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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Bikes"”.
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The recyclists : bikes, borders and basura
In January, 2009, I joined Bikes Across Borders, a local grassroots organization, on their yearly bike caravan to Mexico. The group works to promote bicycles, both here and in Mexico, as an environmentally and financially sound alternative to motorized transportation. Each winter, members ride …
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The Impact of Cargo Bikes on the Travel Patterns of Women
… number of issues preventing the rollout of cargo bikes as a transportation mode in the United States. One concern that has been raised is whether cargo bikes can function as a gender equitable transportation solution in the United States, given documented gender gaps in national bike riding …
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Effect of saddle settings and toe clips on exercise bikes in reducing energy expenditure
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Effect of saddle settings and toe clips on exercise bikes in reducing energy expenditure
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Biking Through the Eyes of Kids: The Lived Experiences of Kids Riding Bikes in their Neighborhood
… to look at the ways in which kids used their bikes and report on their lived experiences. To understand the lived experience of kids’ biking, this project explored the experiences of kids from various neighborhoods in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario. Data collection drew upon the …
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Measuring cycling kinematics using a low-cost, flashing LED, multi-camera approach
… for three different types of bicycles: road bikes, triathlon bikes, and mountain bikes. Coupled with power output measurement and wind tunnel drag measurements, the investigation of several different standard cycling positions is performed. The results indicate a significant component of …
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Investigation of Quad Bike Rollovers in the Workplace Farm Environment
… workplace. It has been hypothesised that quad bikes ridden by a rider who is preoccupied by the work task are particularly susceptible to rollover caused by small asymmetric bumps (i.e. placed in line with the wheels on one side of the quad bike) traversed at low speed on moderate slopes in …
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Resource scheduling and optimization in dynamic and complex transportation settings
… of bike sharing systems. Shortage of bikes and docks is a common issue in bike sharing systems, and, to tackle this problem, operators use a fleet of vehicles to redistribute bikes across the network.
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A Multi-Stage Optimization Framework for Battery Swapping in Urban E-Bike Sharing Systems
Shared electric bicycles (e-bikes) are increasingly central to urban transportation, providing a faster, more accessible alternative to conventional bicycles for short trips. As their use grows, maintaining sufficient battery levels across large fleets becomes critical. Among battery management …
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Online prediction with bike sharing systems
… by BSS operators to restore the number of bikes at each station to its target level can both be reduced. Instead of implementing offline learning methods with large historical datasets, we adopt an online approach where the model continuously updates with new data. As the station status …
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Resource allocation and pricing under competition in shared mobility markets
… as those involving shared rides and shared cars/bikes, are becoming important components of urban transportation systems. There are various advantages of shared mobility, including: (i) significant societal benefit to our environment; for example, bikesharing is considered as a promising way to …
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Will dockless bike sharing system alter the subway price premium in rental market? : evidence from Beijing
… studies have found that the entry of dockless bikes can flatten the rent price gradient for subway accessibility for 10 Chinese cities on average, yet haven't discussed if this effect also exists in a single city where subway accessibility varies across locations. This study uses …
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The market economy of trips
… allow users to pick-up and drop-off vehicles (bikes, automobiles) ubiquitously in a network of parking stations. Asymmetric demand patterns cause unbalanced fleet allocation decreasing level of service. Current redistribution policies are complex to plan and typically cost more that the usage …
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Envisioning Lower Allston’s future: Contested spaces at the margins of Harvard University’s expansion
Anyone who walks, bikes, rides a bus or a car around Lower Allston today cannot avoid noticing the extent to which the neighborhood is changing and being rebuilt. Changes in global education markets have motivated Harvard University’s expansion in the neighborhood, an expansion that caters to the …
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Optimizing Product Variant Placement to Satisfy Market Demand
… This method is applied to a family of mountain bikes and a family of flow-regulating disks used in industrial applications. These examples show that usage of this method can result in a significant increase in potential market and a significant reduction in production costs.
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Delivering Justice: Food Delivery Cyclists in New York City
… tactics for survival such as riding electric bikes (e-bikes), which are perceived to disrupt social order. By being unable to address systematic and structural labor and street conditions that compel the speeding up of worker bodies, NYC has responded to “disorderly” immigrant delivery workers …
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Estimating Vehicle Speed with Consumer Grade Mobile LiDAR
… estimated 50 million commuters using bicycles, e-bikes, and scooters - micromobility riders - sharing the road, often dangerously, with cars? We explore the feasibility of reliably and accurately determining vehicle speed using a LiDAR-enabled mobile device mounted to a bicycle. We implemented an …
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The Zambian Web-based Vehicle Trade and Inventory Management System
… where people can buy and sell things like bikes, cars and commercial vehicles. An efficient search facility will be provided to visitors to find things of their interest quickly. There will be a content management system (CMS) designed for the administrators) of the website. This will ease …
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The Zambian Web-based Vehicle Trade and Inventory Management System
… where people can buy and sell things like bikes, cars and commercial vehicles. An efficient search facility will be provided to visitors to find things of their interest quickly. There will be a content management system (CMS) designed for the administrators) of the website. This will ease …
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