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Provides detailed analysis of mass transit options ranging from bicycles and buses to light and high speed rail
Presents cutting-edge developments in intelligent vehicle research for a safe and comfortable ride
Assesses the latest electric, hybrid, and fuel cell vehicle technologies
Features expert, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
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Table of contents (54 entries)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Keywords
- Active Pedestrian Protection System
- BEV
- Bicycle Integration with Public Transport
- Bus Rapic Transit
- Bus Versus Rail
- Driver Assistance Systems
- Electric Vehicles
- Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
- Fuel Cell Vehicles
- HEV
- HOT Lanes
- High Speed Rail
- Hybrid Vehicles
- Intelligent Vehicle Technology
- Light Rail Transit
- MAGLEV
- Mass Transit Science
- Mass Transit Technology
- PHEV
- Regenerative Braking
- Sustainable Transportation
- Sustainable Transportation
- Transportation Technologies Sustainability
- Vehicle Batteries Sustainability
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Mehrdad Ehsani
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Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Fei-Yue Wang
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Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Gary L. Brosch
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transportation Technologies for Sustainability
Editors: Mehrdad Ehsani, Fei-Yue Wang, Gary L. Brosch
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5844-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Energy, Reference Module Computer Science and Engineering
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5843-2Published: 01 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5844-9Published: 01 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 1190
Number of Illustrations: 350 b/w illustrations, 476 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: In 2 volumes, sold as a set
Topics: Transportation, Automotive Engineering, Sustainable Development, Energy Systems, Urban Ecology