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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Meyer, J. R.,; Kain, J. F.,; Wohl, M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (427 p.) :; 64 tables

Table of 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