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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Local transit"”.
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Rethinking the Cape Town Property Developer: Understanding the local developer's perspective of the City of Cape Town Municipality and comparing this perspective to local Transit-Orientated Development policy constructs of the developer
… Cape Town property developer within the Transit-Orientated Development (“TOD”) context. This dissertation is not meant to draw a distinction between a right or wrong model of a local property developer, but to investigate what a richer model would look like using alternative economic …
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Incorporating accessibility into environmental justice assessments: applications in the Atlanta metropolitan region
Local agencies must comply with environmental justice regulation and as such, it is important that they possess practical tools to identify target populations and assess impacts of projects, programs, and policies on these populations. These tools are not readily available or fully developed to …
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Simulation And Continuance Of Operation For The Use Of Transit (lynx) To Be Used In Emergency Evacuation Incidents
… to emergencies in public locations (airports, transit stations, ports or stadiums), the traffic simulation can be helpful in orchestrating the traffic flow during emergencies. Related to this issue, Federal Transit Administration has issued a large number of publications and guidelines …
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Planning for a regional rail system : analysis of high speed and high quality rail in the Basque region
… examined are station location, integration with local transit systems, and operational fares, frequencies, and scheduling. Finally the regional system is examined politically and a strategy is sketched that can enable the region to modify the plan to obtain the benefits of a high speed and high …
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The history & organization of the state highway departments of the United States
Thesis (B.S.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, 1930
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Assessing the effects of new public transportation routes : an equity analysis on the changing accessibility of Albuquerque, New Mexico
… accessibility studies use to evaluate public transit are not detailed enough to capture travel time changes at the household level and through varying time periods throughout the day. The result of this research is the successful application of this network to highlight the travel time changes …
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Driving change : how workplace benefits can nudge solo car commuters toward sustainable modes
… than ten thousand staff with a fully-subsidized local transit pass. In an agreement with the transit agency, MIT only pays for transit trips taken, thereby avoiding the expense of monthly passes for non-riders while providing universality of coverage. For drivers, MIT eliminated annual parking …
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Mitigating Network Service Disruptions in High-bandwidth, Intermittently Connected, and Peer-to-Peer Networks
… handle this intermittent network for the public transit system, we develop Internet Cache on Wheels (ICOW), a system that provides a low-cost way for bus and train operators to offer access to Internet content. Each bus and train car is equipped with a smart cache that serves popular content to …
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The Tysons Tunnel decision : a case study of suboptimal decision-making in major transit investments
… into a true urban downtown that is walkable and transit-oriented. This goal, however, is shadowed by a heated debate that occurred between 2005 and 2008 over the "Tysons Tunnel," which was a proposal to build the Silver Line underground through Tysons Corner instead of the elevated design that …
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Exploring Transit Ridership Using Census, Routing & Scheduling, and Stop Characteristic Data
… study develops, analyzes, and applies transit-system-specific regression tree models that identify and prioritize transit system improvements through analysis and application of ridership, Census, routing and scheduling, and transit stop characteristic data. Regression trees identify …
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Application of an optimization technique to the Chattanooga area regional transportation authority (CARTA) bus system
The purpose of this project is to apply a mathematical model and optimization techniqu,e to the Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA).A survey of recent urban tranaportation models was completed and the model demand most specific and applicable was chosen.A computer technique …
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Railroad suburban service of the City of Chicago
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The determinants of modal choice of urban travel: a case study
<p>Over the past 30 years, Public transit has experienced considerable problems in attracting riders. Much has been documented about the decline in transit use for travel activities in large urban areas. The loss of passengers has been met with increased fares and reductions in the level of …
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Measuring the value of transit access for Dallas County: A hedonic approach.
Advocates of urban light rail transit argue that positive developments around station area(s) should offset the costs of implementing a transit system by creating more livable communities and enhance surrounding residential property values. In some cases, decreased urban landscape aesthetics have …
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Rail Transit and Its Influence on Land Use: A Dallas Case Study
Mass transit investments continue to be utilized in many cities as means of dealing with various transportation issues. In Dallas Texas, light rail transit was developed with the hopes of encouraging compact and orderly growth. This research uses the DART system as a case study in examining …
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Reducing risk and injury to transit officers
… of the communication and safety culture of transit officers, who form part of a security section of a large state Rail Transport Organisation (RTO), can lead to strategies to reduce their risk of injury. The core functions of the transit officer position are passenger safety and customer …
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An environmental justice assessment of the light rail expansion in Denton County, Texas.
… These include the incorporation of a community's local history into an environmental justice assessment, and tailoring the public planning process to the demographics and culture of the residents.