Basic References

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Basic References: General

Susan C. Dresley, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Library, compiler

Altschiller, Donald. Transportation in America. Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1982, 204p.

Barwell, F.T. Automation and Control in Transport. 2nd rev. ed. New York: Pergamon Press, 1983, 390p.

This new edition provides a comprehensive treatise of ground transportation systems worldwide, their operation and maintenance, with particular emphasis on the automation and control aspects of the industry.

Berechman, Joseph, et al. Transport and Land Use. Cheltenham, England: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1996, 708p.

Bruzelius, Nils. The Value of Travel Time: Theory and Measurement. London: Croom Helm, 1979, 222p.

"This book concentrates on leisure travel time and, using the framework of welfare economic theory, explains how time saving and time losses in travel constitute an economic problem. It analyses how the value of time saving should be measured and how this can be accomplished using econometric models. The book also demonstrates how this type of analysis can be used in practical planning how available knowledge can and should be implemented."

Cervero, Robert. Suburban Gridlock. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1986, 248p.

Coyle, John J., et al. Transportation. 5th ed. Cincinnati, OH: South-Western College Publishing, 2000, 512p.

"This updated fifth edition of the popular textbook stresses that regardless of constantly changing regulation, technology, and industry structure, the movement of freight and people will always be crucial for the success of supply chain management."

Daggett, Stuart. Principles of Inland Navigation. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1979, c1955, 788p.

A reprint of the 4th edition published by Harper, New York and divided into eight parts: (1) introductory survey of agencies, (2) transportation geography, (3) relations between the carriers, (4) the users of transportation service, (5) rates, (6) competition, (7) relations of carriers with each other, and (8) problems and practice of regulation.

Du Jonchay, Ivan. Handbook of World Transport. Translated by Loren Goldner. New York: Facts on File, 1978, 146p.

Translation of "Les grands transports mondiaux."

Ellis, L. Armstrong, et al., eds. History of Public Works in the United States, 1776-1976. Chicago, IL: American Public Works Association, 1976, 736p.

"Describes this nation's efforts to protect and enhance the human environment." Topics include: Waterways, Roads, Streets and Highways, Highway Structures and Traffic Controls, Railroads, Urban Mass Transportation, Airways and Airports, Aerospace.

Farris, Martin T. and Forrest E. Harding. Passenger Transportation. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1976, 290p.

Faulks, Rex W. International Transport : an Introduction to Current Practices and Future Trends. London: Kogan Page, 1999, 210 p.

First published as Elements of Transport.

Ferguson, Erik. Travel Demand Management and Public Policy. Aldershot, Hants: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2000, 350p.

"Describes recent policy innovations in transportation system management, planning and operations in the US that explicitly address interactions between transportation demands and travel behavior in a mixed economy."

Flood, Kenneth U., et al. Transportation Management. 4th ed., Dubuque, IA: W. C. Brown, 1984, 705p.

Garrison, William L. and Jerry E. Ward. Tomorrow's Transportation: Changing Cities, Economies and Lives. Boston: Artech House, 2000, 316p.

Focuses on the social, economic and environmental issues that are currently driving ITS innovation in vehicular, rail, and air traffic management through the presentation of case studies.

Geerlings, Harry. Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Mobility: the Role of Technological Innovations. Berlin: Springer, 1999, 262p.

Provides insight into the relationship between transport and the environment, the role of technology and the meaning of the concept of sustainable development for the transport sector.

Gentry, Julie J. Purchasing's Involvement in Transportation Decisionmaking. Tempe, AZ: Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies, 1991, 40p.

Guandolo, John. Transportation Law. 4th ed. Dubuque, IA: W. C. Brown Co., 1983, 1054p.

Designed to meet the needs of those interested in transportation regulation, a treatise on transportation law.

Hall, Randolph W., ed. Handbook of Transportation Science. Boston: Kluwer Academic, 1999, 532p.

Hensher, David A. and Kenneth J. Button, eds. Handbook of Transport Modelling. Amsterdam; New York: Pergamon, 2000, 666p.

Written for the professional seeking a broad and thorough initial perspective of transport modeling. The text focuses on five themes: demand methods, data issues, valuation, cost and performance, and traffic models.

Lieb, Robert C. Transportation. 4th ed. Houston, TX: Dame Pub. Inc., 1994, 471p.

Loeb, Peter D., et al. Causes and Deterrents of Transportation Accidents: Analysis by Mode, Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1994, 220p.

Examines causes and deterrents of transportation accidents by mode--automobiles, truck, air, recreational boating, commercial vessels, and railroads--with the focus on accidents in the United States.

Manheim, Marvin L. Fundamentals of Transportation Systems Analysis. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1979, 658p.

Provides a synthesis of concepts from economics, engineering, operations research, and public policy analysis applicable to transportation systems problems.

Meyer, John R., et al. Urban Transportation Problem. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1966, 427p.

Based on Rand Corporation studies in urban transportation, it focuses on the basic economic and technological forces that are affecting urban areas and that affect goal setting for urban transportation.

Nelson, Paul M., ed. Transportation Noise Reference Book. Boston, MA: Butterworth, 1987, 576p.

Osborne, D. J. and J. A. Lewis, eds. Human Factors in Transport Research. New York: Academic Press, 1980, 2v.

Based on the proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics and Transport held in Swansea from 8-12 September 1980, convened by the Ergonomics Society.

Owen, Wilfred. Transportation and World Development. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 156p.

Papageorgiou, Markos, ed. Concise Encyclopedia of Traffic & Transportation Systems. Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1991, 658p.

Poortvliet, Ab van. Risks, Disasters, and Management: Understanding the Management of High Risks and Its Consequences for Passenger Safety. Delft: Eburon, 1999, 236p.

Rallis, Tom. Intercity Transport: Engineering and Planning. New York: Wiley, 1977, 232p.

Rand McNally and Company. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Transportation. Chicago, IL: Rand McNally, 1976, 256p.

Robinson, Roger. Ways to Move; The Geography of Networks and Accessibility. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1977, 90p.

Sampson, Roy J. et al. Domestic Transportation : Practice, Theory and Policy. 6th ed. Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1990, 747p.

Intended as an introductory text for economists and business administration students, it incorporates an applied with a theoretical approach to domestic transportation.

Scheppach, Raymond C. and L. Carl Woehlcke. Transportation Productivity: Measurement and Policy Applications. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1975, 125p.

Stephenson, Frederick J., Jr. Transportation U.S.A. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1987, 672p.

Sussman, Joseph. Introduction to Transportation Systems. Boston: Artech House, 2000, 470p.

Provides a 30 point framework underlying most major transportation systems, and closely examines current and emerging trends to improve freight and passenger transportation.

Taaffe, Edward J., et al. Geography of Transportation. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996, 422p.

This comprehensive overview of the field of transport geography explores both institutional and analytical approaches to both intra- and inter-urban transport. Describes the historical development of U.S. transportation in the context of basic concepts and themes in transportation geography.

Transportation in the United States: a Review. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 1997, 31p.

This reports provides a snapshot of the transportation system, highlighting its physical characteristics and trends in passenger travel and freight movement. In addition, it examines transportation's economic performance, its safety record, energy use, and environmental impacts.

U.S. National Science and Technology Council. Intermodal Cargo Transportation: Industry Best Security Practices. Washington, DC: The Council, 1999. Available from: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/strtplns/nstc/cargo/index.html; Internet; Accessed June 2001.

Based on research, interviews and on-site evaluations, this report identifies the issues related to security of cargo terminals.

Watson, Peter L. The Value of Time; Behavioral Models of Modal Choice. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1974, 170p.

White, Eston T. Transportation. Washington, DC: National Defense University, 1981, 218p.

Wood, Donald F. and James C. Johnson. Contemporary Transportation. 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996, 603p.

Provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction to transportation and transportation management. This fifth edition focuses on the continuing impact of regulation on the various forms of transportation.

Basic References: Economics

Susan C. Dresley, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Library, compiler

Abouchar, Alan. Transportation Economics and Public Policy, with Urban Extensions. New York: Wiley, 1977, 327p.

