Restructuring public transport through bus rapid transit : an international and interdisciplinary perspective /: an international and interdisciplinary perspective. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Juan Carlos Munoz and Laurel Paget-Seekins.
• Editors: Muñoz, Juan Carlos (Muñoz Abogabir); Paget-Seekins, Laurel
• Contents: The promise of BRT / Laurel Paget-Seekins and Juan Carlos Munoz -- Global overview of BRT and bus corridors / Luis Antonio Lindau, Cristina Albuquerque Moreira da Silva, Guillermo Petzhold and Daniela Facchini -- Section 1. Institutional Relationships. The path toward integrated systems / Dario Hidalgo, Juan Carlos Munoz and Juan Miguel Velásquez -- BRT as a tool for negotiated re-regulation / Onesimo Flores Dewey -- Institutional design and regulatory frameworks / Rosário Macário, Maria Spandou and Luis Neves Filipe -- Strategic participation for change / Lake Sagaris -- Designing bus concession contracts / Patricia Galilea and Marco Batarce -- Fare structures / Marco Batarce and Corinne Mulley -- Section 2. BRT and the city. Conflict over public space / Laurel Paget-Seekins -- Designing BRT-oriented development / Chris Zegras, Anson Stewart, Rosanna Forray, Rocío Hidalgo, Cristhian Figueroa, Fábio Duarte and Jan Wampler -- Preferences for BRT and light rail / David Hensher, Corinne Mulley and John Rose -- User preferences and route choice / Sebastián Raveau, Juan Carlos Munoz and Juan de Dios Ortúzar -- Passenger information systems / Carola Zurob, José Manuel Allard, Rosário Macário, Bernardo Garcia and Camila Garcia -- Section 3. Operations and design. Opportunities provided by automated data collection systems / Nigel Wilson -- Designing a BRT-based network under integrated operations / Homero Larrain, Omar Ibarra, Juan Carlos Munoz and Corinne Mulley -- Assessing corridor performance / Juan Carlos Herrera, Juan Carlos Munoz, David Hensher, Corinne Mulley, Zheng Li and Luis Antonio Lindau -- BRRT : adding an R for reliability / Felipe Delgado, Juan Carlos Munoz and Ricardo Giesen -- Managing drivers and vehicles for cost-effective operations in regulated transit systems / Omar Ibarra, Ricardo Giesen and Juan Carlos Munoz -- Road safety impacts of BRT and busway features / Nicolae Duduta and Luis Antonio Lindau -- Looking forward / Juan Carlos Munoz and Laurel Paget-Seekins.
• Publisher Details: Bristol : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 388; Bus rapid transit; Transportation; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation; TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation; Bus rapid transit; Transportation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781447326182; 1447326180
• Related ISBNs: 9781447326236; 1447326237; 9781447326168; 1447326164
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 21, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.