I General Introduction Preface Transportation in Daily Life Private and Public Transportation Humans as Transport Means – Non-Motorized Transports Brief History of Transport Systems Patterns of Substitution Investment Costs Operating Costs and Energy Efficiency History of Private Transportation History of Public Transportation Transportation, Society, Economics and the Environment Transportation and Society Transportation and Economics Transportation and the Environment II Transportation Planning Accessibility and Productivity Ricardo and the Benefits of Trade Access and Accessibility New Geographic Economics – a Primer The Dynamics of System Transport and Land Use: The Basic Models Von Thünen and the Rent Gradient Hotteling and the Optimal Location Weber and the Optimal Location Measuring the Value of Accessibility User Behaviour Current Trends The Basic Model and its Dynamics Valuing Change Principles of Network design Network Hierarchies in Road and Public Transport Objective Functions Heuristics Choice of Capacities for Roads and Junctions Decision Making: Consistent Approaches Cost–Benefit Analysis and its Alternatives Basics of CBA An Example of a CBA Decision Making: A Messy Reality Dreams, Prejudices, Images and Constraints Predicting Costs and Demand III Private Transportation Introduction to Private Transportation Systems Physical Components Human Factors System Complexity: Links and Nodes Fundamentals of Traffic Flow Vehicle Trajectories and Time Space Diagrams Traffic Stream Definitions Traffic Fundamental Diagram Deviations from the Fundamental Diagram Introduction to Queuing Theory: Application to Transportation Problems Cumulative Diagrams Rescaling of Cumulative Diagrams Transportation Applications Traffic Parameters and Their Measurement Commonly Used Traffic Parameters Data Collection and Analysis Simulations System-wide Performance and Network Analysis Capacity and Level of Service Analysis Level of Service Fundamentals Link Dynamics Node Dynamics Stationary and Moving Bottlenecks Parking Traffic Management and Control Street Intersections Highway Links Highway Merges and Diverges Intelligent Transportation Systems and Other Traffic Control Schemes Infrastructure for Private Transportation Systems Principles of Geometric Design Principles of Pavement Design Introduction to Infrastructure Management Evaluation of Private Transportation Systems Safety Environmental Impacts: Air Pollution, Noise Generation, Energy Consumption Pricing IV Public Transportation Public Transport Systems Fundamentals of Public Transport Systems Systems for Passenger Transports, Intermodality Freight Transport Systems, Intermodality Facts and Figures of Public Transportation Systems Planning of Public Transport Services Introduction to System and Network Planning Planning Process and Steps of the System Design Long Distance Services Suburban and Urban Services Regional and Local Services Planning of Rail Freight Systems, Intermodality Introduction to Logistics and Transports Freight Demand, its Structure and Needs Rail Freight Transport Systems Freight Transports by Waterways Air Freight Transport Systems Intermodal Freight Transport Systems Resource Planning Introduction to Resource Planning Productivity Measurement Resource Planning Process Calculation of Turnaround Time Dimensioning of Rolling Stock and Staff Needs Vehicles in Public Transport Rolling Stock Strategies Train Operating Concepts Vehicle Concepts and Design Vehicle Design Railway Infrastructure Components of Rail Infrastructure, Interactions with Vehicles Infrastructure Strategy and Planning Planning of Track Topology Infrastructure Design and Construction Life Cycle, Wear and Tear, Maintenance Planning and Design of Passenger and Freight Stations Railway Signalling and Dispatching Systems Capacity and Operation of Rail Systems Introduction to Capacity Analysis Running Time, Buffer Time and Reserves Capacity of Lines Capacity of Nodes Capacity of Networks, Network Stability Network Management and Capacity Use Regulation, Organisation, Marketing Goals of the State related to Public Transport Governmental Activities, Regulation Management Aspects of Public Transport Marketing Aspects of Public Transport Quality Management in Public Transport V Walking, Cycling, Intermodality Introduction to Walking, Cycling and Intermodality Walking and Cycling Intermodality: The Last Mile Integration in the Transport System Walking Pedestrians and their Properties Speed, Quality and Capacity Planning of Pedestrian Facilities Design of Pedestrian Facilities Cycling Cyclists and their Properties Speed, Quality and Capacity Planning of Bicycle Facilities Design of Bicycle Facilities Intermodality Goals of Intermodal Transportation Systems Park & Ride, Bike & Ride Car Sharing, Rent-a-Bike Planning and Design of Intermodal Facilities VI Outlook Sustainability Urban Development Technical Prospects Future Policies Perspectives of Future Transportation – a Short Summary
