Intelligent Transport Systems Cases and Policies Edited by Roger Stough, Director, ITS Center This new book from the ITS Center uses case studies from the Washington, D.C. region to examine how ITS can most effectively be deployed. The book presents an evaluation methodology that can be used for any ITS deployment in the nation. Case studies include electronic tolling, truck roll over warning systems, Advanced Traffic Information Systems, variable message signs, ITS enhanced emergency management systems and ITS bridge operations. The evaluation methodology incorporates benefit/cost analysis and assessment of externalities, including the environment, economic development, and social equity. To order this book, call the publisher, Edward Elgar, at 800-390-3149. Provide author, title, and ISBN 18406 44478. Price, $90. Flexible Urban Transportation By Jonathan L Gifford In his new book Flexible Urban Transportation, published in April by Pergamon Press, public policy Associate Professor Jonathan L. Gifford reassesses American highway and transit policy, which for the last half-century has been fixated on the Interstate highway system and its aftermath. "The book is historically-oriented," said Gifford, and was inspired in part by his earlier work on the development of the interstate highway system. The Interstate fostered suburbanization, first of housing, then retail shopping, then employment. It also revolutionized freight logistics, creating the tightly integrated, flexible and efficient supply chains characteristic of modern industry. But its aggressive construction divided and destroyed many urban communities and finally precipitated a backlash "freeway revolt." Flexible Urban Transportation proposes a transportation decision making process that focuses on helping communities make transportation choices with a clearer understanding of their consequences. "I believe we should be thinking shorter-term," he says, "which defies conventional wisdom. We are by statute required to look ahead twenty years in transportation planning, but it's hard to engage people in a discussion about twenty years from now. The result is that only extremist interests show up at public hearings. But if you talk about something you can do in five years, people are much more amenable to becoming engaged." Gifford calls for a commitment to honesty about what is known and what is not known about transportation systems. He suggests planners focus on assembling the facts for all stakeholders, instead of the conventional focus on developing more elaborate analytical models that are difficult for the public and policy makers to understand. Such factually based transportation planning would improve the transparency of planning debates and decisions, and invite broader, more representative participation in the process. For information about conditions of sale, ordering procedures, and links to Elsevier's regional sales offices, please read through our ordering information. Hardbound * ISBN: 0-08-044053-3 * 260 pages * Price: Order form o USD 85 o EUR 85 Books and electronic products are priced in US dollars (USD) and euro (EUR). USD prices apply world-wide except in Europe and Japan. EUR prices apply in Europe and Japan. .