This site hosts the current version of the Transportation Network Analysis textbook. The first edition was released in January 2025 after several years of "public beta" feedback. We plan to periodically update the text, and would be grateful for any assistance you can provide, whether spotting typos, math or logic errors, inconsistent terminology, or other suggestions for improving the explanations, organization, or presentation of the content.
Currently, one volume is available, covering static and dynamic traffic assignment. A second volume, covering transit, freight, and logistics, is under preparation. Both volumes will always be available free-of-charge from this site as PDF files.
We will shortly provide a link to a low-cost physical version of the text. In the coming months, we will also aim to provide supplementary materials for instructors, including slides, assignments, and solutions. In the meantime, if you are an instructor considering these materials for use in your course, please contact me at sboyles@austin.utexas.edu, and I can share preliminary versions of some of these materials.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation in preparing this text, under Grants 1069141/1157294, 1254921, 1562109/1562291, 1636154, 1739964, and 1826320. Thanks are also due to Travis Waller (University of New South Wales) and Chris Tampère (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) for hosting visits by the first author to their respective institutions, and for providing wonderful work environments where much of this writing was done. We also acknowledge the help many colleagues and students have provided in noticing errors in earlier drafts and suggesting improvements.
Version 1.0: PDF
Please cite this book as below. Including the version number is important as regular updates will be posted here. For older versions and a changelog, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Boyles, S. D., N. E. Lownes, and A. Unnikrishnan. (2025) Transportation Network Analysis, Volume I, Version 1.0.
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author = "Stephen D. Boyles and Nicholas E. Lownes and Avinash Unnikrishnan",
year = "2025",
title = "Transportation Network Analysis",
volume = "1",
note = "edition 1.0"
}
| Version | Release Date | Summary of changes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | January 5, 2025 | Final release of first edition |
| 0.91 | August 21, 2023 | Added content on building static networks, and additional references |
| 0.90 | August 8, 2022 | Added more math and optimization background to appendices, streamline main text |
| 0.89 | August 24, 2021 | Refactored math background into a single chapter and 3 appendices (with more details and examples) |
| 0.85 | January 16, 2020 | Added brief reference list to end of all chapters (still needs expansion) |
| 0.82 | January 2, 2020 | First public beta version |