Discusses the theory of public expenditures, analysis of transport cost, the planning and project investment decision and the problem in urban economic analysis.

Adler, Hans A. Economic Appraisal of Transport Projects : A Manual with Case Studies. Revised and Expanded Edition. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins, 1987, 256p.

Boyer, Kenneth D. Principles of Transportation Economics. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1998, 416p.

Serves as an introduction into the distinctive elements of transportation economics, describing how the standard pieces of economic analysis are applied in the transport sector.

Button, Kenneth J. Transport Economics. 2nd ed. Aldershot, Hants, England: Elgar Publishing Co., 1993, 269p.

Button, Kenneth J. and A. D. Pearman, eds. The Practice of Transport Investment Appraisal. Aldershot, Hants, England: Gower Publishing Co., 1983, 272p.

Daughety, Andrew F., ed. Analytical Studies in Transport Economics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985, 253p.

Dempsey, Paul S. and William E. Thoms. Law and Economic Regulation in Transportation. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1986, 349p.

Glaister, Stephen. Fundamentals of Transport Economics. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981, 194p.

Introduces the reader to simple, quantitative tools to solve real problems in transport economics.

Gomez-Ibanez, Jose A, et al. Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy : a Handbook in Honor of John R. Meyer. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1999, 577p.

"This comprehensive survey of transportation economic policy pays homage to a classic work, Techniques of Transportation Planning, by renowned transportation scholar John R. Meyer. With contributions from leading economists in the field, it includes added emphasis on policy developments and analysis. The book covers the basic analytic methods used in transportation economics and policy analysis; focuses on the automobile, as both the mainstay of American transportation and the source of some of its most serious difficulties; covers key issues of urban public transportation; and analyzes the impact of regulation and deregulation on the U.S. airline, railroad, and trucking industries."

Greene, David L. et al., eds. The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation: Contributions to Theory, Method, and Measurement. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1997, 406p.

Provides readers with a greater understanding of the relevance of social cost and benefit measures to transportation efficiency, equity, and performance, and of the broader role of transportation in the economy.

Harrison, Anthony John. The Economics of Transport Appraisal. New York: Wiley, 1974, 293p.

Discusses the application of economic analysis to transport projects and its cost benefit analyses. Its purpose is to "devise means of comparing the relative merits of different proposals within each part of the transport sector, between parts of the sector and between transport and the rest of the economy."

Hensher, David and Ann Brewer. Transport: An Economics and Management Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, 373p.

Thoroughly covers both economics and management theory.

Jansson, Jan Owen. Transport System Optimization and Pricing. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1984, 280p.

"Proposes a new and reasonably coherent approach to prescriptive price theory for transport services." Part I presents the basic theory; Part II applications of the basic theory to public transport, cargo shipping, seaports and roads, and Part III, second best pricing under a budget constraint.

Kahn, Alfred E. The Economics of Regulation : Principles and Institutions. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1988, 592p.

Keeler, Theodore E., ed. Research in Transportation Economics : A Research Annual. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press Inc., 1873 - irregular.

Purpose is to publish high-quality research in the field of transportation economics. Papers cover all areas of transportation economics, urban and intercity, passenger and freight.

McCarthy, Patrick S. Transportation Economics. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, Inc., 2001, 640 p.

Examines transportation markets and standard economic tools, how these resources are used, and how the allocation of society resources affects transportation activities. It uses a detailed analysis of econometric results from current transportation literature to provide an integrated collection of theory and application.

Mohring, Herbert, ed. The Economics of Transport. Aldershot, Hants, England: E. Edgar Publishing Co., 1994, 2 v.

Phillips, Charles F. The Economics of Regulation: Theory and Practice in the Transportation and Public Utility Industries. Ann Arbor, MI: Books on Demand, 1969.

Roe, Michael. Evaluation Methodologies for Transport Investment. Aldershot, Hants, England: Avebury, 1987, 302p.

Starkie, D. N. M., et al. Pricing and Cost Recovery in Long Distance Transport. Hingham, MA: Martinus Nijhoff, 1982, 301p.

U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Transportation Satellite Accounts: A New Way of Measuring Transportation Services in America. Washington, DC: The Bureau, 1999, 105p. CD-ROM available. Also available from http://www.bts.gov/programs/transtu/tsa92.pdf; Internet; Accessed July 2002.

Presents a complete picture of transportation in the U.S. economy through the use of economic accounts of transportation. Presents a complete picture of transportation in the U.S. economy through the use of economic accounts of transportation. Built in the general framework of the U.S. input-output accounts, TSAs provide detailed information on transportation at both industry and commodity levels.

Wilson, George Wilton. Economic Analysis of Intercity Freight Transportation. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1980, 338p.

Basic References: Energy

Susan C. Dresley, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Library, compiler

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, Inc. 1996 - . Annual.

Daniels, George H. and Mark H. Rose, eds. Energy and Transport: Historical Perspectives on Policy Issues. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1982, 287p.

Davis, Stacy C. Transportation Energy Data Book. Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Annual. Available from: http://www-cta.ornl.gov; Internet; Accessed June 2001.

Energy Savings in the Transport Sector. 1st Ed. Technical Report No. 25. Paris, France: United Nations Environment Programme, Industry and Environment. 1995. 79p.

Euritt, Mark A. Framework for Evaluating Transportation Control Measures: Energy, Air Quality, and Mobility Tradeoffs. College Station, TX: Southwest Region University Transportation Center, Texas Transportation Institute, 1994, 101p.

Global Transport and Energy Development: The Scope for Change. London, UK: World Energy Council. 1998. 49p.

Greene, David L. Transportation and Energy. Lansdowne, VA: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc. 1996. 301p.

Meet: Methodology for Calculating Transport Emissions and Energy Consumption. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities; Lanham, MD: Bern an Associates [distributor]. 1999. 362p.

Newman, Peter W. and Jeffrey R. Kenworthy. Cities and Automobile Dependence: An International Sourcebook. Brookfield, VT: Gower, 1989, 388p.

Presents a collection of urban transport, energy and land use data in 32 cities on four continents. Analyzes similarities and differences of auto-dependence in these cities.

Nivola, Pietro S. and Robert W. Crandall. The Extra Mile: Rethinking Energy Policy for Transportation. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1995, 180p.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The Road from Kyoto: Current CO2 and Transport Policies in the IEA. Paris: OECD: IEA, 2000, 169p.

President's Council on Sustainable Development. Energy and Transportation Task Force Report. Washington, DC: The Council, 1996, 93p.

Sperling, Daniel and Susan A. Shaheen, eds. Transportation and Energy: Strategies for a Transportation System. Washington, DC: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 1995, 305p.

"Papers from a conference organized by the Institute of Transportation Studies - Davis in conjunction with the Transportation Research Board, held in August 1993."

Transportation and Global Climate Change: A Review and Analysis of the Literature. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration. Technology Sharing Program. Report No. DOT-T-97-03. 1998. 1v. Also available from http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/lit.htm; Internet; Accessed July 2002. Available from NTIS. Order number PB99-129132.

U.S. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Saving Energy in U.S. Transportation. Washington, DC: The Office, 1994, 265p. OTA-ETI-589. Available through U.S. GPO, Superintendent of Documents. Also available from http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1994/9432_n.html; Internet; Accessed July 2002.

U.S. Department of Energy. Annual Energy Outlook 2000: With Projections to 2020. Washington, DC: Energy Information Administration. Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting. 1999. Annual. Available through U.S. GPO, Superintendent of Documents. Also available from: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/index.html; Internet; Accessed June 2001.

U.S. Department of Energy. Annual Energy Review. Washington, DC: Energy Information Administration. Office of Energy Markets and End Use. Annual. Available through U.S. GPO, Superintendent of Documents. Also available from: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/; Internet; Accessed June 2001.

U.S. Department of Energy. International Energy Annual. Washington, DC: Energy Information Administration. Office of Energy Markets and End Use. Annual. Available through U.S. GPO, Superintendent of Documents. Also available from: http://www.eia.doe.gov/iea/; Internet; Accessed June 2001.

