International handbook of transportation policy

Author(s)

• Akaha, Tsuneo

Bibliographic Information

International handbook of transportation policy

edited by Tsuneo Akaha

Greenwood Press, 1990

Note

Bibliographical : p. [361]-380

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a valuable, well-written book on the development and current state of intercity passenger and freight transportation in 12 countries (Brazil, China, East Germany, France, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the USSR, the UK, the US, West Germany, and Zaire). Locations studied represent a good mix of advanced and developing countries with market and centrally planned economies. Choice This volume surveys the public transportation systems and policies of twelve countries. It is concerned with the selected countries' experiences with the development, maintenance, and use of publicly provided transportation infrastructure for both public (commercial) and private (individual) purposes. The diversity of the countries surveyed, both in terms of the type of economic system and the level of economic development, provides rich and varied national experiences from which lessons can be learned. The volume allows the reader to compare and contrast different needs and policy responses in the public transportation sector of the countries selected. All modes of transportation are covered and both passenger and freight/cargo transportation are included. Narrative descriptions of transportation modes are accompanied by quantitative indicators of the volume of transportation and other related data. Each country chapter provides the following information: historical and geographical factors influencing the development and maintenance of the country's public transportation system and policy; the impact of socioeconomic changes and political and ideological factors on a country's public transportation system and policies; recent trends and future prospects in public transportation; and transportation policy organization and process. The survey covers the post-World War II period through 1987-88. The country chapters are followed by a bibliographical essay that introduces a selective collection of English-language materials on public transportation systems and policies in the twelve countries surveyed, as well as additional, general works on public transportation. This unique work will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in a cross-cultural perspective on transportation policy.

Table of Contents

Introduction Brazil by Dale Krane China by Jacques Yenny German Democratic Republic by Rainer Hopf France by Mitchell P. Strohl Japan by Tsuneo Akaha Korea by Young Kihl and Mary Kihl Mexico by George M. Guess Soviet Union by John P. Willerton, Jr United Kingdom by William L. Waugh, Jr. and Jane P. Sweeney United States by Frank McKenna and David Anderson West Germany by Herbert Baum Zaire by Kendall Stiles Conclusion Appendix: Comparative National Transport Statistics Selected Bibliography by Tsuneo Akaha and Troy Lyons Selected Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BA11251582
• ISBN:
  • 0313253722
• LCCN: 90002758
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 395 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HE193
  • DC20 : 388/.068
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Transportation and state -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Transportation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc