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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Transport Planning"”.
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Towards participatory decision-making processes in transport planning: an agent-based approach
Lo scopo della ricerca è quello di dare un contributo nel campo della partecipazione pubblica alle decisioni nella Pianificazione dei trasporti, analizzando il ruolo dei metodi di supporto alle decisioni e i modelli ad agenti per guidare un processo di partecipazione. L'approccio è duplice: da un …
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Increasing social equity in transport planning: a case study in Fortaleza, Brazil
DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #11191 on 2017-09-29 at 11:25:57
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A Total Social Cost Approach to Public Transport Planning in South Africa
Public transport has a significant role in addressing economic, social and environmental issues resulting from motorised mobility. Motorised travel, including that offered by public transport, has positive and negative impacts. It is particularly true in the case of public transport that the …
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The role of town planning and other legislation in the transport planning process
… of Central and Local Government activity, transportation planning is carried out against a background of legislation. Without this the limits of the work would not be defined, nor would the manner in which the conclusions and proposals may be implemented be positively known. One cannot …
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Design and deploy : co-creative public transport planning using a web -based stakeholder engagement tool
… campaigns is an emerging trend in the urban planning field. Scenario simulations and map-based visualizations to show accessibility or travel time impacts can provide users insights into the possible results of new transportation projects. CoAXs (Collaborative Accessibility-based Stakeholder …
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Towards a framework for assessing the impact of organisational capacity on integrated transport planning in district municipalities
… are facing challenges in performing transport planning functions. These challenges include a lack of organisational structure and human resource capacity, onerous planning frameworks, lack of guidance in preparing transport plans and lack of funding. To address these challenges, the …
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The integration of informal minibus-taxi transport services into formal public transport planning and operations - A data driven approach
… MiniBus Taxi (MBT) mode is poorly understood by planning and operational authorities, yet plays a big role in the economies of developing countries transporting the workforce to and from their places of employment and offering employment to thousands in the operations of these services, as well …
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Enhancing integrated transport planning: A spatial multi-criteria analysis approach to the MyCiTi integrated rapid transit system, South Africa
… and unique designs offered by this mode of transport. 2014 saw approximately 71.15 million units of new vehicle sales globally, showing that private car usage is still on the rise. Rapid degradation of the environment and slumped economic growth can be attributed to the automobilecentric …
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Is successful integration of land-use and transport planning centred around a catalytic city-wide public transport network improvement project?
This case study showed that land-use and transport planning in South Africa are not successfully integrated. In addition, the institutional arrangements governing land-use and transport planning are not properly aligned and operate in silos. This study investigated various mechanisms that can be …
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Creating a platform for transit-oriented development (TOD) through integrated land use and transport planning in Cape Town: a study of Bellville station
… effects associated with urban sprawl, spatial planning practices have been aimed at reversing this trend and ultimately creating a more compact urban form. In addition to undesired urban sprawl, the use of private vehicles as the dominant mode of transport has also been problematic. In an …
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Piloting an open-source Transport Justice Tool for Southern Africa
Traditional transport planning methods largely promote transport-related social exclusion in favour of existing travel patterns. The monetary valuation of travel time savings (biased towards projects that serve higher income earners), thus generates more overall benefits and focus of alleviating …
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Delivering urban transport by improving decision making : lessons from a city, lessons for a city
… starts from the position that the enterprise of transport planning is failing to deliver a transport system which fully meets the needs of urban dwellers. Criticisms of the process are presented and it is argued that one reason for the lack of delivery is the insufficient attention paid by …
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Applying Web-Based Technologies to Better Understand Access to Services using Public Transport
Public transport accessibility is a cornerstone of urban planning, social equity, and sustainability. Yet, maintaining equitable access to essential services in the event of evolving challenges such as population growth, changes in transport configurations and global crises remains a critical …
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Transportation planning for mega events : a model of urban change
… for revolutionary developments in urban transport. Often, we think of transport and urban development as an evolutionary process, yet there exist a few opportunities for cities to revolutionize their transport system within a short timeframe of only 10 years. Prime examples for such …
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Advancing accessibility : public transport and urban space
… metrics are beginning to see adoption in transportation and metropolitan planning practice. Such metrics capture the potential for reaching destinations enabled by transport (e.g. number of jobs available within a given commute time), not just the mobility benefits accruing from the use of …
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A Critical Evaluation of Community Rail Policy and Practice During the New Labour Years 2003 - 2010
… case study areas, an empirical overview of the transport planning policies of actor members of the CRPs is undertaken, as well as visual and audio station audits. The research then examines the place of the 2004 Strategy within the wider transport planning policy landscape at all tiers of …
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Vélomobility - A critical analysis of planning and space
… by exploring the role of urban bicycling and transport planning. The theoretical frame of space, mobilities and power is used for analysing that role through case studies in two Scandinavian cities, Copenhagen and Stockholm. Urban bicycling is a good example of showing the relation between …
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Context sensitive road planning for developing countries
… to work and school, and are dependent on public transport and walking or cycling (Non-Motorised Transport or NMT) for their travel needs. Road planning practice in South Africa continues to be largely automobile-centric. A need was identified to incorporate more contextual information into the …
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Mobilising Youth: A study of school learner mobility in Claremont, Cape Town
… There is a clear lack of research on learner transportation within South African cities and receives very little attention in legislation and policy. Learner mobility is therefore the focus of this study and the research aims to identify barriers to learner mobility and ways in which spatial …
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