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SUMMARY:Transportation systems engineering Basic concepts\, current practi
 ce and some applications to railways planning  
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Ennio Cascetta Professor of Transportation Systems Plann
 ing -  Department of Transportation Engineering University of Napl\nAbstra
 ct\nTransportation systems engineering can be defined as a discipline aime
 d at the functional design of physical and/or organizational components of
  transportation systems. A set of coordinated\, internally consistent acti
 ons on a transportation system are referred to as a project or plan. Trans
 portation system modelling allows the prediction of the relevant impacts o
 f possible projects in order to design them\, assess their technical suita
 bility and to support intermediate and final decision-makers through the p
 rocess of projects evaluation.\nThe range of transportation system project
 s is very diverse\, and so are the points of view from which their consequ
 ences can be evaluated. Projects might involve transportation infrastructu
 res\, control systems\, services\, fares. Similarly\, projects can be desi
 gned and evaluated from the perspective of the community they will serve\,
  from the perspective of the service and/or facility operators\, or from t
 he perspective of potential investors (i.e. project financing). Decision-m
 aking for transportation systems is often more complex than for systems in
  other sectors of engineering. This is especially true when the decision-m
 aker must consider\, either directly or indirectly\, the effects of propos
 ed actions on the larger community .These effects include variations in tr
 avellers generalised costs\, investment and operating costs for different 
 companies\; effects on land-use and activity location\; effects on economi
 c levels\, variation on air pollution\; number of accidents\, energy consu
 mption\, etc. Over the last 50 years a wide body of models and computation
 al tools have been developed and applied to solve countless problems rangi
 ng from large investments plans at national and international levels to tr
 affic control schemes of urban intersections.\nTwo applications of these p
 rinciples are discussed in some detail.\nThe first is related to the Campa
 nia Regional Metro System project\, which is an example of integrated land
 -use\, infrastructure and operational planning.\nThe second application of
  the principles of transportation systems engineering deals with the recen
 t High Speed Rail investments in Italy.\n+ APERITIF
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