Evolving Transportation Networks

1. Front Matter

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2. Antecedents

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3. ANTECEDENTS

   1. Introduction

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 3-5

   2. Background

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 7-23

   3. Framework

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 25-30

4. Network Growth in the Past

   1. Front Matter

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5. NETWORK GROWTH IN THE PAST

   1. Skyways in Minneapolis

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 33-43

   2. Interurbans in Indiana

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 45-53

   3. Streetcars in the Twin Cities

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 55-70

   4. First Mover Advantages

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 71-83

6. Spontaneous Organization

   1. Front Matter

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7. SPONTANEOUS ORGANIZATION

   1. Hierarchy

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 87-99

   2. Topology

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 101-126

   3. Sequence

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 127-137

8. Land Use

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-140

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9. LAND USE

   1. Network Diffusion and Place Formation

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 141-156

   2. Coevolution of Network and Land Use

      • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

      Pages 157-176

10. Governance and Planning

    1. Front Matter

       Pages 177-178

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11. GOVERNANCE AND PLANNING

    1. Governance Choice - A Theoretical Analysis

       • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

       Pages 179-198

    2. Governance Choice - A Simulation Model

       • Feng Xie, David M. Levinson

       Pages 199-221

Over the last two centuries, the development of modern transportation has significantly transformed human life. The main theme of this book is to understand the complexity of transportation development and model the process of network growth including its determining factors, which may be topological, morphological, temporal, technological, economic, managerial, social or political. Using multidimensional concepts and methods, the authors develop a holistic framework to represent network growth as an open and complex process with models that demonstrate in a scientific way how numerous independent decisions made by entities such as travelers, property owners, developers, and public jurisdictions could result in a coherent network of facilities on the ground. Models are proposed from innovative perspectives including self-organization, degeneration, and sequential connection to interpret the evolutionary growth of transportation networks in explicit consideration of independent economic and regulatory initiatives. Employing these models, the authors survey a series of topics ranging from network hierarchy and topology to first mover advantage. The authors demonstrate, with a wide spectrum of empirical and theoretical evidence, that network growth follows a path that is not only logical in retrospect, but also predictable and manageable from a planning perspective. In the larger scheme of innovative transportation planning, this book provides a re-consideration of conventional planning practice and sets the stage for further development on the theory and practice of the next-generation, evolutionary planning approach in transportation, making it of interest to scholars and practitioners alike in the field of transportation   .

• Coevolution
• First Mover Advantage
• Governance
• Land Use-Transportation
• Networks
• Planning
• Transportation

• Metropolitan Washington Council of Gover, Washington D.C., USA

  Feng Xie

• , Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

  David M. Levinson

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