U.S. National Energy Policy Development Group. Reliable, Affordable, and Environmentally Sound Energy for America's Future: Report of the National Energy Policy Development Group. Washington, DC: The Group, Available through the U.S. GPO, Superintendent of Documents. 2001. 1v.

Basic References: Engineering

Susan C. Dresley, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Library, compiler

Banks, James H. Introduction to Transportation Engineering. Boston: WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1998, 388p.

Intended as an introductory course in transportation engineering, the text emphasizes the social, economic, and political context of transportation.

Bielli, M., et al. eds. Artificial Intelligence Applications to Traffic Engineering. Utrecht, The Netherlands: VSP, 1994, 324p.

Provides an overview of applications of AI technology in the field of traffic control and management.

Garber, Nicholas J. and Lester A. Hoel. Traffic and Highway Engineering. 2nd ed. Boston: PWS Pub. Co., 1997, 1110p.

This new edition includes new material on intermodal transportation system and highway safety. It also adds new chapters on safety and intersection design, and reflects the 1998 revised TEA-21 legislation.

Hay, William W. An Introduction to Transportation Engineering. 3rd ed. New York: Wiley, 1989, 680p.

Khisty, C. Jotin. Transportation Engineering: An Introduction. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990, 673p.

This text covers the essentials of transportation engineering, planning, and management with an interdisciplinary approach. Incorporates quantitative and policy-oriented topics.

Papacostas, C. S. and Panos D. Prevedouros. Transportation Engineering and Planning. 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001, 750p.

This textbook and reference offers up-to-date information about transportation engineering and planning, including basic engineering principles, geometric design, and intelligent transportation systems.

Wright, Paul H., et al. Transportation Engineering: Planning and Design, 4th ed. New York: J. Wiley, 1998, 680p.

Explores short and long term transportation planning as well as non-engineering aspects integrated on a multimodal systems basis. It also examines the design of facilities that serve individual transportation modes including land, sea, and air.

Basic References: Environment

Clara Smith, U.S. Department of Transportation Library, compiler

Banister, David, and Kenneth Button. Transport, the Environment and Sustainable Development. Florence, KY: E & F N Spon, 1993, 275p.

Banister, David. Transport Policy & the Environment. Florence, KY: E & F N Spon, 1999, 352p.

Examines the role of transportation in the environmental issue by looking at the conflicts arising from the implementation of certain policies and developing new methods of data collection.

Benfield, F.K, et al. Once There Were Greenfields. How Urban Sprawl is Undermining America's Environment, Economy, and Social Fabric. New York, NY: Natural Resources Defense Council, 1999, 215p.

Examines the impact on cities and the environment as development expands outward. Presents strategies and examples that may result in environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable future.

Borrego, C.A. and L. Sucharov. Urban Transport IV: Urban Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century. Billerica, MA: Computational Mechanics, 1998, 636p.

Contains proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century.

Brebbia, C.A., and L. Sucharov. Urban Transport VII: Urban Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century. Billerica, MA: Wit Press/Computational Mechanics, 2001, 576p.

Contains proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century.

Button, Kenneth. Environment and Transport. (Environmental Analysis and Economic Policy Series). Williston, VT: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 1999, 500p.

Examines the role of transportation in modern society and how technology has solved some of its inherent problems.

Button, Kenneth. Transport, the Environment, and Economic Policy. Brookfield, VT: Elgar, 1993, 165p.

Button, Kenneth and Erik T. Verhoef. Road Pricing, Traffic Congestion and the Environment: Issues of Efficiency. Williston, VT: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1998, 316p.

Discusses the relationship between road pricing and congestion costs.

Cohn, Louis and Gary R. McVoy. Environmental Analysis of Transportation Systems. New York, NY: Wiley, 1982, 374p.

DeCicco, J and M. Delucchi. Transportation, Energy, and Environment: How Far can Technology Take Us? Washington, DC: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 1997, 278p.

Examines the potential for technological improvements in highway vehicles, railroads, and aircraft to move the U.S. transportation system.

Economic and Social Commission for Asia. Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development II. New York, NY: United Nations Publications, 2000, 252p.

Based on materials presented at the Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on Energy Infrastructure and Energy Pricing Policies held in Bangkok from May 28-30 1997.

Euritt, Mark et al. Framework for Evaluating Transportation Control Measures: Energy, Air Quality, and Mobility Tradeoffs. College Station, TX: Southwest Region University Transportation Center, 1994, 101p.

Gordon, Deborah. Steering a New Course: Transportation, Energy, and the Environment. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1991, 244p.

Presents a comprehensive survey and analysis of U.S. transportation and how it contributes to environmental problems.

Greene, David L. et al. The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation: Contributions to Theory, Method, and Management. New York, NY: Springer Verlag, 1997, 406p.

Hart, Stanley I. and Alvin L. Spivak. Elephant in the Bedroom: Automobile Dependence & Denial: Impacts on the Economy and Environment. Carol Stream. IL: Hope Publishing, 1993. 173p.

The authors' thesis is that the automobile is more costly to society than projected. Their solution is to add the full cost of all automobiles, highways, and automobile by-products.

Kennedy, Rob and Sarah Clark Stuart. Transportation Action Guide: Fair and Sustainable Mobility in the 1990's. New York, NY: Environmental Defense Fund, 1993, 154p.

Kroon, M. et al. Freight Transport and the Environment, New York, NY: Elsevier Science, 1991, 356p.

Provides a survey of present and potential approaches to reconcile the need for increasing transportation and the impact on the environment

Lomax, Timothy et al. Evaluating Mobility and Energy Efficiency. College Station, TX: Southwest Region University Transportation Center, 1994, 162p.

McDowell, Bruce. Environmental Consequences of a Reduced Federal Role in Transportation. Lansdowne, VA: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., 1997, 69p.

Marzotto, Tony et al. Evolution of Public Policy: Cars and the Environment. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000, 229p.

Traces the employee commute option through its stages from initial idea through enactment and implementation to evolution and reformulation.

Nieuwenhuis, Peter and Peter Wells. Motor Vehicles in the Environment: Principles and Practice. New York, NY: Wiley, 1994, 196p.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Reforming Energy and Transport Subsidies: Environmental Implications. Paris, France: OECD, 1997, 165p.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Strategic Environmental Assessment in the Transport Sector. Paris, France: OECD, 1998, 90p.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Transport and the Environment. Paris, France: OECD, 1998, 131p.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Transport Policy and the Environment. Paris, France: OECD, 1990, 199p.

Palomas, Gonzales, Diaz-Cobo, Oscar and Christian Jamet, eds. Urban Transport and Environment. Brookfield, VT: Balkema Publishers, 2000, 920p.

Contains papers that examine transportation policies, planning, urban development, management measures and various other topics.

Report of the Seventy-Ninth Round Table on Transport Economics, held in Paris on 8th-9th December 1988. Environment and Transport Infrastructures. Paris, France: European Conference of Ministers of Transport, 1989, 157p.

Recio, J., Baldasano, M. and L. Sucharov. Urban Transport and the Environment II. Billerica, MD: Computational Mechanics, 1996, 604p.

Reynolds, John G. et al. Designing Transportation Fuels for a Cleaner Environment. Levitton, PA: Taylor & Francis, 1999, 224p.

Considers the role of transportation fuel composition and regulatory policies. Includes an overview of the history of the Clean Air Act.

Robinson, John. Highways and Our Environment. Blacklick, OH: McGraw Hill Text, 1971, 340p.

Rock, Maxine. Automobile and the Environment, Oklahoma City, OK: Chelsea House Publisher, 1992, 110p.

Society of Automotive Engineers. Vehicle Electronics Meeting Society's Needs: Energy, Environment, Safety: Proceedings of the 1992 International Congress on Transportation Electronics. Warrendale, PA: The Society, 1992.

Stephenson, Amy and Gayle L. Heath. An Annotated Bibliography of Transportation-Related Air Quality Documents, 1989-1994. College Station, TX: Texas Transportation Institute, 1995, 201 p. Available from NTIS. Order number PB95-242111.

