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Still stuck in traffic : coping with peak-hour traffic congestion / Anthony Downs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Downs, Anthony.
- Series:
- James A. Johnson metro series.
- James A. Johnson metro series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Traffic congestion--United States.
- Traffic congestion.
- Traffic flow--United States.
- Traffic flow.
- Land use, Urban--United States.
- Land use, Urban.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (473 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this edition, Anthony Downs seeks to assess the utility of anticongestion programmes. Drawing on a significant body of research from transportation experts and land-use planners, the book examines the advantages and disadvantages of various strategies.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Benefits of Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion; 3. How Bad Is Traffic Congestion?; 4. Causes of Recent Increases in Peak-Hour Traffic Congestion; 5. Incidents and Accidents and Causes of Congestion; 6. Strategies for Reducing Congestion and Four Basic Principles of Traffic; 7. Reducing Incident-Caused Congestion; 8. Increasing Road-Carrying Capacity; 9. Creating More Public Transit Capacity; 10. Peak-Hour and Other Road Pricing; 11. Demand-Side Behavioral Tactics; 12. Remedies That Increase Densities
- 13. Changing the Jobs-Housing Balance14. Concentrating Jobs in Large Clusters; 15. Local Growth Management Policies; 16. Traffic Congestion around the World; 17. Regional Anticongestion Policies; 18. Summary and Conclusions; Appendix A. The Dynamics of Traffic Congestion; Appendix B. Graphic Analysis of Peak-Hour Road Pricing; Appendix C. Translating Gross Residential Densities into Net Residential Densities; Appendix D. A Spatial Model for Simulating Changes; Appendix E. Clustering High-Density Housing Near Transit Stops; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Stuck in traffic. 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610812974
- 9781280812972
- 1280812974
- 9780815796558
- 0815796552
- OCLC:
- 476016464
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