Buses, trams and commercial vehicles Books

How We Got to Coney Island is the definitive history of mass transportation in Brooklyn. Covering 150 years of extraordinary growth, Cudahy tells the complete story of the trolleys, street cars, steamboats, and railways that helped create New...

This book offers solutions for creating sustainable urban transportation. Topics include historical developments, planning, policy and legislative initiatives, nonmotorized and public transportation, environmental and social justice issues, and safety...

This 2015 Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance report to Congress (C&P report) draws primarily on 2012 data. The prospective analyses presented in this authoritative report generally cover the 20-year...

This book introduces transportation engineering students and junior engineers to the concept of transportation network modeling, network coding, model calibration and validation, and model evaluation.Transportation scientists employ modeling and...

The Official Railway Handbook To Bray, Kingstown, The Coast, And The County Of Wicklow (1860) is a comprehensive guidebook written by George Rennie Powell. The book provides a detailed description of the railway routes and stations in the region of Bray,...

External Dimension of the European Union's Critical Infrastructure Protection Programme: From Neighboring Frameworks to Transatlantic Cooperation provides the basis, methodological framework, and first comprehensive analysis of the current state of the...

This book breaks down the vast network of ADA paratransit services that exist in Illinois. Providing readers with extensive access to information regarding transportation options, this book is an absolute must-read for those who use these services every...

This survey report provides comprehensive information about the travel needs and preferences of paratransit customers in the Chicago area. The report includes analysis of demographic data, trip characteristics, and customer satisfaction ratings. It is an...

If you work in operations, finance or marketing in any part of the public transport sector, this book was written for you. Adam Simmons provides a set of practical business planning tools aimed at developing a business in the public transport sector,...

Offering a comprehensive guide to the electric cable and horse railway systems of the United States and Canada, this directory is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history and development of transportation in North America. With detailed...

This comprehensive manual contains detailed information on every tramway, omnibus, and electric railway company in Britain, as well as many international companies. With historical data on company formation, ownership, and development, as well as...

This book discusses the paradigm shift and benefits that the Mumbai Metro can bring in the public transportation scenario for millions of people in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.Mumbai is the financial capital of India and one of the world's most...

What constitutes a community?Greater Los Angeles has been known for decades for its iconic freeway gridlock, two-car families and high-rise buildings atop massive parking structures.In 1990 the author, a single mother with a daughter at college on the...

""History Of The Northern Pacific Railroad"" is a book written by Eugene Virgil Smalley and published in 1883. The book provides a detailed account of the construction and development of the Northern Pacific Railroad, which was one of the most...

This book provides a comprehensive history of the London and Brighton road, and its coaches. It covers the early days of coach travel and the evolution of coaches over time. It also provides accounts of some of the provincial coaches that have run from...

In 1881, the railroads came to the dusty West Texas town of El Paso bringing drummers, lawmen, gunmen, gamblers, ladies of the evening, miners, and untold others. They did not all have horses or buggies and the town fathers soon recognized the need for a...

The Routledge Handbook of Public Transport is a reference work of chapters providing in-depth examination of the current issues and future developments facing public transport.

Originally published in 1982, this book gives a concise commentary on the development and performance of car ownership prediction procedures and a wide-ranging survey of the modelling techniques associated with forecasting. The book provides a basic...

Originally published in 1982 and contributed to by a range of international authors and experts in the field of transport accessibility, this volume discusses the position of urban and rural transport problems of the elderly and disabled in the UK, USA,...

Celebrate your love all things to do with trams and Life with this stunning weekly planner for any year. Start whenever you are ready and get your life into shape as you enjoy unique a planner inspired the beauty of the tram and. StepRo Designs brings...

Multiobjective Genetic Algorithms for detecting the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 delivers the critical tool needed to understand its vanishing scenario in the southern Indian Ocean. Filling the gap between the conspiracy theories of MH370 vanishing and...

Are new mobility technologies the key to unlocking the future of urban living, or do they pose a threat to established public transit systems? Dive into this groundbreaking book that unveils the potential for a harmonious coexistence.The New Mobility...

