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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Journey to Work"”.
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Residential Location, Journey to Work, and Black Earnings
… labor force discrimination were fairly popular topics of study. This thesis attempts to combine the two fields of study by exploring the impact of segregation in housing on the labor market outcomes of the segregated groups. Specifically, we examine four large SMSA's to see if blacks who live …
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Modal split analysis for the journey to work
The choice of travel mode for the journey to work is an important aspect in the planning of adequate transportation systems in urban areas. This choice process is complex and consequently a generalized theoretical basis for modal choice is difficult to construct. Nevertheless, empirical modeling of …
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A theoretical approach to the journey to work
Thesis: B.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of City and Regional Planning, 1952
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The journey to work in recently suburbanized industry
Thesis (M.C.P.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture, 1956.
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Changing household structure and the impact on the journey to work
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.
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Variations in Journey-to-Work Time, Distance and Speed Across Metropolitan Areas
… Areas. The unit of analysis consists of the journey-to-work for household heads. These variations are related to various socioeconomic, locational, density, and modal factors. A statistical framework consisting of the general linear model approach is used. This consists of a regression …
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Job accessibility and journey to work : the case of Boston Metropolitan area
… study, variations in levels of transit usage to work from block groups in the Boston metropolitan area were explored. The examination of the 2000 Census data showed that there were significant differences in the transit share of the work trip at the block group level. In order to understand …
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The Influence of Urban Form, Socio-Demographics, And Transit-Oriented Development on Journey-to-Work Characteristics
… among planners and policy-makers is that the automobile-oriented city, one that dominates the American landscape, is no longer sustainable. Such concerns demand a search for ways to promote alternative forms of travel. To this end, this study employs a multiple linear regression analysis in …
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An analysis of disaggregate models of modal choice based on the journey to work in Sydney / by Paul Brandon McLeod
Bibliography: leaves 469-480
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Determination and measurement of factors which influence propensity to cycle to work
2.89% of the UK population cycled for the journey to work as measured by the census in 200I. This percentage is similar to the percentage from the 1991 census and indicates a levelling off in the decline that had been seen in the previous two decades in bicycle use for the journey to work, but does …
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Reconstructing the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Daily Life in the 19th Century City: A Historical GIS Approach
In recent years, historians and historical geographers have become interested in the use of GIS to study historical patterns, populations, and phenomena. The result has been the emergence of a new discipline, historical GIS. Despite the growing use of GIS across geography and history, the use of …
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The spatial and temporal dynamics of commuting : examining the impacts of urban growth patterns, 1980-2000
… structure change. The focus of the research is to interpret the increase in commuting time and distance in the last two decades. The major hypothesis is that a significant proportion of commuting length increase can be explained by land development patterns, particularly the spatial relationship …
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Economic impacts of the urban ring : a spatial analysis
… impacts depend upon estimated neighborhood-to-neighborhood changes in travel time. I use the proposed Urban Ring in the Greater Boston Area as my case study, and origin-destination (O-D) data for metropolitan Boston to identify current journey-to-work commuting patterns. However, the …
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Public transportation is not going to work : non-work travel markets for the future of mass transit
For public transportation agencies to attract new riders in an automobile-dominated environment, niche markets must be targeted. The downtown journey to work is already recognized as a successful niche for transit. This thesis seeks to identify non-work travel markets with strong ridership …
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Labour and Geography in Ireland, 2006 Evaluating the National Spatial Strategy for Ireland 2002 - 2020: People, Places and Potential
… economic geography through an analysis of travel-to-work patterns. In doing so it applies, within the Irish context, novel techniques to identify local labour market areas using data that, heretofore, were unavailable to researchers in Ireland, i.e. detailed spatial interaction data describing the …
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Estimating commuter rail demand to Kendall Square along the Grand Junction Corridor
… study. In September of 2010, our team was asked to examine the possibility of adding passenger service along the Grand Junction Railroad in Cambridge, MA. This new service would allow the current Worcester/Framingham commuter rail line to serve both North and South stations. In response, we …
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The geographical data science of population flows
This research seeks to address the issues of spatial structure and counter intuitive findings in modelling population movements. Previous research based on interaction data for census administrative boundaries indicates urban – rural patterns in the propensity to travel which are exasperated in …
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Commuting Analysis in a Small Metropolitan Area - A Case Study of Bowling Green/Warren County, Kentucky
… urban commutes, little attention has been paid to commute patterns in smaller urban areas. In this study, the concept of "excess commute" (EC) is applied to the Bowling Green-Warren County Metropolitan Statistical Area (BGWCMSA) in Kentucky. EC quantifies the portion of commute distance …