implementation. Sustainable Transport and Quality of Life. Transport Policies: Actions, Intentions and Perceived Effectiveness. Policy Analysis of Sustainable Transport and Mobility: The SUMMA Project. Prelims.
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This book argues that the issues surrounding sustainable transport constitute a new - post-modern - phase in transport policy and management. Achieving sustainable transport requires more than 'optimal' management of congestion and the effects on public health and the environment. Assessments of external effects, and their optimal levels, tend to be piecemeal, localized, and focused on a specific type of effect. Sustainability, on the other hand, is a comprehensive, forward-looking concept that encompasses the achievement of a state of society that is better overall; it requires a widened concept of welfare that includes environmental quality and social justice in both the short and long term. This book is organized into three sections, each discussing a major set of challenges to the transition to a sustainable transport system.
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• Introduction. How to Cast the Future?. Looking Over the Horizon: Visioning and Backcasting. Lessons from Prospective Research on Sustainable Transport Carried Out through the OECD EST and French PREDIT Programs. Drivers of Freight Transport Demand and their Policy Implications. Space-Economy Interactions in the Context of Sustainability. The Metropolitan Field: An Emerging Form that may Condition the Sustainability of Transport. Sustainable Mobility and Urbanity. Movement of Goods, Services and People: Entanglements with Sustainability Implications. Effectiveness and Acceptability: The Keys to Implementation. Sustainable Transport and Quality of Life. Transport Policies: Actions, Intentions and Perceived Effectiveness. Policy Analysis of Sustainable Transport and Mobility: The SUMMA Project. Prelims.
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This book argues that the issues surrounding sustainable transport constitute a new - post-modern - phase in transport policy and management. Achieving sustainable transport requires more than 'optimal' management of congestion and the effects on public health and the environment. Assessments of external effects, and their optimal levels, tend to be piecemeal, localized, and focused on a specific type of effect. Sustainability, on the other hand, is a comprehensive, forward-looking concept that encompasses the achievement of a state of society that is better overall; it requires a widened concept of welfare that includes environmental quality and social justice in both the short and long term. This book is organized into three sections, each discussing a major set of challenges to the transition to a sustainable transport system.
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• Foreword Theo de Bruijn, Somporn Kamolsiripichaiporn and Kurt Fischer, Greening of Industry Network
• 1. The business of sustainable mobility Paul Nieuwenhuis and Peter Wells, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society, Cardiff University, UK, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA
• 2. Transition management for sustainable personal mobility: the case of hydrogen fuel cells Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, USA
• 3. Future imperfect: the enduring struggle for electric vehicles Renato Orsato, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
• 4. Competing technologies and the struggle towards a new dominant design: the emergence of the hybrid vehicle at the expense of the fuel-cell vehicle? Marko Hekkert, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, and Robert van den Hoed, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
• 5. Institutional change in the automotive industry: or how fuel-cell technology is being institutionalised Robert van den Hoed, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA
• 6. System innovation in the automotive industry: achieving sustainability through micro-factory retailing Andrew Williams, BRASS Centre, Cardiff University, UK
• 7. Business models for relocalisation to deliver sustainability Peter Wells and Paul Nieuwenhuis, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society, Cardiff University, UK
• 8. Modularity for greening the automobile Gordon Dower, The Ridek Corporation, Washington, USA
• 9. Social learning through technological inventions in low-impact individual mobility: the cases of Sparrow and Gizmo Halina Szejnwald Brown and Catherine Carbone, Clark University, USA
• 10. The seven characteristics of successful sustainable system innovations Tom van der Horst, Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), The Netherlands, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA
• 11. Government behind the wheel and backseat driving: co-ordination and informational challenges of voluntary partnerships as programmes for stimulating sustainable technology Charles David White, University of California, Berkeley, USA
• 12. Process- and product-oriented environmental policy within the car chain: examples from BMW and General Motors Carla K. Smink, Eskild Holm Nielsen and Tine Herreborg Jorgensen, Aalborg University, Denmark
• 13. The switch to CNG in two urban areas in India: how was this achieved? Mahesh Patankar and Anand Patwardhan, SJM School of Management, Mumbai, India
• 14. Local needs in urban transport Merih Kunur, Royal College of Art, London
• 15. Web-based environmental management systems for SMEs: enhancing the diffusion of environmental management in the transportation sector Adeline Maijala, Lassi Linnanen and Tuula Pohjola, Proventia Solutions, Lappeenranta University of Technology, and Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
