Transportation for the Future
During the seventies and eighties, the industries associated with the transportation of goods and people have been exposed to some profound changes. The quickening pace of technological change - with its growing emphasis on telecommunications, knowledge-handling capacity, and air transportation - is...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1989, 1989
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1989 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1: Introduction
- I: Transportation and Distribution Systems: Three Visionary Perspectives
- 2: Future Goods Transport in Europe
- 3: The Future of the Automobile
- 4: The Emerging C-Society
- II: The Transport-Communication Nexus: Some Evolutionary Trends
- 5: Expanding Territories: Transport Systems Past and Future
- 6: The Future of Transport and Interface Communication: Debating the Scope for Substitution Growth
- 7: Using Technology to Improve Transportation Services
- III: The Future of Surface Transport
- (a) Progress with Navigation Technology
- Chester 8: Automobile Navigation Technology: Where is it going?
- 9: The CACS Project: How Far Away are we from the Dynamic Route Guidance System?
- 10: Contributions of Transportation Network Modeling to the Development of a Real-Time Route Guidance System
- (b) Goods Transportation
- 11: The Future of Truck Transportation in Europe
- 12: Influence of Advanced Technology on Future Truck Development
- (c) Passenger Transport and Commuting
- 13: Passenger Transport Trends
- 14: The Long Term Development of Passenger Traffic Demand: The German Example
- IV: Preparing for the Future
- 15: Transport Education and Training: Preparing for the Future
- 16: The Infrastructural Challenge for Future Transportation: Some Critical Issues
- Appendix: Prometheus The European Program for Improved Road Traffic T. Karlsson
- List of Contributors