Evolving Transportation Networks [electronic resource] /
Xie, Feng.author.
Levinson, David.author.
Over the last two centuries, the development of modern transportation has significantly transformed human life.  The main theme of this book is to understand the complexity of transportation development and model the process of network growth including its determining factors, which may be topological, morphological, temporal, technological, economic, managerial, social or political.  Using multidimensional concepts and methods, the authors develop a holistic framework to represent network growth as an open and complex process with models that demonstrate in a scientific way how numerous independent decisions made by entities such as travelers, property owners, developers, and public jurisdictions could result in a coherent network of facilities on the ground.    Models are proposed from innovative perspectives including self-organization, degeneration, and sequential connection to interpret the evolutionary growth of transportation networks in explicit consideration of independent economic and regulatory initiatives.  Employing these models, the authors survey a series of topics ranging from network hierarchy and topology to first mover advantage.  The authors demonstrate, with a wide spectrum of empirical and theoretical evidence, that network growth follows a path that is not only logical in retrospect, but also predictable and manageable from a planning perspective.  In the larger scheme of innovative transportation planning, this book provides a re-consideration of conventional planning practice and sets the stage for further development on the theory and practice of the next-generation, evolutionary planning approach in transportation, making it of interest to scholars and practitioners alike in the field of transportation.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Part I ANTECEDENTS""; ""Chapter 1Introduction""; ""Chapter2 Background""; ""2.1 Transportation geography""; ""2.2 Optimization and network design""; ""2.3 Empirical models of network growth""; ""2.4 Economics of network growth""; ""2.4.1 Transportation economics""; ""2.4.2 Urban economics""; ""2.4.3 Fiscal federalism""; ""2.4.4 Network effect""; ""2.4.5 Path dependence""; ""2.4.6 Coalition formation""; ""2.5 Network science""; ""2.6 Summary and discussion""; ""Chapter 3  Framework""; ""3.1 Supply""; ""3.2 Demand""; ""3.3 Time""; ""3.4 Space""
""3.5 Summary and discussion""""Part II NETWORK GROWTH IN THE PAST""; ""Chapter 4  Skyways in Minneapolis""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Methodology""; ""4.2.1 Accessibility analysis""; ""4.2.2 Connect-choice analysis""; ""4.3 Results""; ""4.4 Findings and concluding remarks""; ""Chapter 5 Interurbans in Indiana""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Connect-choice analysis""; ""5.3 Hypotheses""; ""5.4 Results""; ""5.5 Findings and concluding remarks""; ""Chapter 6 Streetcars in the Twin Cities""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Hypotheses""; ""6.3 Historic Data""; ""6.3.1 Network data""
""6.3.2 Population data""""6.4 Methodology""; ""6.4.1 Residential density vs. line density""; ""6.4.2 Proximity to line vs. residential density""; ""6.5 Results""; ""6.6 Findings and concluding remarks""; "" Chapter 7  First Mover Advantages""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Rail in London""; ""7.3 Aviation""; ""7.4 Container ports""; ""7.5 Roads in the Twin Cities""; ""7.6 Findings and concluding remarks""; ""Part III SPONTANEOUS ORGANIZATION""; ""Chapter 8 Hierarchy""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Model""; ""8.2.1 Land use allocation""; ""8.2.2 Travel demand models""; ""8.2.3 Investment""
""8.3 Hypothesis and experiments""""8.4 Findings and concluding remarks""; ""Chapter 9 Topology""; ""9.1 Introduction""; ""9.2 Model""; ""9.3 Measurement""; ""9.3.1 Connectivity""; ""9.3.2 Density""; ""9.3.3 Heterogeneity""; ""9.3.4 Connection patterns""; ""9.4 Model validation""; ""9.5 Simulation experiments""; ""9.5.1 Idealized network structures""; ""9.5.2 Simulation experiments""; ""9.5.3 Experimental results""; ""9.5.4 Sensitivity tests""; ""9.6 Findings and concluding remarks""; ""Chapter 10 Sequence""; ""10.1 Introduction""; ""10.2 Model""; ""10.2.1 Incremental connection problem""
""10.2.2 Model framework""""10.3 Simulation""; ""10.4 Results""; ""10.5 Findings and concluding remarks""; ""Part IV LAND USE""; ""Chapter 11 Network Diffusion and Place Formation""; ""11.1 Introduction""; ""11.2 Model""; ""11.2.1 Major assumptions""; ""11.2.2 Place formation model""; ""11.2.3 Link formation model""; ""11.3 Simulation experiments""; ""11.4 Hypotheses""; ""11.5 Results""; ""11.6 Sensitivity analysis""; ""11.7 Discussion""; ""11.8 Findings and concluding remarks""; ""Chapter 12 Coevolution of Network and Land Use""; ""12.1 Introduction""; ""12.2 Model""
""12.2.1 Travel demand models""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Over the last two centuries, the development of modern transportation has significantly transformed human life.  The main theme of this book is to understand the complexity of transportation development and model the process of network growth including its determining factors, which may be topological, morphological, temporal, technological, economic, managerial, social or political.  Using multidimensional concepts and methods, the authors develop a holistic framework to represent network growth as an open and complex process with models that demonstrate in a scientific way how numerous independent decisions made by entities such as travelers, property owners, developers, and public jurisdictions could result in a coherent network of facilities on the ground.    Models are proposed from innovative perspectives including self-organization, degeneration, and sequential connection to interpret the evolutionary growth of transportation networks in explicit consideration of independent economic and regulatory initiatives.  Employing these models, the authors survey a series of topics ranging from network hierarchy and topology to first mover advantage.  The authors demonstrate, with a wide spectrum of empirical and theoretical evidence, that network growth follows a path that is not only logical in retrospect, but also predictable and manageable from a planning perspective.  In the larger scheme of innovative transportation planning, this book provides a re-consideration of conventional planning practice and sets the stage for further development on the theory and practice of the next-generation, evolutionary planning approach in transportation, making it of interest to scholars and practitioners alike in the field of transportation.
Economic policy.
Economic Policy.
Transportation, research, economics, and policy