Stephenson, Amy and George B. Dresser. An Outline of Transportation-Related Requirements for Compliance with the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. College Station, TX: Texas Transportation Institute, 1993, 64p. Available from NTIS. Order number PB94-123973

Stringer, Peter. Transportation Planning for a Better Environment, New York, NY: Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1976, 439p.

Sucharov, L. Urban Transport V: Urban Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century. Billerica, MA: Wit Press/Computational Mechanics, 1997, 472p.

Sucharov, L. and G. Bidini. Urban Transport and the Environment for the 21st Century III. Billerica, MA: Wit Press/Computational Mechanics, 2001, 576p.

Contains the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Urban Transport and Environment for the 21st Century held in Perusta, Italy, September 23-25, 1997.

Transportation Research Board. Air Quality, Environment, and Energy. Washington, DC: The Board, 1993, 112p. (TRR 1366).

Transportation Research Board. Current Environmental Research in Transportation. Washington, DC: The Board, 1997, 108p. (TRR 1240).

Transportation Research Board. Effects of Transportation on Energy and Air Quality. Washington, DC: The Board, 1997,136p. (TRR 1587).

Transportation Research Board. Energy and Environmental Issues, 1991. Washington, DC: The Board, 1991,183p. (TRR 1312).

Transportation Research Board. Environmental Issues in Transportation. Washington, DC: The Board, 1997, 108p. (TRR 1601).

Transportation Research Board. Environmental Analysis, Air Quality, Noise, Energy, and Alternate Fuels. Washington, DC: The Board, 1993, 130p. (TRR 1416).

Transportation Research Board. Environmental, Social, and Economic Effects of Transportation. Washington, DC: The Board, 1996, 105p. (TRR 1559).

Transportation Research Board. Environmental and Social Effects of Transportation. Washington, DC: The Board, 1998, 158p. (TRR 1626)

Transportation Research Board. Guidance for Estimating the Indirect Effects of Proposed Transportation Projects. Washington, DC: The Board, 1998, 209p. (NCHRP 403).

Transportation Research Board. Research on Noise and Environmental Issues. Transportation Research Record No. 1176. Washington, DC: The Board, 1989, 108p.

Transportation Research Board. Transportation, Energy, and Environment: Policies to Promote Sustainability. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999, 271p. (TRR 1492).

Transportation Research Board. Transportation Environmental Issues: Air, Noise, Water, Mitigation Processes, and Alternative Fuels. No. 1444. Washington, DC: The Board, 1994, 179p. (TRR 1444).

Transportation Research Board. Transportation-Related Air Quality & Energy. Washington, DC: The Board, 1996, 172p. (TRR 1520).

Tolley, R.S. Greening of Urban Transport: Planning for Walking and Cycling in Western Cities. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Son Ltd, 1997, 508p.

Provides arguments for incorporating green modes of transportation into city transportation planning. Describes theoretical and practical considerations.

U.S. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Policy. Transportation and the Environment: An Annotated Bibliography. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1992, 52p.

U.S. General Accounting Office. Aviation and the Environment: FAA's Role in Major Airport Noise Programs. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2000, 102p. Also available at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/rc00098.pdf; Internet; Accessed July 2002.

Vasconcellos, Eduardo. Urban Transport, Environment, and Equity: The Case for Developing Countries. Sterling, VA: Earthscan Publishing Ltd, 2001, 368p.

Whitman, Ira L. and Janet K. Baker. Study Design: Highway Transportation and the Quality of the Physical Environment: Final Report. Columbus OH: Battelle Memorial Institute, 1970, 65p.

York, Marie. Secondary and Cumulative Environmental Impacts of Transportation Projects. Fort Lauderdale, FL: Florida International University Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems, 1998, 153p.

Basic References: Intermodalism

Susan C. Dresley, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Library, compiler

Barami, Bahar. Partnership to Promote Enhanced Freight Movements at International Border Gateways: A Strategic Plan. Cambridge, MA: John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 2000, 40p. Available from: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/strtplns/index.html; Internet; Accessed June 2001.

"The gateways partnership promotes an integrated freight R & D and investment policy and private-public collaboration on large-scale investment projects. This strategic plan outlines the partnership's outcome goal, investment strategies, and anticipated impact for border gateways. Together with a companion document for ports and intermodal terminals (listed below), this plan provides a framework for a comprehensive R&D investment strategy for freight transportation."

Barami, Bahar. Partnership to Promote Enhanced Freight Movements at Port and Intermodal Terminals: A Strategic Plan. Cambridge, MA: John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 2000, 33p. Available from: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/strtplns/index.html; Internet; Accessed June 2001.

Barnhart, Cynthia, et al. Intermodal Freight Operations. Cambridge, MA: The New England University Transportation Center, 1995. NTIS order number: PB96-139803.

Boske, Leigh B., project director. Case Studies of Multimodal/Intermodal Transportation Planning Methods, Funding Programs, and Projects. Austin, TX: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, 1999, 499p.

This report provides a more detailed appraisal of a spectrum of multimodal/intermodal practices from which policymakers could select those practices deemed most advantageous and appropriate. It is the second in a two-part series.

Boske, Leigh B., project director. Multimodal/Intermodal Transportation in the United States, Western Europe, and Latin America : Government Policies, Plans, and Programs. Austin, TX: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, 1998, 540p.

This report highlights global "best practices" in governmental multimodal/intermodal transport policies, plans and programs.

DeBoer, David J. Piggyback and Containers: A History of Rail Intermodal on America's Steel Highways. San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1992, 192p.

Traces the history of intermodal transportation from the 1930s to the present. Full of black and white photographs.

Drewry Shipping Consultants. Global Container Markets : Prospects and Profitability in High Growth Era. London: Drewry, 1996, 165p.

Friedlaender, Ann F. An Integrated Policy Model for the Surface Freight Transportation Industries. Cambridge, MA: Center for Transportation Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976, 96p.

Intermodal Freight Transport in Europe and the United States: Report of an Eno Transportation Foundation Policy Forum held October 30-31, 1997. Lansdown, VA: The Eno Foundation, 1998, 90p.

This forum brought together key industry and public sector representatives to identify issues that hinder the smooth transport of cargo from an intermodal standpoint.

Jane's Intermodal Transport. Coulsdon, Surrey, England: Jane's Information Group Ltd., 1995.

Earlier title: Jane's Containerisation Directory.

Lieb, Robert C. Freight Transportation : A Study of Federal Intermodal Ownership Policy. New York: Praeger, 1972, 224p.

Written in the early 1970s, this book provides a comprehensive legal and economic analysis of the concept of intermodal ownership.

Maze, Thomas H., Walter, Clyde K. and Benjamin J. Allen. The Changing Role of Freight Transportation Modes and Intermodal Freight. Ames, IA: Midwest Transportation Center, Iowa State University, 1990, 267p.

McKenzie, David R., et al. Intermodal Transportation : the Whole Story. Omaha, NE: Simmons-Boardman, 1989, 289p.

Describes the historical development of intermodal transportation and then focuses on the issues facing the 1990s: intermodal equipment, operations, infrastructure, marketing and management, and the future.

Muller, Gerhardt. Intermodal Freight Transportation. 4th ed. Washington, DC: Eno Foundation; Intermodal Association of North America, 1999, 502p.

This fourth edition is a joint undertaking of the Eno Foundation and the Intermodal Association of North America. Provides a comprehensive overview of intermodal freight transportation.

National Commission on Intermodal Transportation. Toward a National Intermodal Transportation System. Washington, DC: The Commission, 1994, 60p.

National Research Council. National Conference on Intermodalism: Making the Case, Making it Happen, New Orleans, LA, December 7-9, 1994. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996, 254p. (Conference Proceedings 11).

Jointly funded by six agencies of the U.S. Department of Transportation, the key concepts discussed provide guidance on how intermodalism can be successfully incorporated into planning and investment decisions.

National Research Council. National Conference on Setting an Intermodal Transportation Research Framework, Washington, DC, March 4-5, 1996. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997, 97p. (Conference Proceedings 12).

TRB organized the conference at the request of the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, U.S. Department of Defense and the Office of Intermodalism of the U.S. Department of Transportation. 140 prominent professionals were brought together to review current practices as well as to develop a future vision for the private/commercial sector, the public sector, and the U.S. Military.

