Evolving transportation networks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xie, Feng, 1978-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation.

Transportation and state.

Physical Description:

xvii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Springer, 2011.

Summary:

Over the last two centuries, the development of modern transportation has significantly transformed human life. The main theme of this book is to understand the complexity of transportation development and model the process of network growth including its determining factors, which may be topological, morphological, temporal, technological, economic, managerial, social or political. Using multidimensional concepts and methods, the authors develop a holistic framework to represent network growth as an open and complex process with models that demonstrate in a scientific way how numerous independent decisions made by entities such as travelers, property owners, developers, and public jurisdictions could result in a coherent network of facilities on the ground. Models are proposed from innovative perspectives including self-organization, degeneration, and sequential connection to interpret the evolutionary growth of transportation networks in explicit consideration of independent economic and regulatory initiatives. Employing these models, the authors survey a series of topics ranging from network hierarchy and topology to first mover advantage. The authors demonstrate, with a wide spectrum of empirical and theoretical evidence, that network growth follows a path that is not only logical in retrospect, but also predictable and manageable from a planning perspective. In the larger scheme of innovative transportation planning, this book provides a re-consideration of conventional planning practice and sets the stage for further development on the theory and practice of the next-generation, evolutionary planning approach in transportation, making it of interest to scholars and practitioners alike in the field of transportation. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Antecedents

1 Introduction 3

2 Background 7

2.1 Transportation geography 9

2.2 Optimization and network design 10

2.3 Empirical models of network growth 12

2.4 Economics of network growth 13

2.4.1 Transportation economics 14

2.4.2 Urban economics 14

2.4.3 Fiscal federalism 15

2.4.4 Network effect 15

2.4.5 Path dependence 16

2.4.6 Coalition formation 17

2.5 Network science 17

2.6 Summary and discussion 20

3 Framework 25

3.1 Supply 26

3.2 Demand 27

3.3 Time 28

3.4 Space 29

3.5 Summary and discussion 29

Part II Network Growth In The Past

4 Skyways in Minneapolis 33

4.1 Introduction 33

4.2 Methodology 35

4.2.1 Accessibility analysis 35

4.2.2 Connect-choice analysis 40

4.3 Results 41

4.4 Findings and concluding remarks 42

5 Interurbans in Indiana 45

5.1 Introduction 45

5.2 Connect-choice analysis 47

5.3 Hypotheses 49

5.4 Results 50

5.5 Findings and concluding remarks 52

6 Streetcars in the Twin Cities 55

6.1 Introduction 55

6.2 Hypotheses 57

6.3 Historic Data 59

6.3.1 Network data 59

6.3.2 Population data 59

6.4 Methodology 62

6.4.1 Residential density vs. line density 62

6.4.2 Proximity to line vs. residential density 65

6.5 Results 66

6.6 Findings and concluding remarks 70

7 First Mover Advantages 71

7.1 Introduction 71

7.2 Rail in London 72

7.3 Aviation 76

7.4 Container ports 78

7.5 Roads in the Twin Cities 79

7.6 Findings and concluding remarks 82

Part III Spontaneous Organization

8 Hierarchy 87

8.1 Introduction 87

8.2 Model 89

8.2.1 Land use allocation 89

8.2.2 Travel demand models 90

8.2.3 Investment 92

8.3 Hypothesis and experiments 93

8.4 Findings and concluding remarks 98

9 Topology 101

9.1 Introduction 101

9.2 Model 102

9.3 Measurement 103

9.3.1 Connectivity 104

9-3.2 Density 105

9.3.3 Heterogeneity 105

9.3.4 Connection patterns 107

9.4 Model validation 108

9.5 Simulation experiments 112

9.5.1 Idealized network structures 112

9.5.2 Simulation experiments 113

9.5.3 Experimental results 115

9.5.4 Sensitivity tests 124

9.6 Findings and concluding remarks 124

10 Sequence 127

10.1 Introduction 127

10.2 Model 128

10.2.1 Incremental connection problem 128

10.2.2 Model framework 130

10.3 Simulation 132

10.4 Results 133

10.5 Findings and concluding remarks 137

Part IV Land Use

11 Network Diffusion and Place Formation 141

11.1 Introduction 141

11.2 Model 142

11.2.1 Major assumptions 142

11.2.2 Place formation model 144

11.2.3 Link formation model 146

11.3 Simulation experiments 146

11.4 Hypotheses 147

11.5 Results 149

11.6 Sensitivity analysis 151

11.7 Discussion 153

11.8 Findings and concluding remarks 155

12 Coevolution of Network and Land Use 157

12.1 Introduction 157

12.2 Model 159

12.2.1 Travel demand models 159

12.2.2 Investment models 162

12.2.3 Accessibility and land use models 163

12.3 Hypotheses and experiments 165

12.4 Results 168

12.4.1 Results related to Hypotheses 1 & 2 168

12.4.2 Results related to Hypotheses 3 &4 171

12.5 Sensitivity analysis 174

12.6 Findings and concluding remarks 175

Part V Governance And Planning

13 Governance Choice - A Theoretical Analysis 179

13.1 Introduction 179

13.2 Model setting 184

13.3 Decisions on road spending 187

13.3.1 Pigouvian governments model 189

13.3.2 Citizen-candidate model 190

13.4 Choice of spending structure 192

13.5 Findings and concluding remarks 197

14 Governance Choice - A Simulation Model 199

14.1 Introduction 199

14.2 Model 202

14.2.1 Travel demand models 203

14.2.2 Pricing models 205

14.2.3 Investment models 209

14.3 Simulation experiments 215

14.4 Findings and concluding remarks 220

15 Forecasting 223

15.1 Introduction 223

15.2 Model 225

15.2.1 Travel demand models 227

15.2.2 Investment Models 228

15.3 Scenarios 236

15.4 Results 237

15.5 Findings and concluding remarks 244

Part VI Conclusions

16 Retrospect 249

17 Prospect 255

17.1 Perspectives on innovative planning 255

17.2 Future research 257.

ISBN:

1441998039

9781441998033

OCLC:

729687270