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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Ground Transportation"”.
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Electromagnetic suspensions for ground transportation.
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1974
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Transformational Leadership and the Adoption of Sustainability and Asset Management Practices in Ground Transportation organizations
… relevant organizations, particularly within the ground transportation sector, to introduce more innovative measures and to mitigate risks by embracing and adopting sustainability and asset management practices. This study examined the relationship between transformational leadership and the …
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Traffic-Based Framework for Measuring the Resilience of Ground Transportation Systems under Normal and Extreme Conditions
Ground transportation systems are essential for the mobility of people, goods and services. Thus, making sure these systems are resilient to the impact of natural and man-made disasters has become a top priority for engineers and policy makers. One of the major obstacles for increasing the …
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Data pipeline refactoring for Dohop
… by connecting them with other airlines and ground transportation providers. Dohop utilizes Looker Studio for data visualization and business analytics, however, due to experiencing limitations in the creation and deployment of dashboards for data visualization, they have started to consider …
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Application of Criteria for Hydrogen Transportation Refueling for Several Countries Considering Energy Resource and Use Implications
The transition to hydrogen-based transportation requires strategic evaluation of energy sources, infrastructure, and regional capabilities. This study investigates the feasibility of hydrogen refueling for ground transportation by implementing the established criteria for transitioning from …
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Cost-benefit analysis of ultra-low sulfur jet fuel
… of ULS diesel fuel, similar to jet fuel, for ground transportation in the US and elsewhere. The cost of hydrodesulfurization (HDS), the process used to remove sulfur from fuel, is projected to be between 4 and 7 cents per gallon of jet fuel. With 2006 levels of domestic fuel consumption, this …
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A systems dynamics economic evaluation methodology for high speed inter-city transportation
… for the economic evaluation of high speed ground transportation systems. The main objective of this study is to establish a systematic framework, in order that planners can quickly understand and analyze the implications that different policies have on the life-cycle of the transportation …
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On Demand Mobility Cargo Demand Estimation
… area is worth appreciating. The congestion on ground transportation modes is higher than ever. Since currently the same-day delivery in urban areas is carried mainly by ground modes, the catchment area of this delivery service is limited. The On-Demand Mobility for cargo can elevate the concept …
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Improving multi-channel retail delivery performance in key market cities
… City, Los Angeles, and Chicago). Zone Skipping Transportation This project develops a zone skipping transportation model and associated business case for retailers with multiple consumer channels (i.e. digital and brick and mortar). Zone skipping pools digital and retail shipments, utilizing …
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Systems-level analysis of On Demand Mobility for aviation
On Demand Mobility (ODM) is an emerging transportation concept that leverages pervasive telecommunication connectivity to enable the real-time matching of consumers with transportation service providers. Having experienced rapid adoption in ground transportation markets, numerous entities are now …
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Adatom Emission From Nanoparticles: Implications for Ostwald Ripening
… clean air in our cities, all modern means of ground transportation make use of catalytic converters. Precious metal-based catalysts such as Pt and Pd are currently used in catalytic converters. To achieve higher fuel efficiency, combustion can be carried out in excess air resulting in a …
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Responses to airport delays : a system study of Newark International Airport
… a significant problem in the United States air transportation system. Between 1997 and 2000 the number of flights delayed increased by between 20 and 25% per year, despite only a 3 to 5% increase in enplanements per year. Newark International Airport (EWR), one of New York City's primary …
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Carrots and Sticks in Green Moves: Assessing the Mobility, Environmental, Economic, and Social Impacts of Sustainable Mobility Solutions
… to these societal disruptions, various new transportation policy instruments have emerged. However, the impacts of many of these mobility solutions remain largely unexplored. This dissertation investigates the multifaceted impacts of four transportation policy instruments: congestion pricing …
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Durability of Polymer Matrix Composites for Infrastructure: The Role of the Interphase
… use in markets such as civil infrastructure and ground transportation, the expectations placed on these materials are ever increasing. The overall cost and reliability have become the drivers of these high performance materials and have led to the disappearance of resins such as bismaleimides …
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Design and Throughput Capacity Evaluation of Pickup and Dropoff (PUDO) Facilities
… have long been important to facilitate passenger transportation and goods delivery. Typical examples of passenger PUDO facilities are expected at inter-mobility stations or terminals where passengers switch between different transportation modes, outside the stadiums where large-scale sports …
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Development of a Novel Multiport Power Converter for Inductive Power Transfer Applications
… of enabling technologies, the electrification of ground transportation has been the major focus over the last twenty years. However, the uptake of electrification has been slow worldwide. For example, in New Zealand, Electric Vehicles (EVs) constitute a minute 1% of the overall Light Duty Vehicle …
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Essays on transport economics
… address different topics on the economics of transportation. The first two essays analise the demand side of transportation services. In the first essay, we study the phenomena related to the first two steps in the traditional four-step model for traffic assignment: trip generation and trip …