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Still stuck in traffic : coping with peak-hour traffic congestion / Anthony Downs.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Downs, Anthony.
Contributor:
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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