Telematics and Transport Behaviour
By: by Peter Nijkamp, Gerard Pepping, David Banister
Contributors: Pepping, Gerard; Banister, David
Series: Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series; Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9783642801419; 9783642801396
Subjects: Engineering; Economics; Geography; Regional economics
Description: A major strategy to reduce transport congestion and other social costs of transport is to ensure that travellers make the best decisions, based on real time information. A wide range of technological systems have been developed to provide this information, but little is known about how travellers actually respond to it. This book offers an overview of various transport telematics options and provides an appropriate methodological framework, followed by a presentation of results from actual applications of these telematics systems from a range of European countries in various transport sectors. The empirical results are supplemented by analytical models and geographic information systems representations with a view on generalizing these findings and identifying the key parameters which determine user response.
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Table of contents: title: Road Transport Telematics: Supply and Demand: Mobility and Telematics; title: Transport Functions of Telematics Technology Options; title: User Impact and Market Potential of Telematics; title: Potential Use of Telematics: A European Road Transport Corridor Typology; title: Actor Case Studies on Transport Telematics: Telematics Information and Car Drivers' Behaviour: A Dutch Case Study; title: Car Drivers' Response and Network Characteristics: An Italian Case Study; title: Public Transport Information Systems: An English Case Study; title: Telematics Use by Road Freight Operators: A Dutch Case Study; title: Perspectives for Transport Telematics: Views of Public Authorities on Telematics; title: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.