The Urban Transportation Problem / J. R. Meyer, J. F. Kain, M. Wohl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meyer, J. R., author.

Kain, J. F., author.

Wohl, M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local transit--United States.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.

Urban transportation--United States.

Local Subjects:

Local transit--United States.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.

Urban transportation--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (446 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: A Problem in Search of a Solution

PART I. THE CONTEXT OF URBAN CHANGE

Chapter 2. Economic Change and the City: A Qualitative Evaluation and Some Hypotheses

Chapter 3. Recent Trends in Urban Location

Chapter 4. Recent Trends in the Supply of Urban Transport and Highway Financing

Chapter 5. Trip Patterns and Demand

Chapter 6. The Interrelationship of Housing and Urban Transportation

Chapter 7. Race and the Urban Transportation Problem

PART II. COMPARATIVE COSTS

Chapter 8. Costing Procedures and Assumptions

Chapter 9. Line-Haul Systems

Chapter 10. Residential Collection and Distribution

Chapter 11. Downtown Distribution

PART III. SOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY

Chapter 12. The Role of Technology

Chapter 13. Pricing, Subsidies, Market Structure, and Regulatory Institutions

Chapter 14. Urban Transportation in Summary and Perspective

APPENDIXES. INDEX

Appendix A. Summary Description of Rail Line-Haul Systems

Appendix B. Summary Description of Bus Line-Haul Systems

Appendix C. Evaluation of Residential Service Costs under Different Hypothesized Conditions

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-42120-5

OCLC:

1013963103