This book is a collation of numerous valuable guidelines for making decisions based on recent
advances and improvement of transport systems. Offering know-how and discussing practical
examples as well as decision-making support systems it is of interest of those who face the
challenge of seeking solutions to contemporary transport system problems on a daily basis
including local authorities involved in planning and preparation of development strategies for
specific transport related areas (in both urban and regional dimension) as well as
representatives of business and industry who participate directly in the implementation of
traffic engineering solutions. The guidelines are provided in individual chapters making it
possible to address the given problem in an advanced manner and simplify the choice of
appropriate strategies (including those related to increasing competitiveness of public
transport identifying bus lines to potentially be serviced by electric buses pedestrian
traffic solutions developing bike-sharing systems safety conditions in road tunnels
integrating supply chains or route planning support by means of technologically advanced
systems and applications). On the other hand since the book also addresses the new approach to
theoretical models (including traffic flow surveys and measurements transport behaviours
capacity models delay modelling and road condition modelling) it appeals to researchers and
scientists studying this body of problems. The book entitled Recent Advances in Traffic
Engineering for Transport Networks and Systems includes selected papers submitted to and
presented at the 14th Scientific and Technical Conference Transport Systems. Theory and
Practice organised by the Department of Transport Systems and Traffic Engineering at the
Faculty of Transport of the Silesian University of Technology. The conference was held on 18-20
September 2017 in Katowice (Poland).
