Transportation Statistics and Microsimulation

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Preface

e basic concept of transportation—the movement of goods and people

over time and space—has changed little since the Romans developed their

transportation system over two thousand years ago. Today we have far

more extensive transportation infrastructure systems that include roads,

waterways, railways, and air transport options, and much more sophisti-

cated technology than in the past, but the overall objective of transporta-

tion engineers remains the same—to plan, design, construct, and maintain

the various transportation modal systems in the safest and most ecient

manner possible. To achieve this goal, transportation professio