National Research Council. Policy Options for Intermodal Freight Transportation. Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, 1998, 315p. (Special Report 252).

This report defines the principles to guide decision as governments venture into developing new transportation infrastructure projects and forms of arrangements with users that will be needed to respond to changes in the freight industry.

Reebie Associates, et al. National Intermodal Network Feasibility Study -Part I and Part II. Washington, DC: Federal Railroad Administration, 2v., 1976. Available from NTIS. Part I: PB-258 196/5/XAB ; Part II: PB-258 197/3/XAB

Part I includes Volumes I - IV ; Part II includes Appendices 1-4.

Shapiro, Phillip S. Intermodal Ground Access to Airports: a Planning Guide--Final Report. Washington, DC: Federal Aviation Administration, 1997. Available from NTIS. Order number PB97-189484.

Toward Improved Intermodal Freight in Europe and the United States, Next Steps: Report of an Eno Transportation Foundation Policy Forum Held November 19-20, 1998. Washington DC: The Foundation, 1999, 86p.

In November 1998, officials from Europe and the United States met to discuss ways to improve intermodal freight operations between the two continents. Separate discussions were held on : standardization of loading units, liability for damage and loss of intermodal cargo, economic regulation of competition in transport, and best practices in intermodal transport.

U.S. Department of Transportation, Intermodal Freight Committee. Intermodal Passenger Terminal Facilities : Project Summaries; a Compendium of Proposed, Active, and Completed Intermodal Passenger Terminal Facilities. Washington, DC: The Department, 1994, 254p.

U.S. National Science and Technology Council and John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. Intermodal Cargo Transportation : Industry Best Practices. Washington, DC: The Council, 1999. Available from: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/strtplns/index.html; Internet; Accessed June 2001.

Basic References: Physical Distribution

Susan C. Dresley, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center Library, compiler

Ballou, Ronald H. Business Logistics Management : Planning & Control. 4th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1999, 681p.

Emphasizes strategic planning and decision making as the most important parts of the management process.

Bowersox, Donald J. and David J. Closs. Logistical Management: the Integrated Supply Chain Process. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, 1996. 720p.

The text is targeted as the required course for all majors of transportation, logistics and materials management.

Bowersox, Donald J., et al. 21st Century Logistics : Making Supply Chain Integration a Reality. Oak Brook, IL: Council of Logistics Management, 1999. 264p. + 1 computer disk.

Brewer, Ann, et al., eds. The Handbook of Logistics and Supply-Chain Management. Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier Science, 2001

Contains commissioned refereed papers from international experts that cover the main elements of transport logistics.

Cooper, James, ed. Logistics and Distribution Planning: Strategies for Management. 2nd ed. London: Kogan Page, 1994, 318p.

Coyle, John J. et al. The Management of Business Logistics. 6th ed., Minneapolis/St.Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996, 631p.

Fair, Marvin L. and Ernest W. Williams, Jr. Transportation and Logistics. Plano, TX: Business Publications, 1981 rev. ed., 512p.

Previously published as Economics of Transportation and Logistics, 1975.

Friedlaender, Ann F. and Richard H. Spady. Freight Transport Regulation: Equity, Efficiency & Competition in the Rail and Trucking Industries. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1981, 400p.

Johnson, James C. and Donald F. Wood. Contemporary Logistics. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1999, 586p.

Stresses transportation a crucial element in a total physical distribution/logistics system.

Kasilingam, Raja G. Logistics and Transportation : Design and Planning. Dordrecht; London: Kluwer Academic, 1998, 297p.

This text is focused on the key activities within the functional areas of logistics and transportation with emphasis on the quantitative treatment of the design and planning issue in logistics. Provides a comprehensive treatment of supply chain.

McKinnon, Alan. Physical Distribution Systems. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 1989, 316p.

Examines physical distribution systems from the history of marketing channels to the current modes of distribution between factories, depots and shops, including a discussion of international distribution and exporting.

Robeson, James F., ed. et al. The Logistics Handbook. New York: The Free Press, 1994, 953p.

This handbook encompasses all of the latest advances in warehousing and distribution, and expands on this function--including new technological applications and how to manage them. Covers all aspects of logistics and approaches to logistics management spanning the entire materials pipeline.

Stock, James R and Douglas R. Strategic Logistics Management. 4th ed. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2001, 862p.

Presents state-of-the-art logistics information and technology from a marketing perspective.

Tompkins, James A. and Dale Hamelink, eds. The Distribution Management Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.

Presents managers with both a state-of- the-art review of distribution science and a practical guide to day- to-day distribution issues that impact directly on customer satisfaction and the total cost of distribution.

Wood, Donald F. et al. International Logistics. New York: Chapman & Hall, 1995, 370p.

Integrates cultural, functional, and strategic aspects of global logistics. The authors combine diverse viewpoints to present a coherent perspective on global logistics from raw materials through protection to the customer.

Basic References: Planning

Clara Smith, Tom Haggerty, Dr. Dale Grinder, D'Borah Hart, Mon-Hua Kuo, Michele Masias, Delia Ulberg, U.S. Department of Transportation Library, compilers

Bajpai, Jitendra N. Forecasting the Basic Inputs to Transportation Planning at the Zonal Level. Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, 1990, 55p. (NCHRP Report 328). NTIS order number: PB 90-272030 XSP.

Recommends a combination of Delphi method and formal analytical methods as the best approach to forecast sub-regional socioeconomic variables. Local road design may be severely affected by data errors.

Banister, David. Transport Planning in the UK, USA and Europe. London; New York: E &FN Spon, 1994, 247p.

Describes how transportation planning evolved and its relationship to policy decisions.

Bell, Michael G. H. and Chris Cassir, eds. Reliability of Transport Networks. Baldock, Hertfordshire, England; Philadelphia, PA: Research Studies Press, 2000, 243p.

This collection of papers submitted at a Kyoto University seminar as a follow up to the catastrophic effects of a 1995 earthquake on the transportation network of Kobe, Japan examines the reliability of the network as a whole when parts of it are not performing well due to accidents, construction, weather, demonstrations, etc. Topics include measurement of reliability, traveler decision making under uncertainty, providing traveler information and the design of transportation networks.

Bond, Eric. Transportation Infrastructure Investments and Regional Trade Liberalization. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1997, 29p.

This is Policy Research Working Paper 1851 by the Development Research Group.

Chen, Kan and John C. Miles eds. ITS Handbook 2000: Recommendations from the World Road Association/Permanent International Association of Road Congresses (PIARC) Committee on Intelligent Transport. Boston, MA: Artech House, 1999, 434p.

Citro, Constance F. and Janet L. Norwood, eds. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Priorities for the Future. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997, 146p. Available from the National Academy Press: http://www.nap.edu/books/030906404X/html/index.html. Accessed July 2002.

Easa, Said and Donald Samdah, eds. Transportation, Land Use, and Air Quality: Making the Connection: Conference Proceedings, May 17-20, 1998, The Benson, Portland, Oregon. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998, 742p.

Ettema, Dick and Harry Timmermans, eds. Activity Based Approaches to Travel Analysis. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier Science Ltd, 1997, 371p.

This title is a research review of activity based travel analysis and an overview of new research in the area.

Himanen, Veli, Nijkamp, Peter and Aura Reggiani, eds. Neural Networks in Transport Applications. Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1998, 364p.

Manheim, Marvin L. Transportation Decision-Making: a Guide to Social and Environmental Considerations. Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1975, 135p.

Nijkamp, Peter and Eddy Blaas. Impact Assessment and Evaluation in Transportation Planning. Dordrecht: Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994, 251p.

Discusses how the decision making process works when there are a number of non-comparable projects involving public money. The authors also discuss the importance of decision support in transportation planning.

O'Flaherty, Coleman A. Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering. New York: Wiley, 1997, 544p.

This examination of the practice and principles of transport planning discusses traffic surveys, accident investigation and traffic management.

Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc. Land Use Impacts of Transportation: a Guidebook. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999, 165p. NTIS order number: PB 2000 103016 XSP.

