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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Private car"”.
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Singapore's public and private transport modes : an economic comparison and policy implications
… that do not take into account the costs that private individuals are eventually led to spend in order to use these systems, even though these expenditures are sizeable. For FY2006-2007 in Singapore, we estimate that more than 90% of the S$34.4 billion to S$34.9 billion spent on the private …
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Upwardly mobile: private transport, regeneration and environment in the Thames Gateway
The thesis presents case study research into private vehicle use as it relates to the process of regeneration in the Thames Gateway. In doing so, it investigates two key contemporary transport policy issues. The first is the burgeoning debate surrounding the nature and extent of the relationship …
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Reorganizations of space and culture in a car-oriented society: the case of Johannesburg
… to identify the multi-faceted ways in which the car enabled a deep restructuring of South Africa's cultural and spatial spheres, taking Johannesburg as a context from which to extract specific insights. The two most popular modes of transportation in South Africa-the car and the minibus taxi-run …
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Recalibrating mobility and access towards spatial justice in Lilongwe
… are unscheduled, usually operate beyond the carrying capacity of the vehicles used, and appropriate street public space for pick-up and drop-off stops either complementing or competing with other uses of space such as walking and informal trade within the appropriated spaces. Consequently, …
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Techno-economic and socio-economic modelling of energy in road transport to inform climate policy
… prompted a growing political consensus on a decarbonised future to prevent any sustained economic or environmental harm. Many countries are using modelling tools to develop strategies and policy measures to deliver timely and effective reductions of harmful greenhouse gas emissions across all …
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Transfer Optimization in Public Transport Networks: Timetable Synchronization, Operational Control and a New Service-Design Concept
… new commuting travel mode are compared with private car, and conventional PT using data collected from two cities: Auckland, New Zealand and Paris, France. The results show that CB can provide a useful alternative for commuter trips. This thesis provides useful mathematical models, solution …
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Personal city mobility in the context of sustainable development = Személyes városi mobilitás a fenntartható fejlődés kontextusában
… as presented in my dissertation, has made private passenger cars so affordable, that we have reached a point, where most people in the developed countries (and not only there) cannot imagine a day without driving. The number of passenger cars continuously increases. The evolution of the …
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South African road transport requirements for sustainable growth
The assumption that ownership of private motor vehicles as a right is questioned. This thesis is based on the hypothesis that in fact in the case of South Africa this will have many detrimental effects if allowed to continue. It is argued that for sustainable growth, other more attractive options …
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Transportation planning options for elderly mobility
… options do exist, few meet the standards of the private car that the baby boomers have come to expect. I explore the mobility attitudes and habits of the baby boomers and the responses of communities and regions to an already apparent mobility gap. I then evaluate a sample of near-term policy …
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Race, public transit, and automobility in World War II Detroit
… shortages exposed the vulnerabilities of car-centered societies, riders’ experiences on public transit and whites’ increasingly strong associations of streetcars and buses with black bodies worked against efforts to create long-term alternatives to private car use. Understanding the …
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ΤΜΗΜΑ ΕΠΕΙΓΟΝΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΤΥΧΗΜΑΤΩΝ. ΕΠΙΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΑΜΟΡΦΩΣΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΧΩΡΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΝΤΙΜΕΤΩΠΙΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΣΘΕΝΩΝ. ΝΟΣΗΛΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΠΡΟΣΕΓΓΙΣΗ
… THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO PATIENT CARE. THE SAMPLE STUDIED INCLUDED 1078 PATIENTS, 158 NURSES AND DOCTORS AND 4 HOSPITALS IN ATHENS. THE METHOD USED FOR THE DATA COLLECTION WAS BASED ON THE COMPLETION OF WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRES. THE MAIN FINDINGS HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS FOLLOWS: 1) …
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Improving transportation access to the South Boston Seaport District
… public transport and discouraging access by private car. The evaluation of the public transport and road networks revealed the key weaknesses and issues in the area. The in-depth analyses of the short-term, medium-term, and long-term conditions then illustrated the potential future problems …
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Young girls in the countryside: growing up in South Northamptonshire
… freedom of some girls. Mothers, deeming the private car the only safe form of transport, determine the spaces in which their daughters spend their leisure time. Rather than providing greater spatial freedom, the rural offers parents more control over their children’s use of public space
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Estimating the number of cars in UK and US households
… investigate factors responsible for households’ car ownership. While literature holds an extensive body of investigation usually compartmentalised in individual different disciplines, limited efforts have been made to promote inter-linkages of this strand of research across different disciplines. …
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Transit-oriented development: a case study of Rosebank, City of Johannesburg
… area of high density, mixed land use served by car-competitive public transport services, is often hampered by the absence of aligned policies and other factors that would help achieve success. This research looks into these policies and success factors, and more specifically considers whether …
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Parking policy as a mechanism to reduce car ownership and use
The vast majority of Americans own a car, despite its high cost and low utilization rate. Through a stated preference survey in Washington D.C., Chicago, Dallas, and Seattle metro areas, I find that people value their car at $11,197, and the majority of that value comes from owning the car, rather …
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The factors associated with school transport to get to educational institutions in South Africa.
… household was employed, relied more on using a private car or walking to school since they could have been living near the educational institution. Learners in urban areas typically walked to school or used public transport since the schools were within walking distance, and if they were far, …
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Institutional barriers to an intermodal integrated public transport system in the City of Cape Town
… volumes of congestion as a result of increased private car use. Over the years, the City has produced many plans and policies in line with the national and provincial legislation to create an intermodal integrated transport system. However, this transport system has yet to materialise. …
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Addressing car dependency in Cape Town: Reviewing how the Citys mobility and spatial frameworks can transcend car-oriented urbanism
… by Wrixon Mpanang'ombe titled ‘Addressing car dependency in Cape Town: Reviewing how the city's mobility and spatial frameworks can transcend car-oriented urbanism'. The research stems from a background of the need to address problems associated with the dominance of cars in cities. The …
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The cost of bus travel time variability
… yearning for high quality alternatives for the private car. A key indicator of reliability is a low level of day-to-day travel time variability (TTV). To obtain funds for reducing TTV, it is necessary to give evidence for the benefits from such improvement, but current tools for estimating the …
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