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Road Traffic Congestion: A Concise Guide

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  • © 2015

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  • A concise guide to Road Traffic Congestion
  • Valuable book for urban and transportation planners dealing with the problems of congestion
  • Introduction, Causes and Management of Road Traffic Congestion
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic (STTT, volume 7)

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Background

  2. Traffic Congestion Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences

  3. Congestion Relief Strategies

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This book on road traffic congestion in cities and suburbs describes congestion problems and shows how they can be relieved. The first part (Chapters 1 - 3) shows how congestion reflects transportation technologies and settlement patterns. The second part (Chapters 4 - 13) describes the causes, characteristics, and consequences of congestion. The third part (Chapters 14 - 23) presents various relief strategies - including supply adaptation and demand mitigation - for nonrecurring and recurring congestion. The last part (Chapter 24) gives general guidelines for congestion relief and provides a general outlook for the future.

The book will be useful for a wide audience - including students, practitioners and researchers in a variety of professional endeavors: traffic engineers, transportation planners, public transport specialists, city planners, public administrators, and private enterprises that depend on transportation for their activities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, New York, USA

    John C. Falcocchio

  • Transportation Consultant, Wallingford, CT, USA & Region 2 Urban Transportation Research Center, City College, USA

    Herbert S. Levinson

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