Provides information about how land use is factored into transportation planning. It is intended to provide information about the tools and procedures available to evaluate the impacts of land use on transportation planning.

Schoon, John G. Transportation Systems and Service Policy: a Project-Based Introduction. New York: Chapman & Hall, 1996, 198p.

This book serves as a guide to urban transportation planning and design. It provides the tools needed to turn concepts into practical plans and an understanding of problems encountered in practice.

Teodorovi'c, Dusan and Katarina Vukadinovic. Traffic Control and Transport Planning: a Fuzzy Sets and Neural Networks Approach. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998, 387p.

Presents an overview and explanation of the basic concepts of fuzzy set theory and how this theory is applied to transportation planning.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Transportation Statistics Annual Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1994 - , annual, Available from: http://199.79.179.77/publications/tsar/; Internet; Accessed June 2002.

This is a series of annual statistical publications by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Each report focuses on an area of transportation.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration and Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Sources of Information on Transportation Planning Methods. Revised. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1986, 128p. NTIS order number: PB 87-120697 XSP.

This bibliography of technical reports covers various transportation planning topics such as land use, rapid rail transit and trip generation.

Weiner, Edward. Urban Transportation Planning in the United States: An Historical Overview. Revised and expanded edition. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1999, 247p.

Summarizes key events in the evolution of urban transportation planning. Includes changes in technology, philosophy, processes, and institutions as well as legislation, policy and regulations. Arranged chronologically, it includes events such as the Clean Air Act amendments, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, of 1991, intelligent vehicle highway systems, MAGLEV, etc.

Basic References: Policy

Clara Smith, Tom Haggerty, Dr. Dale Grinder, D'Borah Hart, Mon-Hua Kuo, Michele Masias, and Delia Ulberg, U.S. Department of Transportation Library, compilers

Altshuler, Alan A., Womack, James P. and John R. Pulcher. The Urban Transportation System: Politics and Policy Innovation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1979, 558p.

Examines transportation policy after World War II and makes recommendations based upon political feasibility of changes and the cost effectiveness of innovations. Discusses many innovations and programs that are now standard, e.g. carpooling, price disincentives, noise regulation, priorities for high occupancy vehicles, etc.

Anderson, Susan E. et al. Towards the Future: the Promise of Intermodal and Multimodal Transportation Systems. College Station, TX: Texas Transportation Institute, 1995, 96p. NTIS order number: PB 95-240461XSP.

Views the Impact of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and the North American Free Trade Agreement on transportation. Examines federal and state relations in intermodal trends, and the functions of Metropolitan Planning Organizations with the Houston, Texas area serving as an example. Partnering with the private sector and regulation case studies are given.

Banister, David and Kenneth Button. Transport in a Free Market Economy. London: Macmillan, 1991, 255p.

Covers deregulation of transportation with emphasis on U. S. airlines and a discussion of its comparative effect on European state-owned monopolies.

Banister, David, ed. Transport Policy and the Environment. New York: E & FN Spon, 1998, 348p.

Analyzes research funded by the United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council on Transport and the Environment. States the importance of influencing government policy. Quantifies the impact of transportation on the environment.

Bayliss, Brian T. Transport Policy and Planning. Washington, DC: World Bank, 1992, 68p. NTIS order number: PB 92 208776 XSP.

The World Bank generates a comprehensive transportation model that non-econometricians can use to test national strategies and policy decisions.

Berechman, Joseph. Public Transit Economics and Deregulation Policy. New York: North-Holland, 1993, 341p.

Detailed statistical analysis of deregulation potential of public transportation in U. S. and European cities leads the author to conclude that central city transit should be regulated, partial regulation in suburbs, small cities and rural areas and deregulation in intercity service.

Bourne, Russell. Americans on the Move: a History of Waterways, Railways and Highways. Golden, CO: Fulcrum Pub., 1995, 133p.

The effects of westward expansion and willingness of the population to resettle lead to the creation of a national system of roads, canals and railroads.

Boyd, Alan S. Organizing the Administration of Surface Transportation Policies and Programs to Meet National Needs. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration, 1991, 84p.

Provides in-depth analysis of the U. S. Department of Transportation's organization/structure and the feasibility of establishing a Surface Transportation administration within it, cross-modal action, and condition of state DOT's. Summaries of the laws authorizing surface transportation programs and possible changes are given.

Brenner, Melvin A., Leet, James O. and Elihu Schott. Airline Deregulation. Westport, CT: Eno Foundation for Transportation, 1985, 148p.

An early study of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 assesses its impact on industry structure, competition, domestic passenger fares, airline labor costs and operating efficiency.

Bullard, Robert D. and Glenn S. Johnson, eds. Just Transportation: Dismantling Race and Class Barriers to Mobility. Stony Creek, CT: New Society Publishers, 1997, 193p.

The importance of transportation to the opportunity to enjoy good employment, educational choices, access to municipal services and societal mobility are examined by a diverse group of contributors.

Button, Kenneth J. and Roger Stough, eds. Transport Policy. Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishers, 1998, 679p.

Considers underlying objectives of transportation policy, institutions that define policy, actions that encourage users to adopt a policy, and options that meet policy objectives. National policy implementation, including former Soviet Union states, is also discussed.

Camph, Donald H., et al. How to Keep America Moving: Report on the U. S. Department of Transportation's Outreach on Reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Transportation, 1997, 58p. Available at http://ntl.bts.gov/data/htkam.pdf . Accessed July 2002. NTIS order number: PB 2000-104083 XSP.

Provides a summary of major themes highlighted by participants in over one hundred focus groups from 40 states on the reauthorization of ISTEA.

Carlson, Daniel, Wormser, Lisa and Cy Ulberg. At Road's End: Transportation and Land Use Choices for Communities. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1995, 168p.

Covers the ISTEA effect of federal funding for more than just roads, e.g. foot, train, bus, and bike travel as well as cars.

Codd, Ned and Michael Walton. eds. Performance Measures and a Framework for Decision-making under the National Transportation System. College Station, TX: Southwest Region University Transportation Center, Texas Transportation Institute, 1995, 54p. NTIS order number: PB 95-274510.

Proposes that DOT pursue the goal of maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the national transportation network by designing a National Transportation System that can be monitored by performance measures.

Codd, Ned and Michael Walton. Performance Measures, Data Acquisition and Performance Evaluation under the National Transportation System. College Station, TX: Southwest Region University Transportation Center, Texas Transportation Institute, 1996, 98p. NTIS order number: PB 97 105019.

Discusses transportation performance measures that are intermodal, user oriented and capable of tracking economic, environmental and social results in the National Transportation System. Data samples are given for various measures as well as discussion of problems in acquiring and applying data.

Cole, Stuart. Applied Transport Economics: Policy, Management and Decision Making. 2nd ed. London: Kogan Page, 1998, 464p.

A British textbook, it examines decision making techniques with an emphasis on fares policy and transport investment.

Dean, Alan L. Organization and Management of the Department of Transportation: a Background Paper. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration, 1991, 44p.

Prepared for Secretary of Transportation Samuel Skinner, it provides a history of the initial DOT organization, management structure, and changes that occurred in the ensuing two decades. Topics include: management concepts, personnel, the structure of the Office of the Secretary and the department as a whole and cross-modal function.

Dempsey, Paul S. Social and Economic Consequences of Deregulation: the Transportation Industry in Transition. New York: Quorum Books, 1989, 277p.

Intrastate transportation and deregulation at the state level are the focus along with a discussion of economic deregulation. Includes industries other than transportation such as banking, telecommunications, oil and gas.

Dobbin, Frank. Forging Industrial Policy: the United States, Britain, and France in the Railway Age. Cambridge (England); New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994, 262p.

Dunn, James A., Jr., Driving Forces: the Automobile, Its Enemies and the Politics of Mobility. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1998, 230p.

Examines major policy changes to regulate, tax and provide greater controls over automobile use from the viewpoint of an auto user. Advocates the benefits of automobile usage while supporting policies that do not hurt the environment or deter better energy use.

