Still stuck in traffic [electronic resource] : coping with peak-hour traffic congestion / Anthony Downs.
By: Downs, Anthony
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Contributor(s): Downs, Anthony. Stuck in traffic.
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TextSeries: James A. Johnson metro series: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2004General Notes: Rev. ed. of: Stuck in traffic. 1992.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 455 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0815796552 (electronic bk.); 9780815796558 (electronic bk.); 9780815719298 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0815719299 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Traffic congestion -- United States | Traffic flow -- United States | Land use, Urban -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 388.4/13142/0973 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge: | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Rev. ed. of: Stuck in traffic. 1992.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The benefits of peak-hour traffic congestion -- How bad is traffic congestion? -- Causes of recent increases in peak-hour traffic congestion -- Incidents and accidents as causes of congestion -- Strategies for reducing congestion and four basic principles of traffic -- Reducing incident-caused congestion -- Increasing road-carrying capacity -- Creating more public transit capacity -- Peak-hour and other road pricing -- Demand-side behavioral tactics -- Remedies that increase densities -- Changing the jobs-housing balance -- Concentrating jobs in large clusters -- Local growth management policies -- Traffic congestion around the world -- Regional anticongestion policies -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendixes: A. The dynamics of traffic congestion. B. Graphic analysis of peak-hour road pricing. C. Translating gross residential densities into net residential densities. D.A spatial model for simulating changes. E. Clustering high-density housing near transit stops -- Notes -- Index.
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