Author: Sarah Jo Peterson Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309493749 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 535
Book Description
In 1920, state highway engineers, federal officials, and experts from academia were among a small group convened by the National Academy of Sciences to confront the problems of the highway. The public was entrusting them with billions of dollars for good roads, and World War I had proved the feasibility of moving freight long distances by truck. But even new highways were crumbling. They turned to research for solutions. The founders of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the generations that followed took on problems such as safety, social equity, and environmental issues. They embraced "total transportation," adapting their highway research model to urban transportation and then applying it to rail, marine, and aviation modes. Today TRB convenes thousands of researchers, practitioners, and administrators every year to advise the government, solve practical problems, foster innovation, and stimulate new research. In The Transportation Research Board, 1920â€"2020: Everyone Interested Is Invited, Sarah Jo Peterson tells the story of how people and institutions created and have continued to shape TRB. In a compelling narrative accompanied by more than 150 images exploring the history of transportation and research, she argues that TRB can be best understood as an infrastructureâ€"one that people purposely designed and devotedly maintained. Despite TRB's institutional complexity, its unique mission, the vast collection of acronyms in its orbit, and the significant changes to the organization in its first 100 years, Dr. Peterson provides a view from 30,000 feet, deftly describing the social, political, and economic context in which transportation (and TRB) functioned. At the same time, she attends to details of the key events, individuals, and human motivations that shaped TRB's evolution. The author's skills as a historian, her experience in the transportation field, and her manifest ability to tell a good story have produced a book that transportation professionals of all stripesâ€"and, for that matter, anyone interested in the history of transportation in the United Statesâ€"should find both engaging and informative and an essential addition to their library.
Author: Ricardo Byrd Publisher: Transportation Research Board ISBN: 9780309066013 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 148
Book Description
This report provides a method to define and measure the costs of personal immobility at a local level and contains a compendium of public transportation practices that address immobility, help reduce costs, and possibly provide economic benefits to both the riders and the larger community. The focus is on practices that assist people who need transportation to health care or who are transitioning from welfare to work. This report should be of interest to planners, decision makers, and social service and transportation providers. It should also serve as a resource to assist decision makers and transportation service providers in using their services more effectively to address the issue of personal immobility.
Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program Publisher: Transportation Research Board ISBN: 9780309060578 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 188
Book Description
Discusses how transit impacts and improves community life in the United States.
Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program Publisher: Transportation Research Board ISBN: 0309087724 Category : Local transit Languages : en Pages : 42
Book Description
Cognitive task analysis was used to design a simulation game that allows managers to rapidly acquire the decision skills needed for identifying the necessary training for new technologies. The game developed is designed to provide simulated experience in making key decisions regarding training during the implementation of new technologies. A Decision Matrix and a Decision Matrix Template are also provided in blank form as an aid in making training decisions. The electronic decision game developed is "The Automatic Bus Announcement System Project."
Author: Sandra Rosenbloom Publisher: Transportation Research Board ISBN: 9780309062534 Category : Choice of transportation Languages : en Pages : 204
Book Description
Examines the effects of current trends (e.g., demographic, economic, social, land use, and transport policy) and trends expected over the next 15 years on current and future transit markets. Although many of these trends are not favorable to public transit, a number are identified that provide opportunities for maintaining current transit markets and creating new, expanded, or different transit markets. The report identifies 40 transit service concepts that appear to offer the most effective means of adjusting to these societal trends.
Author: KFH Group Publisher: Transportation Research Board ISBN: 9780309066556 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 56
Book Description
This User's Guide explains the accompanying Small Transit Vehicle economics (STVe) model - a tool designed for transit planners and others making decisions about the purchase of small transit vehicles for different services and operating environments. The computerized STVe model is based on the principles of engineering economics and allows the user to assess whether it makes economic sense to invest in a particular type of vehicle, based on user-defined inputs. The User's Guide describes how to run the model and interpret its results.
Author: Judith B. Gertler Publisher: Transportation Research Board ISBN: 0309067618 Category : Fatigue Languages : en Pages : 243
Book Description
This report documents principles, techniques, and strategies that are used in the development of fatigue-mitigation plans for transit operators. It includes a "how to" component on the design, implementation, and evaluation of fatigue-mitigation plans. The fatigue-mitigation plans may be used by senior managers, operations managers, safety officials, medical personnel, risk managers, human resource personnel, policymakers, and legal advisors.
Author: Sarah Jo Peterson
Author: Laurence E. Daniels
Author: Ricardo Byrd
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform
Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program
Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program
Author: Sandra Rosenbloom
Author: KFH Group
Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program
Author: Judith B. Gertler