Discover the fascinating story of Chicago's mass transportation system with this comprehensive guide. From the early horse-drawn streetcars to the modern elevated trains, this book covers every aspect of Chicago's transportation system, revealing the...

"Rapid Transit and Elevated Railroads" is an invaluable resource for historians, engineers, and transportation enthusiasts interested in the development of urban transit systems in the late 19th century. Written by Francis Ellis Galloupe, a civil...

There are good parents and bad parents and this adds to some of our student problem. This book can help you to change some of your biggest behavior problems.

As a young boy growing up a couple miles from a small town and having a father who had cancer of the throat and heart problems we didn't have much money. All through life I worked on improving my life and proud of what I have done without any college...

Introduction to Senior Transportation focuses on an issue that is a growing concern-the community mobility needs of older adults. Surpassing the coverage available in existing gerontology textbooks, it enables the reader to understand and appreciate the...

The System of Wire-Cable Railways is a comprehensive guide to a revolutionary new form of transportation that was popular in the late 19th century. This book provides detailed explanations and illustrations of the wire-cable railway system, as well as...

A report from the Board of Supervising Engineers on the performance and quality of service provided by the street railways of Chicago in 1905.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of...

How Britain’s railways are organised is the book’s running theme. It is an account that will interest anyone wanting to understand how things could be run better. Written by John Nelson who was centrally involved in all of the controversial...

Transforming Transportation: The Electric Car Revolution describes a proposal for a new nationwide all-electric mass transit system called NTS (National Transit Service). NTS uses private electric cars and trucks to provide door-to-door service across...

Originally published in 1892, Johnston's Electrical and Street Railway Directory is an essential resource for researchers and historians of urban transportation systems. This comprehensive volume contains detailed information on electric power companies,...

In this lively and engaging history of coaching, William Wilson takes readers on a fascinating journey through the heyday of this iconic mode of transportation. Drawing on a wealth of historical sources and contemporary accounts, Wilson brings to life...

Customers can browse through a large selection of things. They usually arise in response to societal requirements. A variety of products will start to appear that can satisfy people's evolving needs when a pattern starts to emerge. Some of them have been...

Carrying commuters, day-trippers and holidaymakers, more than twenty steamers once served more than fifty piers on Scotland's River Clyde. This meticulously recorded Day Book provides an accurate account of the daily highs and lows at the height of the...

Roderick Craig Low takes us on a nostalgic and often amusing ramble through his memories of travel at a time when moving from one place to another was largely undertaken using public transport.He introduces us to a world of bashful newlyweds,...

This book is a comprehensive reference guide to the parts and equipment of electric railway cars and trucks, including their design, operation, maintenance, and repair. It features detailed illustrations and descriptions of various components, from...

Ce livre traite des transports urbains, en couvrant les tramways, les voitures et les autres modes de transport. Il fournit une vue d'ensemble de la technologie des tramways et des automobiles, ainsi que des informations sur l'histoire de ces modes de...

Cet ouvrage présente un projet ambitieux de transport en commun pour la ville de Paris: un réseau de voies ferrées souterraines desservant les principaux quartiers et reliant les gares des chemins de fer. L'auteur détaille les avantages de ce système de...

Serves as a comprehensive, practical overview for students, as well as an up-to-date reference for professionals, in the transportation sector charged with safeguarding pipelines, transit, rail, trucking, aviation, ports and maritime operations, and the...

The Street Railway Review is a periodical that covers news and developments in the street railway industry. This book compiles articles from the magazine, providing a historical snapshot of the industry during the late 19th and early 20th century. It...

This collection of issues from the Street Railway Journal from 1899 offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of public transportation at the turn of the 20th century. Featuring articles on new technologies, labor disputes, and industry trends, as well...

This comprehensive report offers a detailed picture of the state of street and electric railways in America in 1907. With information on the number of miles of track, rolling stock, employees, and more, this book was an invaluable resource for...