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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Regional Transportation"”.
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The applicability of special district and public authority government to regional transportation.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1974. B.S.
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Application of an optimization technique to the Chattanooga area regional transportation authority (CARTA) bus system
… 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 of sensitivity analysis was used in order to complete the model …
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Determining the degree of collaboration readiness for regional transportation systems: The formulation of a model
… government collaborative project in the field of regional rapid mass transportation. The study is important because collaboration has been recognized as a tool that can help address such challenges as demonstrating the responsible use of limited resources, anticipating converging technologies, and …
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Multi-scale regional transportation governance : evaluating cooperation and decision-making at New York Penn Station
This thesis examines the existing regional transportation governance structure in New York City, and use Penn Station and the Gateway Rail Tunnel Project as lenses to explore the effectiveness of governance and the ability to realize regional transportation and economic development goals. It will …
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Price Dynamics and Spatial Market Structure for Three U.S. Southern Pine Timber Products
… (i.e., firms set price equal marginal cost plus transportation costs). Competitive arbitrage is the error correction mechanism assumed through which spatial markets are linked. This conclusion could be misleading. In the presence of significant intra-regional transportation costs between …
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Integrating regional strategic transportation planning and supply chain management : along the path to sustainability
A systems perspective for regional strategic transportation planning (RSTP) for freight movements involves an understanding of Supply Chain Management (SCM). This thesis argues that private sector freight shippers and carriers do not simply need capacity improvements from the regional …
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Paying for transit operations : challenges and solutions for the Chicago Transit Authority
… the organizational and funding structure of the Regional Transportation Authority and its three service providers, including the Chicago Transit Authority. This investigation revealed that the greatest regional challenges are declining ridership (especially on bus) and increasing congestion from …
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Community transportation : alternative transportation provision in a low-income neighborhoods in southeast Atlanta
Regional transit agencies are ineffective at meeting many of the basic transportation needs of a clustered "Study Area" of low-income Atlanta neighborhoods. For transit dependant residents in the Study Area, getting to the grocery store or to suburban job centers, for example, is difficult or …
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Proposal for New Commuter Rail Service and TOD Master Plan Along Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway
… Suburban Railroad Project seeks to transform regional transportation and urban development within the Greater Bay Area by introducing suburban rail services on the Guangshen Railway (GSR). This proposal outlines a framework centered on investment sectors, innovative methods, public-private …
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Embracing the shadows : inhabitation of an infrastructural landscape
… embraces the slots of space left behind by regional transportation infrastructure: It proposes an inhabitation of the places over, under and within existing enclaves and impasses, through an engagement of the specific, inherent forces of the site, both physical and sociological. The site, a …
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Diversity, Networks and Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Metropolitan Planning Organizations in the United States
… (MPOs) in the United States, one of the regional transportation networks. MPOs are formal inter-organizational networks that go beyond informal and intra-organizational networks. The focus here is on collaborative decision-making activities by individuals (mostly top-level administrators) …
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A framework for guiding transportation improvements to support desired land use
There is a growing recognition that transportation and land use policies cannot succeed independently of one another. The interactions between them must be understood, analyzed, and accounted for in order for land use and transportation plans and policies to be effective and successful. A …
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Utilization of the empiric land use forecasting model for investigations of urban development planning strategies
… the first dealing with the selection of certain regional plans describing the use of transportation, zoning, open space, utilities, etc., and the subsequent determination of subregional land use values for the forecast period. The second application dealt with the selection of a regional …
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Drive-access transit : a regional analytical framework
… for analyzing drive-access transit at a regional level is developed in this research. This framework is intended primarily for in-house use by regional transit agencies, yet has implications for the regional community at large. This framework serves as a tool for understanding and …
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Regional parking fee : a potential funding source for transit?
From a regional mobility perspective, Chicagoland is in serious trouble. The current Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) funding shortfall is just the most recent evidence of major flaws in the region's transit governance and finance structures. Over the past two decades, there have been numerous …
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Integrating a Regional Planning Model (TRANSIMS) With an Operational Model (CORSIM)
TRANSIMS is a disaggregate, behavioral, regional transportation planning package developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) under funding from US DOT, EPA, and Department of Energy. It is an integrated system of travel forecasting models designed to give transportation planners accurate, …
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Modeling Food Commodity Prices and Market Dynamics
… food commodity prices: global climate shocks and regional transportation costs. The first chapter, "Exploring the Dynamics of the El Niño Southern Oscillation and Food Commodity Prices," investigates how ENSO-related weather anomalies influence the prices of wheat, corn, rice, and soybean …
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Using Public Policy to Promote Community Economic Development
… of discovering changes that can be made in transportation and workforce policy to promote economic development. These changes will revolve around the amalgamation of place-based and people-based strategies with an emphasis on investment in people. The people-based strategies will relate to …
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Balanced Mix Design of Asphalt Mixtures for Intersections
… of Nevada, Reno (UNR) and Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) recommended a new gradation specification to be used at intersections. The unique features of the intersection's asphalt mixture were its resistance to rutting and shoving. In an attempt to alleviate permanent deformation …
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Urban transportation systems policy analysis
… public policies have on urban development and transportation planning perspectives. We examine a system dynamics model of a hypothetical region which evolves with time. The urban development process is represented by the integration of land use, property market, job market, population, and …
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