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High Speed Rail's ( HSR ) main objective is to attract air passengers between big metropolitan areas however the main territorial implications in many cases occur not in these metropolitan areas but in the intermediate cities. This book presents the experience of 20 years of HSR ...in Spain.
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This book explores how emerging mobility practices have transformed spaces in order to fit the needs of highly mobile people, as well as the changing relationship between people and territory.
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Seaport gateways and the corridors which connect them to widely dispersed hinterlands are of vital and essential importance to international trade and the world economy. This book furthers understanding about how this movement is organized and the role of ports acting as gateways... and the actions of corridor players.
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This book provides a political history of urban traffic congestion in the twentieth century, and explores how and why experts from a range of professional disciplines have attempted to solve what they have called `the traffic problem'. It draws on case studies of historical traff...ic projects in London to trace the relationship among technologies, infrastructures, politics, and power on the capital's congested streets. From the visions of urban planners to the concrete realities of engineers, and from the demands of traffic cops and economists to the new world of electronic surveillance, the book examines the political tensions embedded in the streets of our world cities. It also reveals the hand of capital in our traffic landscape. This book challenges conventional wisdom on urban traffic congestion, deploying a broad array of historical and material sources to tell a powerful account of how our cities work and why traffic remains such a problem. It is a welcome addition to literature on histories and geographies of urban mobility and will appeal to students and researchers in the fields of urban history, transport studies, historical geography, planning history, and the history of technology.
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Charting the development of the travel plan as a concept, this book draws on a range of research-based contributions to explore a series of future scenarios in this area suitable for practitioners and policy makers.
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This book explores how emerging mobility practices have transformed spaces in order to fit the needs of highly mobile people, as well as the changing relationship between people and territory.
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With all levels of governments currently, and for the foreseeable future, under significant fiscal stress, any new transit funding mechanism is to be welcomed. Value capture (VC) is one such mechanism, which involves the identification and capture of a public infrastructure-led i...ncrease in property value. This book reviews four major VC mechanisms: joint development projects; special assessment districts; impact fees; and tax increment financing; all of which are used to fund transit in the United States. Through the study of prominent examples of these VC mechanisms from across the US, this book evaluates their performance focusing on aspects such as equity, revenue-generating potential, stakeholder support, and the legal and policy environment. It also conducts a comparative assessment of VC mechanisms to help policy makers and practitioners to choose one, or a combination of VC mechanisms. Although the book focuses on the US, the use of the VC mechanisms and the urgent need for additional revenue to fund public transportation are world-wide concerns. Therefore, an overview of the VC mechanisms in use internationally is also provided.
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An analysis of the role, nature and effects of modern business travel. It addresses such issues as: the relationships between airlines and business travellers, the role of mobility in business, and the opportunities and challenges created by mobile workforces.
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The British railway system was nationalised in 1948, the same year that the modern planning system came into operation. This book provides a critical overview of the relationships between planning and railway management and development during the key period in the 20th Century wh...en the railway was in public ownership: 1948-94.
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Global trends in policy and technology related fields are reshaping the port industry worldwide. This volume provides multidisciplinary insights into the role port cities adopt in dealing with global supply chains. It also discusses policy outcomes and implications relevant to po...rt-cities positioned in different segments of global supply chains.
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