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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Carpool"”.
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Does Carpooling To/From Work Reduce Stress?
… purpose of this study is to investigate whether carpooling to/from work reduces stress levels in adults. Many people (including the investigator) have long commutes to/from work everyday. Long commutes are not only costly, but they are also very stressful. The reason for conducting this research …
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Enhancing Capacity and Managing Demand to Increase Short-Term Throughput on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
… four categories of improving transit, promoting carpooling, implementing intelligent transportation systems practices, and incentivizing alternatives to using the Bay Bridge. Top priorities include HOV improvements on the West Grand Avenue and Powell Street onramps, altering WestCAT Lynx and BART …
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Sustainable transport at MIT : improving area bus services
… private MIT shuttle service, walk, bike, drive, carpool, or use another mode entirely. Understanding these market groups help focus the recommendations of this report to maximize the service efficiency while also being budget conscious. In addition to researching MIT commuters' choices, an …
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Characteristics of new town travel revisited: an update of the Morgan-Dickey study of Reston, Virginia
… that Reston residents are less likely to carpool, take transit, bicycle, or walk to work than Vienna workers. The research suggests that Reston may not be the most appropriate model for evaluating new towns in general. The research further suggests that development external to Reston …
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Commute Travel Changes and their Duration in Hurricane Sandy's Aftermath
… less likely to change modes or depart later. Carpool restrictions encouraged mode changing and earlier departures. Delays/crowding increased the probability of route changes, canceled trips, and earlier departures. Durations of commute travel changes were modeled with accelerated failure time …
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What Would it Take for You to Stop Driving to Work? Employer-Based Transportation Demand Management at Brock University
… them up. However, they could be convinced to carpool and participate in mode-switch days, or to adopt more sustainable transportation habits with the help of shift flexibility. Most of all, we have shown that there is a possibility to enact policies that could effect change, even in an …
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Can we reduce parking at MIT : design and development of a functional commuter dashboard
… incentives including: real-time trip planning, carpool facilitation, and a leaderboard to exert social influence. The tool also provides a platform for introducing a variety of forms of financial incentives. Quality control and usability studies preceded implementation. Introduction of …
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Exploring human activity behavior and mobility data in carpooling
… of these concepts to the practice of carpooling. We propose a semantic regularity profile based on the entropy of the spatial and temporal frequency of visits to certain categories of places. We analyze the user’s behavior with respect to regularity and irregularity, identifying users …
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Information, Learning and Incentive Design for Urban Transportation Networks
… 2) Market mechanism design for efficient carpooling and toll pricing in the presence of autonomous driving technology; 3) Security analysis and resource allocation for robustness under random or adversarial disruptions. Firstly, we present game-theoretic analysis to evaluate the impact of …