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IBA. No. 4. pi. 3SS-363. 1984
BIBLIOGRAPHIC SECTION The Bibliographic Section carries full-length reviews, brief notices of recent publications, abstracts of doe toral dissertations, bibliographic listings, and occasional special features on particular series of publications. Publishers and authors are invited to submit material. Persons wishing to review books are invited to submit their names and describe their area of interest. Our policy is to provide at least a brief notice of all recent material in the area of coverage of the journal that we receive, provided it is of substantial length and not of an advertising nature. All correspondence
should be addressed to: Richard de Neufville Bibliographic Editor Center for Transportation Studies Room l-138 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. Ms. Hana Heald prepares the Brief Notices and the Index of New Books.
BRIEF NOTICES The Eeoaomka and Phoning of Transport, G. Bell, D. Blackledge and P. Bowen, Heinemann, 10 Upper Grosvenor Street, London WlX 9PA, England, 1983, pp. 248, f19.95.
SemlnaronTheFutureoftheUaeoftheCu,European Conference of Ministers of Transport, OECD Publications office, 2, me And&-Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France, 1983, pp. 39.
This introductory text surveys the role transport plays in the economic activity and development of a country. The basic theory of economics is introduced, and then applied to the transport sector. It includes the use of subsidy and the roles of central and local governments in both the IInancing and planning of transport. The urban trafllc congestion problem is looked at from the ecoaomist’s viewpoint, as well as its concomitant, rural isolation. The transport programs and experiences of the British Isles are placed in an international context. The book is primarily aimed at students taking the Qualifying Examination of the Chartered Institute of Transport, and contains reference lists and sample examination questions.
This booklet contains the summary and conclusions of the ECMT seminar held in Paris on 12-13th January, 1983. It is designed for policy decision-makers who am concerned with the development of cut transport and the strategies with which this development could he encouraged or checked, in the light of its advantages and disadvantages. The examples chosen and the measures discussed provide an illustration of the effects of a heavy car density.
PmceedlngsoftheEIghth I&mationaI syulpe6ium on Tmnsportatioa and TralIk Theory, Edited by V. Hurdle, E. Hauer and G. Steuart, University of Toronto Press, 63A St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S lA6, Canada, 1983, pp. 717, $37.50. This publication contains manuscripts presented at the Symposium held in June, 1981, hosted by the University of Toronto, Canada. Interesting, state-ofthe-art material is presented, comparable to what might be found in regular journals. If they had been published in that medium, they might have appeared earlier and been more accessible. 355
U.S. Passenger Rail Technologies, QIIice of Tecbnology Assessment, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC 20510, U.S.A., 1983, pp. 105, $4.75. Discussion related to growth and change in passenger rail technology, particularly high-speed rail and magnetic levitation, is increasing in the United States. This assessment, in general, reports what is known about these high-speed technologies and the foreign experience with them. It also seeks to identify areas of uncertainty relative to their application in the U.S., and covers significant policy questions and issues that will be pertinent to Federal, State and local debate on this subject.
A ReglonaI HIstory of the RaiIwaya of Great Britain, V&me 7: The West Midlands, Rex christiansen, David & Charles, North Pomfret, VT 05053, U.S.A., 1984, pp. 305, $23.50.
Ru.-A Vd. ill lk U.S.A.
0191-2607/u 33.03 + .al PcrplnoaRcuLtd.
IBA. No. 4. pi. 3SS-363. 1984
BIBLIOGRAPHIC SECTION The Bibliographic Section carries full-length reviews, brief notices of recent publications, abstracts of doe toral dissertations, bibliographic listings, and occasional special features on particular series of publications. Publishers and authors are invited to submit material. Persons wishing to review books are invited to submit their names and describe their area of interest. Our policy is to provide at least a brief notice of all recent material in the area of coverage of the journal that we receive, provided it is of substantial length and not of an advertising nature. All correspondence
should be addressed to: Richard de Neufville Bibliographic Editor Center for Transportation Studies Room l-138 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A. Ms. Hana Heald prepares the Brief Notices and the Index of New Books.
BRIEF NOTICES The Eeoaomka and Phoning of Transport, G. Bell, D. Blackledge and P. Bowen, Heinemann, 10 Upper Grosvenor Street, London WlX 9PA, England, 1983, pp. 248, f19.95.
SemlnaronTheFutureoftheUaeoftheCu,European Conference of Ministers of Transport, OECD Publications office, 2, me And&-Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France, 1983, pp. 39.
This introductory text surveys the role transport plays in the economic activity and development of a country. The basic theory of economics is introduced, and then applied to the transport sector. It includes the use of subsidy and the roles of central and local governments in both the IInancing and planning of transport. The urban trafllc congestion problem is looked at from the ecoaomist’s viewpoint, as well as its concomitant, rural isolation. The transport programs and experiences of the British Isles are placed in an international context. The book is primarily aimed at students taking the Qualifying Examination of the Chartered Institute of Transport, and contains reference lists and sample examination questions.
This booklet contains the summary and conclusions of the ECMT seminar held in Paris on 12-13th January, 1983. It is designed for policy decision-makers who am concerned with the development of cut transport and the strategies with which this development could he encouraged or checked, in the light of its advantages and disadvantages. The examples chosen and the measures discussed provide an illustration of the effects of a heavy car density.
PmceedlngsoftheEIghth I&mationaI syulpe6ium on Tmnsportatioa and TralIk Theory, Edited by V. Hurdle, E. Hauer and G. Steuart, University of Toronto Press, 63A St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S lA6, Canada, 1983, pp. 717, $37.50. This publication contains manuscripts presented at the Symposium held in June, 1981, hosted by the University of Toronto, Canada. Interesting, state-ofthe-art material is presented, comparable to what might be found in regular journals. If they had been published in that medium, they might have appeared earlier and been more accessible. 355
U.S. Passenger Rail Technologies, QIIice of Tecbnology Assessment, U.S. Congress, Washington, DC 20510, U.S.A., 1983, pp. 105, $4.75. Discussion related to growth and change in passenger rail technology, particularly high-speed rail and magnetic levitation, is increasing in the United States. This assessment, in general, reports what is known about these high-speed technologies and the foreign experience with them. It also seeks to identify areas of uncertainty relative to their application in the U.S., and covers significant policy questions and issues that will be pertinent to Federal, State and local debate on this subject.
A ReglonaI HIstory of the RaiIwaya of Great Britain, V&me 7: The West Midlands, Rex christiansen, David & Charles, North Pomfret, VT 05053, U.S.A., 1984, pp. 305, $23.50.