Eno Transportation Foundation. National Transportation Organizations: Their Roles in the Policy Development and Implementation. Washington, DC: Eno Transportation Foundation, 1998, 97p.

The stakeholders of federal transportation policy are discussed as well as their positions and roles in making policy. Lists and directories are provided.

Estache, Antonio and Gines de Rus, eds. Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure: Guidelines for Policymakers and Regulators. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2000, 316p.

Covers economic theories and trends in privatization and regulation of airports, highways, ports and railroads.

Gordon, Deborah. Steering a New Course: Transportation, Energy and the Environment. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1991, 244p.

How transportation contributes to environmental concerns and ways to make it safer as well as cheaper.

Hakim, Simon, Seidenstat, Paul and Gary W. Bowman, eds. Privatizing Transportation Systems. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996, 343p.

Essays focusing on the economics of converting from public to private ownership of airports, highways, mass transit, and ports. Suggests that the financing, construction, maintenance and operation of the means of transportation can be done more efficiently by private sources.

Hayashi, Yoshitsugu and John Roy, eds. Transport, Land-Use and the Environment. Dordrect; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996, 430p.

Papers from the World Conference on Transport Research Society focus on the effect of transportation on energy conservation and the environment.

Hazard, John L. Managing National Transportation Policy. Westport, CT: Eno Foundation for Transportation, 1988, 164p.

How the first eight Secretaries of Transportation managed national transportation policy.

Johnson, T. L. Commercialization of Space Transportation--Exploring the Impact of the National Space Transportation Policy. Wright Patterson AFB, OH: U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, 1998, 116p. NTIS order number: ADA 354238INP.

Focuses on investigating the industry and policy commercialization trends that led to the establishment of the National Space Transportation Policy in 1994. A policy literature review, case study analysis and interviews were used for the study with an emphasis on participants who contributed the most to shape the commercialization policy.

Lewis, David and Fred L. Williams. Policy and Planning as Public Choice: Mass Transit in the United States. Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1999, 282p.

Emphasizes the importance of the economic value of transit benefits on local acceptance of budget increases needed to keep mass transit as a core public activity.

McDowell, Bruce, ed. Environmental Consequences of a Reduced Federal Role in Transportation. Lansdowne, VA: Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., 1997, 69p.

An Eno Policy Forum looks at the issues surrounding the 1997 ISTEA reauthorization that could effect transportation funding and environmental regulation. Sponsored by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, the report notes that highway vehicles account for more than half of the nation's CO2 emissions and about a third of the total NO and VOC emissions.

McDowell, Bruce D. MPO Capacity: Improving the Capacity of Metropolitan Planning Organizations to Help Implement National Transportation Policies. Washington, DC: U. S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1995, 60p. ACIR Report number A-130. Available at: http://iii.library.unt.edu/search/tMPO+capacity/
tmpo+capacity/1,1,1,B/l856&FF=tmpo+capacity&1,,0,1,0. Accessed July 2002.

Metropolitan Planning Organizations are responsible for obtaining federal highway, transit and surface transportation funds under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). The report looks at 18 MPOs serving 12 metropolitan areas.

Mead, Kenneth M. Surface Transportation: Funding Limitations and Barriers to Cross-Modal Decision Making. Washington, DC: U. S. General Accounting Office, 1993, 11, [4] p. (GAO/T-RCED-93-25).

The GAO's Director of Transportation Issues testifies before the Subcommittee on Transportation of the Senate Appropriations Committee on the implementation of ISTEA. He discusses investment opportunities, demonstration projects, funding flexibility, and the need for improved analytic tools.

Mead, Kenneth M. Surface Transportation: Reorganization, Program Restructuring, and Budget Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 1995, 18p. (GAO/T-RCED-95-103).

The surface transportation units accounted for $ 26 billion in FY 1966 and were the subject of restructuring efforts. Specific issues were DOT reorganization, the grant delivery system, budget issues, mass transit operating and investment funding, and Amtrak's condition.

Murray, Gail, et al. Strategies to Assist Local Transportation Agencies in Becoming Mobility Managers. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1997, 142p. NTIS order number: PB 98-122633 XSP.

A U.S. Federal Transit Administration funded report by the Transportation Research Board uses seven case studies to document technical assistance to local transit programs to help them become better managers.

Nijkamp, Peter, Rienstra, Sytze A. and Japp M. Vleugel. Transportation Planning and the Future. New York: J. Wiley, 1998, 297p.

The rises in CO2 emissions indicate that there is a need to make the transportation system more compatible with environmental sustainability. Future conditions are suggested by the use of analytical models.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Towards Sustainable Transportation. Paris: OECD, 1997, 187p.

Papers from the March 1996 OECD conference held in Vancouver, Canada highlight the problems of increased transport activity volume and growth upon the environment. Offers a series of transportation principles and strategic directions for policy makers.

Polak, Jacob B. and Arnold Heertje. Analytical Transport Economics: an International Perspective. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Pub., 2001, 448p.

International in focus, this is a revised version of European Transport Economics (1993). It looks at the role of government after deregulation and at transportation policy in urban environments, transitional economies and the European Union.

Rajan, Sudhir C. The Enigma of Automobility: Democratic Politics and Pollution Control. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996, 203p.

Contains chapters on automobile pollution and its regulation, California regulations, risk management and the older vehicle.

Seeley, Bruce E. Building the American Highway System: Engineers as Policy Makers. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987, 315p.

Presents a detailed history of road building in the 19th and 20th century United States and serves as a data source for the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, the predecessor of the Federal Highway Administration.

Shaw, Stephen J. Transport: Strategy and Policy. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1993, 276p.

Examines the strategies of passenger and freight carriers as governments deregulate or privatize transportation. Issues discussed include influence of trade associations on government policy, impact of transportation on the environment, and prevention of traffic congestion.

Smerk, George M. The Federal Role in Urban Mass Transportation. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991, 391p.

Smerk, George M. Urban Mass Transportation: a Dozen Years of Federal Policy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974, 388p.

A contemporary look at the early days of DOT, it examines the activities and policies of the agencies that preceeded the present day U. S. Federal Transit Administration.

Tolley, Rodney S. Transport Systems, Policy and Planning: a Geographical Approach. Harlow, Essex: Longman Scientific and Technical; New York: Wiley, 1995, 402p.

Looks at transport problems around the world, national systems of transport, urban and rural differences, environmental and social impacts of transportation planning and policy. Surveys how transport planning and policy are formulated in different countries.

Transportation Research Board. Data for Decisions: Requirements for National Transportation Policy Making. Transportation Research Board Special Report 234. Washington, DC: National Research Council, 1992, 176p.

Study commissioned by the U. S. Department of Transportation to determine the availability and quality of national transportation data needed for its decision making. The TRB committee also looked at institutional changes within DOT to ensure a permanent data capability.

U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Planning Progress: Addressing ISTEA Requirements in Metropolitan Planning Areas. Washington, DC: The Commission, 1997, 81p. NTIS order number: PB 97-144612INZ.

Sponsored by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, this report is part of an overall assessment of the metropolitan planning requirements of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. It involved an extensive literature search, over 70 reports from federal review teams and fieldwork with small population planning agencies

U.S. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. The National Space Transportation Policy: Issues for Congress. Washington, DC: The Office, 1995, 114p. NTIS order number: PB 95-262200INZ. Available at: http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1995/9545_n.html. Accessed July 2002.

The National Space Transportation Policy designates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Departments of Commerce, Defense, and Transportation to find and promote innovative arrangements between the U.S. government and the private sector to reduce the cost of space exploration and technology.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Leading the Way to Transportation Excellence in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: The Department, 2000, 31p.

DOT Transportation policy statement which includes the brochure "How transportation has changed since 1993".

U.S. Department of Transportation. Moving America 1989-1992: Carrying Forward National Transportation Policy. Washington, DC: The Department, 1993, 33p.

Summarizes the 1989-1992 accomplishments in implementing National Transportation Policy

U.S. Department of Transportation. Moving America: New Directions, New Opportunities: a Statement of National Transportation Policy Strategies for Action. Washington, DC: The Department, 1990, 129p.

