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Car-Free Mobility: Creating Seamless Public Transport Networks features the latest principles in urban and suburban transport network design, assisting transportation researchers and planners with understanding and designing the most effective and technologically advanced networks to serve modern societies. The book provides practical examples of the principles of public transport planning and design from different parts of the world, through case studies and the latest transportation research and theoretical analysis. Transportation researchers, planners, policymakers and administrators will find advice on the required investments for quality public transport network implementation in a variety of geographic settings. Topics discussed include demand-responsive public transport, paratransit and flexible transport services, impacts from technology, smart phones, and new information on business models.

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Gustav Nielsen is an independent transportation expert and former senior research planner at the Institute of Transport Economics, Norwegian Centre for Transport Research in Oslo, Norway. He is a recognized researcher, planner and lecturer in the field of environment-friendly transport, public transport and urban planning in Scandinavia. He has worked on national, Nordic and European projects, such as HITRANS, as researcher and research leader, consultant and advisor to central and local governments, and the private sector. His main professional interests include high quality public transport network planning and design, sustainable transportation development, and sustainable public and environment friendly transport and urban planning. He is the co-author of two books for the Norwegian Ministry of Transport, Switching Points For Seamless Public Networks: Advice on Planning and Design, and 79 Tips For the Development of Public Transport in the Regions. Truls Lange is an independent civil architect, transportation planner and information designer for CIVITAS, in Oslo, Norway. He has been involved in several national, Nordic, and European transportation projects, such as HITRANs, and has been a major advisor to Oslo Public Transport, Ruter, and the National Railways. His specialties include public transport networks, and the connection between operation, structure and dissemination of information to users. He is the co-author of two books for the Norwegian Ministry of Transport, Switching Points For Seamless Public Networks: Advice on Planning and Design, and 79 Tips For the Development of Public Transport in the Regions.

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