00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000002732 20200508202003 200508||||||||| | ||| |||| ||eng|| 1574445650 010-0520002732 eng 388.0973 388.0973/PLA/H Edited by Jeremy Plant Handbook of Transportation Policy and Administration London 2007 xxi, 633 p. : Illus.; 25 cm Indeks : p. 617 - 633 In the past few decades, the field of transportation has changed dramatically. Deregulation and greater reliance on markets and the private sector has helped to reconfigure the transport industries, while the rise of intermodal goods and global commerce has produced efficiencies of operation and a greater interdependence among transport modes. Security issues have moved to the forefront as officials struggle with the challenge of protecting the vast transportation system while maintaining its operational efficiencies and effectiveness. Organized into five sections, it describes and analyzes major modes of transportation and components of the contemporary transportation system. Later chapters consider policy and administration and focus on managing transportation systems and assets. The final section covers security and protection of transportation systems. The handbook explores continuing development in the US and other nations, with an emphasis on the challenges created by technological change, globalization of the world economy, and the threat of terrorism. Transportation and State