| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 478 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-468) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- front cover -- copyright -- table of contents -- PREFACE -- SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK -- THE AUTHOR -- 1 PROBLEMS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- AN ILLUSTRATION -- THE ROLE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- OPERATING ENVIRONMENT -- ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODES -- PUBLIC TRANSPORT MARKET SECTORS -- SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 2 PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLE TYPES -- VEHICLE SIZE -- CONVENTIONAL BUSES -- PARATRANSIT VEHICLE TYPES -- CONVENTIONAL TAXIS -- RAIL VEHICLES -- ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF POWER -- 3 TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE -- ROAD NETWORK AND CHARACTERISTICS -- FACILITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS -- BUS STOPS -- TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT -- BUS PRIORITY MEASURES AND BUS LANES -- BUSWAYS -- TROLLEYBUS SYSTEMS -- LIGHT RAIL, METRO AND STREET TRAMWAY SYSTEMS -- MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE -- 4 PUBLIC TRANSPORT STATIONS AND TERMINALS -- LOCATION OF BUS STATIONS FOR URBAN SERVICES -- LOCATION OF BUS STATIONS FOR LONG-DISTANCE SERVICES -- SIZE AND LAYOUT OF BUS STATIONS -- LOCATION AND SIZE OF RAIL STATIONS -- FACILITIES AT STATIONS -- REGULATION, OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF STATIONS -- 5 DEPOTS AND WORKSHOPS -- BUS DEPOTS -- BUS DEPOT SIZE AND LOCATION -- DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS -- WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS -- PARKING ACCOMMODATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 6 OWNERSHIP AND STRUCTURE OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT INDUSTRY -- SIZE OF OPERATING UNIT -- SIZE OF TRANSPORT UNDERTAKING -- FORMS OF OWNERSHIP -- OPERATORS' ASSOCIATIONS AND CO-OPERATIVES -- PRIVATISATION AND COMMERCIALISATION OF PUBLICLY OWNED UNDERTAKINGS -- DIVERSIFICATION OF BUSINESSES -- MARKET SEGMENTATION -- DEDICATED TRANSPORT FOR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES -- COMPETITION, COMPLEMENTARITY, AND INTEGRATION -- 7 MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND STAFF FUNCTIONS -- BOARD STRUCTURE -- MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE -- STAFF CATEGORIES AND FUNCTIONS -- DIFFERENCES IN CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT STYLE -- 8 ROUTES AND SCHEDULES -- PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTE NETWORKS -- ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO ROUTING -- SCHEDULING PARAMETERS AND CONSIDERATIONS -- DEMAND PATTERNS -- DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO SCHEDULING -- CREW SCHEDULING -- COMPUTERISED SCHEDULING -- PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PLANNING -- 9 OPERATING SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES -- DEPOT PROCEDURES -- OPERATING SYSTEMS AT STATIONS AND TERMINALS -- CONTROL OF SERVICES -- REVENUE CONTROL SYSTEMS -- THE VEHICLE RENTAL OR "SETORAN" SYSTEM -- INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODES -- 10 VEHICLE DESIGN AND FLEET PLANNING -- DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS -- DESIGN OPTIONS -- STANDARDISATION -- FLEET REPLACEMENT POLICY -- FLEET COMPOSITION AND DEPLOYMENT -- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION -- 11 VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND MANUFACTURE -- MAINTENANCE STANDARDS -- ROUTINE SERVICING AND CLEANING -- PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE -- RECTIFICATION OF DEFECTS AND ACCIDENT DAMAGE -- SPARE PARTS -- MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT -- BUS MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 12 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING. |
| Summary |
Examines and explains the problems and characteristics of public transport systems in developing countries, and discusses the alternative modes, management methods, and forms of ownership, control, regulation and funding, with particular emphasis on what is appropriate at different stages of development and for different cultural backgrounds. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Transportation -- Developing countries.
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Transportation. |
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Developing countries. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Iles, Richard, 1945- Public transport in developing countries. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; San Diego, CA ; London : Elsevier, 2005 0080445586 (DLC) 2005040036 (OCoLC)57430301 |
| ISBN |
0080456812 (electronic book) |
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9780080456812 (electronic book) |
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0080445586 (Cloth) |
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