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The taxicab: An urban transportation survivor
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Review of Demand Models, European Conference of Ministers of Transport, Publications Department. OECD, 2. Rue Andre Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France, pp. 168, 1982, FF 45. (Available in French as Bilan de la ModtYisation de la Demande). This excellent publication has two attractive features. First, it presents a set of case studies of the development and use of demand models. These case studies concern passenger traffic in France, and freight traffic in Europe. Both sets could be most interesting for anyone seeking information on those topics. Second, it sets out an evaluation. This consists essentially of a recognition of “the failure of models as regards forecasting and the weaknesses of the probability approach when applied to time series,” coupled with a sense that this “lack of success does not mean that models are without interest.” The big advantages of models are found to be “to rationalize thought” and “to be the essential framework for integration” of transportation analysis. As a consensus view of prominent OECD transportation analysts. this work merits close study. The Complete Categorized Guide to Statistical Selection and Ranking Procedures, Edward Dudewicz and Joo Ok Koo, American Sciences. P.O. Box 21161, Columbus OH 43221, U.S.A., 1982, pp. 627. This bibliography is intended to be a comprehensive research tool and practitioners’ guide for application in modern statistics. It contains contributions by over 530 authors and lists published works. as well as technical reports, theses and dissertations worldwide, and associated tables. Surface
Transport
Automated-Transit Guideways: Analysis and Design, Clarence de Silva and David Wormley. Lexington, D.C. Heath and Company, 125 Spring Street, Lexington, MA 02173. U.S.A.. 1983, pp. 276. $37.95. This book pertains to the analysis and design of elevated guideway and support structures in Automated-guideway-transit (AGT) systems, which is a mode of transport that uses automated captive vehicles on dedicated guideways. It decribes both static and dynamic analysis and design methods. and is written for those who are interested m and familiar with the ACT concept. It is primarily analysis oriented, but the engineering structural analysis, as well as the modeling and analysis of vehicle-guideway dynamic interactions employed in the book should be understandable even for those with only an entrylevel knowledge of mechanical engineering. The Taxicab: An Urban Transportation Survivor, Gorman Gilbert and Robert Samuels, The University of North Carolina Press, P.O. Box 2288. Chapel Hill. NC 27514, U.S.A., 1982, pp. 200, $19.95.
The taxi industry is a vital component of urban public transportation services. This book explains how the industry evolved from early horsedrawn hackneys to what it is today-a form of transportation that can provide flexible services, and which may lead to innovative solutions to many of the current difficulties of urban mass transit. This study proposes some strategies for bringing the taxi into this area of public policy. Handbook of Highway Engineering, Edited by Robert Baker, Krieger. P.O. Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32901, U.S.A., 1982, pp. 904, $62.50. This is the reprint of the original 1975 edition. It is designed to provide a comprehensive and practical view of current highway engineering technology. From 1950 to 1970 significant changes were produced in highway engineering, and the changes continue. The concerns for ecology, the conservation of energy and other resources. and the demands to increase the efficiency of existing highways were evident in the 1970’s. A new technology permitting approaches to these complex changes had developed, and in addition to standard topics, such as planning, geometric design, and soils and materials, new sections concerned with policy, management, quality and environmental factors have been added. The text also covers many of the trends and developments which will be applicable in the future. Increased Automobile Fuel Efficiency and Synthetic Fuels, Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC 26510, U.S.A., pp. 293, $8.50. The United States Congress faces several decisions on how to reduce dependence on imported petroleum. Two options, increased automobile efficiency and synthetic fuels, are assessed in this report. The major public and private costs and benefits of these options are explored in detail, and compared. Reduction in stationary (nontransportation) use of fuel oil and electric-powered automobiles as two more options affecting potential future levels of oil imports are also briefly examined. Collective Ratemaking in the Trucking Industry, American Trucking Associations, Inc., 1616 P Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A., 1982, pp. 135. This publication contains the proceedings of the third annual DANA/ATA Foundation Academic Symposium, held December 1981 at Stanford University in Stanford, California. Motor carrier executives and transportation faculty discussed key issues, economic. legal. and societal, that relate to the future of collective ratemaking in the motor carrier industry. The speeches presented are titled “Neglected Economic Issues in Collective Ratemaking”, “Collective Ratemaking and Societal Benefits”, “An Economic Inquiry into the Options and Impacts of Rate Regu-
