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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Subway System"”.
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"If You See Something, Say Something": The Power of the 'War on Terrorism' to Name What We See
… the New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority Subway System. Drawing upon literature that focuses on an understanding of the affective transmission of culture, this research seeks to understand this particular campaign as a technique of social control. Through a content analysis of the …
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FACING REALITY: THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR THE NYPD
… using real-time FRT in the New York City subway system. Through comparative analysis, this thesis determines that real-time FRT could help law enforcement deter terrorism, prevent violent crime, identify wanted individuals, find missing persons as well as assist in mental health situations …
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Assessment of the transfer penalty to transit trips in Downtown Boston : a GIS-based disaggregate modeling approach
… not only for the daily operation of a transit system, but also the integration and coordination between transit lines. Transfers affect transit system performance in at least two respects. On the one hand, the use of transfers in the design of transit services provides more options for the …
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Renewable Energy Integration in NYC Subway: Solar Panels (Under Railroads and at the Subway's Edge) & Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) Near Tracks
… to expand, the demands on public transit systems in densely populated regions like New York City are escalating. Multiple cities face the dual challenge of increasing ridership and the imperative to minimize their environmental footprints.According to Law 97 in NYC, the goal is to reduce …
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Re-Envisioning Electric Railway Power Systems in Dense Urban Regions
… in terms of renewable energy, energy storage system (ESS) capacity, and the number of electric vehicles on the road. Achieving these targets is typically faced with a set of looming challenges including regulatory obstacles, project financing, impact on the grid, etc. The problem is further …
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Epistemological implications of representational pluralism
… with purely linguistic or belief-like cognitive systems. Second, they apply only to cognitive systems that are capable of meeting them, due to what I call the ought-can principle. But before discussing these limits on epistemology’s normative standards of rationality, I consider one way in which …
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The many worlds of Liz Jordan
… chosen for its publishing history and formidable subway system. From the hustle culture of Manhattan, Liz is assigned to the south of England in World War II and finds herself completely immersed in its reality. There she questions the boundaries of reality and fiction while coming to grips with …
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Prototypes for public infrastructures
… other necessities. Expanding infrastructural systems require larger swaths of land to accommodate increasingly specific and singular functions. With increased urban density and the rising value of land a new architectural approach is needed to realize the full potential of these …
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Subway spaces as public places : politics and perceptions of Boston's T
Subways play crucial transportation roles in our cities, but they also act as unique public spaces, distinguished by specific design characteristics, governed by powerful state-run institutions, and subject to intense public scrutiny and social debate. This thesis takes the case of the United …
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Protecting infrastructure networks from disinformation
… County in California, and (ii) the New York City subway system.
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Infrastructural architecture: social design for the public realm in underground transit systems
… of these utilitarian transit spaces (subways most notably), are comparable in their role to that of the public square, court, or forum. There is an untold architectural relationship within these urban environments between subways as a space of movement, and as a place of activity. This …
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THE EFFECT OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ON EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION
… that examine the effect of urban transportation systems on employment outcomes and traffic congestion. The first paper evaluates the labor market effects of subway systems on low-skilled workers. A model of labor supply predicts that this should improve search and employment outcomes. The …
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Memory struggles: Narrating and commemorating the Aum Affair in contemporary Japan, 1994-2015
… which culminated in the gassing of the Tokyo subway system using sarin in March 1995. The Tokyo attack was the largest act of terrorism in post-war Japan. I combine qualitative methods of media analysis, interviews, and participant observation to analyse how different stakeholders have …
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Energy Efficient Passenger Comfort in Underground Subway Environments
Underground subway systems provide an efficient high capacity public transportation method for commuters within dense urban areas. Passengers using underground subway systems are subjected to enclosed and crowded environments that must be controlled to maintain tolerable temperatures and …
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Stochastic Analysis Of Storm-Surge Induced Infrastructure Losses In New York City
… in New York City are studied; specifically, the subway system and the tunnel system. The concept of fragility curves is used to express these vulnerabilities. Conclusions and recommendations are provided for estimating losses probabilistically over different periods, retrofitting and …
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Multi-modal Energy Consumption Modeling and Eco-routing System Development
… modes. For example, travelers may drive to a subway station and make a transfer to rail transit; alternatively, people may also start their trips by walking/cycling to a bus/subway station and then take transit in most of the trip. A successful eco-route planning thus should be able to cover …