• 16. The reinvention of the automobile Chris Borroni-Bird, General Motors Corporation, USA
• 17. Conclusions: where next and when can we buy one? Paul Nieuwenhuis and Peter Wells, ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society, Cardiff University, UK, and Philip J. Vergragt, Tellus Institute, Boston, USA
• Epilogue: a day in a life in 2049 Boelie Elzen, Centre for Science, Technology and Society, University of Twente, The Netherlands, and Wim Hafkamp, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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In many parts of the world, there is a crisis of mobility. The choices we have made over the past 200 years on modes and technologies of transport have brought us unprecedented global interaction and in many respects increased personal freedom. However, all this mobility has come at a cost to society, to the economy and to the environment. Mobility is in crisis, but few seem aware of the full extent of it. Though most people will be aware of congestion, accidents (although this aspect is often overlooked), parking restrictions or fuel prices, few will have considered the effects of the dramatic increase in mobility expected in China, India and elsewhere. Nor do many people in their daily lives consider the impact of climate change on our environment and the contribution our cars make to it. It is often thought that technology alone can solve this problem. For some observers, salvation could be achieved by means of hydrogen fuel cells, by hybrid cars, or by increased fuel efficiency, or even by telematics to reduce congestion. This book shows that "technology" may well not be enough in itself and that for a genuinely sustainable transport future far more radical change - affecting many aspects of society - is needed. It is likely, for example, that new business models are needed, as well as users and consumers adopting new forms of behaviour. Disruptive technological innovation may well contribute, but needs to be induced by a combination of market forces and government regulation. Many studies touch on transport and mobility issues and more mainstream books aimed at challenging the dominance of automobility are common, yet works dealing with the longer-term strategic, theoretical and broader conceptual issues needed to inform the move towards more sustainable transport are rare. Yet policy-makers, practitioners, as well as many sections of academia, acknowledge a need for guidance on new thinking on sustainable mobility. This book brings together a range of views representing both leading-edge thinking and best practice in the mobility sector. The individual expert contributions form the basis for framing a broader vision of future mobility and proposed transition trajectories towards that future. Much of the effort reflected in the chapters in this book is concerned with going beyond the "technofix" of new cars, to confront the more difficult challenges of institutional, cultural and social change within and beyond the industry that have to be resolved in the transition towards sustainability. It therefore seeks to break through the conventional boundary between engineering and the social sciences, and the contributors come from both sides of this traditional but unnecessary divide, combining economists, engineers, geographers, designers and others. The work is based on the sustainable mobility stream in the 2003 International Greening of Industry Network conference in San Francisco. This event brought together experts from industry and government, and the book combines some of the papers presented there, developed and updated into full chapters, with a number of additional chapters to capture some of the themes that emerged from the conference. The central problem addressed in this book is the private car: how to power it, how to build it and how to deliver it to customers in a more sustainable future. It starts with ideas of radical innovation in the propulsion system of the car, notably the hydrogen fuel cell. In one section, the book examines business models that could be used to deliver automobility in a more sustainable manner. This section looks at how the car is made and used, and looks beyond it by examining how we could change those aspects in our quest for sustainable mobility. The book then considers a number of recently introduced vehicles and alternative vehicle concepts within the context of a dominant existing paradigm. These vary from a minimalist single-seat commuter to a powertrain exchange concept that could breathe new life into the electric vehicle. A number of chapters then report on current practice and experience in the initial moves toward more sustainable automobility. Finally, more visionary views are presented to look at what conclusions we can draw from the strands discussed and suggest possible future scenarios: where do we go from here? When thinking about the car, it is often not appreciated to what extent our modern culture is integrated with the car and its systems: we have literally built our world around the car in its current form, and this inevitably shapes the scope for constructing sustainable mobility. We therefore need to tackle any change to the current automobility paradigm on a very broad front and we need to be prepared for the possibly dramatic social and economic changes we may bring about by changing just some elements. The Business of Sustainable Mobility will be essential reading for academics, practitioners, policy-makers and others interested in the latest thinking on sustainable mobility.
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