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Review of Demand Models, European Conference of Ministers of Transport, Publications Department. OECD, 2. Rue Andre Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France, pp. 168, 1982, FF 45. (Available in French as Bilan de la ModtYisation de la Demande). This excellent publication has two attractive features. First, it presents a set of case studies of the development and use of demand models. These case studies concern passenger traffic in France, and freight traffic in Europe. Both sets could be most interesting for anyone seeking information on those topics. Second, it sets out an evaluation. This consists essentially of a recognition of “the failure of models as regards forecasting and the weaknesses of the probability approach when applied to time series,” coupled with a sense that this “lack of success does not mean that models are without interest.” The big advantages of models are found to be “to rationalize thought” and “to be the essential framework for integration” of transportation analysis. As a consensus view of prominent OECD transportation analysts. this work merits close study. The Complete Categorized Guide to Statistical Selection and Ranking Procedures, Edward Dudewicz and Joo Ok Koo, American Sciences. P.O. Box 21161, Columbus OH 43221, U.S.A., 1982, pp. 627. This bibliography is intended to be a comprehensive research tool and practitioners’ guide for application in modern statistics. It contains contributions by over 530 authors and lists published works. as well as technical reports, theses and dissertations worldwide, and associated tables. Surface
Transport
Automated-Transit Guideways: Analysis and Design, Clarence de Silva and David Wormley. Lexington, D.C. Heath and Company, 125 Spring Street, Lexington, MA 02173. U.S.A.. 1983, pp. 276. $37.95. This book pertains to the analysis and design of elevated guideway and support structures in Automated-guideway-transit (AGT) systems, which is a mode of transport that uses automated captive vehicles on dedicated guideways. It decribes both static and dynamic analysis and design methods. and is written for those who are interested m and familiar with the ACT concept. It is primarily analysis oriented, but the engineering structural analysis, as well as the modeling and analysis of vehicle-guideway dynamic interactions employed in the book should be understandable even for those with only an entrylevel knowledge of mechanical engineering. The Taxicab: An Urban Transportation Survivor, Gorman Gilbert and Robert Samuels, The University of North Carolina Press, P.O. Box 2288. Chapel Hill. NC 27514, U.S.A., 1982, pp. 200, $19.95.
The taxi industry is a vital component of urban public transportation services. This book explains how the industry evolved from early horsedrawn hackneys to what it is today-a form of transportation that can provide flexible services, and which may lead to innovative solutions to many of the current difficulties of urban mass transit. This study proposes some strategies for bringing the taxi into this area of public policy. Handbook of Highway Engineering, Edited by Robert Baker, Krieger. P.O. Box 9542, Melbourne, FL 32901, U.S.A., 1982, pp. 904, $62.50. This is the reprint of the original 1975 edition. It is designed to provide a comprehensive and practical view of current highway engineering technology. From 1950 to 1970 significant changes were produced in highway engineering, and the changes continue. The concerns for ecology, the conservation of energy and other resources. and the demands to increase the efficiency of existing highways were evident in the 1970’s. A new technology permitting approaches to these complex changes had developed, and in addition to standard topics, such as planning, geometric design, and soils and materials, new sections concerned with policy, management, quality and environmental factors have been added. The text also covers many of the trends and developments which will be applicable in the future. Increased Automobile Fuel Efficiency and Synthetic Fuels, Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, DC 26510, U.S.A., pp. 293, $8.50. The United States Congress faces several decisions on how to reduce dependence on imported petroleum. Two options, increased automobile efficiency and synthetic fuels, are assessed in this report. The major public and private costs and benefits of these options are explored in detail, and compared. Reduction in stationary (nontransportation) use of fuel oil and electric-powered automobiles as two more options affecting potential future levels of oil imports are also briefly examined. Collective Ratemaking in the Trucking Industry, American Trucking Associations, Inc., 1616 P Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, U.S.A., 1982, pp. 135. This publication contains the proceedings of the third annual DANA/ATA Foundation Academic Symposium, held December 1981 at Stanford University in Stanford, California. Motor carrier executives and transportation faculty discussed key issues, economic. legal. and societal, that relate to the future of collective ratemaking in the motor carrier industry. The speeches presented are titled “Neglected Economic Issues in Collective Ratemaking”, “Collective Ratemaking and Societal Benefits”, “An Economic Inquiry into the Options and Impacts of Rate Regu-