| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 455 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
James A. Johnson metro series
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James A. Johnson metro series.
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| Note |
Revised edition of: Stuck in traffic. 1992. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Annotation In this revised and expanded edition of his landmark work Stuck inTraffic, Anthony Downs examines the benefits and costs of variousanticongestion strategies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Traffic congestion -- United States.
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Traffic congestion. |
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United States. |
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Traffic flow -- United States.
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Traffic flow. |
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Land use, Urban -- United States.
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Land use, Urban. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Downs, Anthony.
Stuck in traffic.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Downs, Anthony. Still stuck in traffic. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2004 0815719299 (DLC) 2004004190 (OCoLC)54503623 |
| ISBN |
0815796552 (electronic book) |
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9780815796558 (electronic book) |
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9780815719298 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0815719299 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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