Outlines the national policy agenda to achieve short and long-term transportation needs: maintain and expand the nation's transportation system; foster a strong financial base; keep the industry strong and competitive; support public safety and national security; protect the environment and quality of life; and advance transportation technology.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Moving America: New Directions, New Opportunities. Volume 1: Building the National Transportation Policy. Washington, DC: The Department, 1989, 41p.

Identifies major concerns of transportation officials: infrastructure, safety, national security, international trade, growth in demand, equity and access, the environment, foreign oil dependence, and budgetary constraints.

U.S. Department of Transportation. National Transportation Strategic Planning Study. Washington, DC: The Department, 1990, 533p. NTIS order number: PB 90-231119XSP.

Provides an overview of the U.S. transportation system and identifies future investments needed to maintain and develop the infrastructure.

U.S. Department of Transportation. NEXTEA, the National Economic Crossroads Transportation Efficiency Act: Shaping America's Surface Transportation System for the 21st Century. Washington, DC: The Department, 1997, 42, [5] p.

A six-year, $175 billion investment program to improve America's highways, bridges, transit systems and railroads, this legislation is intended to increase the emphasis on transportation safety, protect the environment and move people from welfare to work.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Policy Architecture, Transportation Decision Making in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: The Department, 2000, 40p.

A common decision making framework, a policy architecture, is the result of visioning sessions with public and interest groups from industry, labor, academia, government, citizens and DOT employees that project transportation needs out to the year 2025. It emulates the National Transportation Trends and Choices Report by Secretary of Transportation William T. Coleman that defined choices for transportation from 1975 to the year 2000. See also The Changing Face of Transportation, a companion volume to Policy Architecture.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Serving Rural America: U.S. Department of Transportation Rural Program Guide. Washington, DC: The Department, 2001, 44p. Available at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/rural/ruralamerica/index.html. Accessed July 2002.

The purpose of the Rural Transportation Initiative, implemented in 1999, is to ensure that rural areas and small communities share in the mobility as well as the economic and social benefits of DOT programs. Information is provided about grant programs of most direct interest to rural areas.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Statement of U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Development Policy. Washington, DC: The Department, 1991, 19p.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Strategic Plan / Department of Transportation. Washington, DC: The Department, 1994, 14p.

Mission statement with seven goals: tie America together; invest strategically in transportation infrastructure; create a new alliance between the nation's transportation and technology industries; promote safe and secure transportation; actively enhance our environment; put people first and transform DOT.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Surface Transportation Research and Development Plan. Volume 1. Report to Congress; Volume 2. Compendium of Program Abstracts. Report to Congress. Cambridge, MA: Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, 1993, annual. Available from: NTIS: v. 1: PB94-206745, v. 2: PB94-106737. 4th ed (v. 1 equivalent) available at http://ntl.bts.gov/data/rdplan4.pdf; Internet; Accessed July 2002.

Section 6009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act (ISTEA) requires DOT to develop a national integrated surface transportation R&D plan for urban, suburban and rural areas. It focuses on research underway or planned by the various units of DOT.

U.S. Department of Transportation. U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Development Plan. Washington, DC: The Department, 1999, annual.

Examines the separate modal research & development programs within DOT in an attempt to bring greater consistency and cohesion through coordinated and integrated R&D. Lists technologies that are likely to improve transportation infrastructure functions and identifies DOT programs that support them.

U.S. Department of Transportation. U.S. Department of Transportation Strategic Plan 1997-2002: a Visionary and Vigilant Department of Transportation Leading the Way to Transportation Excellence in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: The Department, 1997, 102p. NTIS order number: PB 98-169659 XSP. Available at: http://ntl.bts.gov/data/dotplan.pdf. Accessed July 2002.

Provides data on the size and scope of the American transportation system, description of DOT, its values, mission and strategic goals. Discusses five strategic goals their expects outcomes, key external factors and performance measures, data capacity relative to measuring results, and program evaluations to be conducted.

U.S. Department of Transportation. U.S. Department of Transportation Strategic Plan 2000-2005: a Visionary and Vigilant Department of Transportation Leading the Way to Transportation Excellence and Innovation in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: The Department, 2000, 108p.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Changing Face of Transportation. Washington, DC: The Department, 2000. Available from: http://www.bts.gov/transtu/cft/ Internet; Accessed June 2001.

Emulates the national trends and Choices publication of 1975 by reviewing the past and setting out national transportation goals to be aimed for until the year 2025. Covers: growth; deregulation and intermodalism; safety by mode; globalization; people, energy and the environment; technology; and national security.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy. Improving Transportation for a Maturing Society. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1997. (DOT-P10-97-01) Available from: http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/policy/aging/index.htm; Internet; Accessed March 2001.

U.S. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. A Statement of U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Development Policy. Moving America: New Directions, New Opportunities. Washington, DC: The Department, 1991. 19p.

Applies the National Transportation Policy statement to the DOT R&D program. Lists major R&D policy principles, design criteria, and serves as a checklist for program selection and cross modal review of submitted budgets.

U.S. General Accounting Office. Surface Transportation: Research Funding, Federal Role and Emerging Issues: Report to Congressional Committees. Washington, DC: The Office, 1996, 42p. (GAO/RCED-96-233). NTIS order number: PB 97-202873XSP.

Discusses public and private funding for surface transportation research, federal role in research and DOT's ability to fill it, and issues the transportation community believes should be considered in reauthorizing ISTEA.

U.S. General Accounting Office. Urban Transportation: Metropolitan Planning Organization's Efforts to Meet Federal Planning Requirements: Report to Congressional Requestors. Washington, DC: The Office, 1996, 59p. (GAO/RCED-96-200). NTIS order number: PB 97-202832XSP.

Discusses the experiences of metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) in implementing the planning requirements of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. Recommends that DOT develop a standard reporting format for assessing and reporting on the MPO's compliance with planning requirements so DOT can identify any nationwide deficiency patterns, their underlying causes and determine the extent of progress in meeting requirements.

U.S. National Commission on Intermodal Transportation. Toward a National Intermodal Transportation System. Final Report. Alexandria, VA: The Commission, 1994, 66p. NTIS order number: PB 95-130993XSP.

Section 5005 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 directed the Commission to recommend ways to speed national conversion to an efficient intermodal system and identify the resources to do it. Emphasizes that not all intermodal problems require federal solutions. Federal policy should support private sector innovations, provide maximum flexibility for state and local officials and not intrude unnecessarily into private sector operations.

U.S. National Science and Technology Council. National Research Agenda for Transportation and Sustainable Communities. Washington, DC: The Council, 1999, 13p. Available at: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/infosrc/strtplns/nstc/sustcomm/index.html. Accessed July 2002.

This interagency team found that federal activities supporting transportation sustainability issues are fragmented and that a more strategic interagency systems approach sustainability and global climate change is urgently needed. It supports major related federal programs, including alternative fuels and vehicle technologies, by coordinating those activities with national transportation programs and initiatives.

U.S. National Transportation Policy. Phase 2 Policy Advisory Committee. National Transportation Policy, Phase 2: a Report on the Office of the Secretary: an Interim Report for the Secretary of Transportation. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1990, 62p.

Includes chapters on Framework of NTP Phase 2, Changing role of OST, Positioning the Office of the Secretary of Transportation for the 21st century, and Moving Forward Together.

Vuchic, Vukan R. Transportation for Livable Cities. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1999, 352p.

Proposes the most livable cities have intermodal systems that balance highway and other transportation modes while providing for bicycles, paratransit and pedestrians. Transportation should be economically efficient, socially sound and environmentally sustainable.

Whitnah, Donald R. U. S. Department of Transportation: a Reference History. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998, 228p.

Examines the origin of DOT and highlights important events surrounding the modal agencies up to the beginning of the Clinton administration. Includes about 40 pages of biographical sketches of the Secretaries of DOT and the modal Administrators.

Winston, Clifford and Chad Shirley. Alternate Route: Toward Efficient Urban Transportation. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1998, 126p.

The authors believe that policy makers allowed the private sector to play a leading role in intercity transportation that worked out to the benefit of the traveling public. They advocate that the next step is to let the private sector do the same in urban transportation.