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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Transport demand"”.
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Transport demand in China : estimation, projection, and policy assessment
… and freight mobility, leading to greater energy demand and environmental impacts. In this dissertation I develop methods to characterize the evolution of passenger transport demand in a rapidly-developing country, in order to support projection and policy assessment. In Essay #1, I study the role …
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Air Transportation Modeling to Evaluate Airport Runway Infrastructure and Supersonic Transport Demand
… with the transition to more advanced air transportation systems. This dissertation addresses two relevant problems in air transportation: airport runway infrastructure evaluation and the prediction of worldwide demand for future supersonic aircraft. Both topics aim to improve air …
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Assessing the impact of recent fare policy changes on public transport demand in London
… changes in fare structure. Over the last decade, Transport for London has implemented the Oyster smart card based electronic ticketing system (including the Pay-as-you-Go stored credit payment facility) on the major public transport modes: buses, the Underground and National Rail, and there have …
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Enhanced modelling of transport decarbonisation and policy pathways for Ireland
… carbon budgets, and decarbonisation targets for transport, is a country in the process of assessing and addressing key transport decarbonisation challenges faced by high-emitting countries. This thesis - with its scientific contributions on transport emissions, methodological advancements for …
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Ship design through Axiomatic Design approach, sustainable engineering principles and artificial intelligence methods
… the design complexity. Nowadays, the maritime transport accounts for a large share of transport demand, and the importance of sustainable ship design is increasingly growing, not only for ethical and legislative but also for competitive reasons. The design of a sustainable ship considering all …
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Power Infrastructure Requirements for Road Transport Electrification
Deep decarbonisation of road transportation is challenging. One of the most potentially beneficial approaches is electrification which is the subject of this PhD thesis. A widespread penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) across a large proportion of road transport demand is needed to realise the …
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Global Demand Forecast Model
Air transportation demand forecasting is a core element in aviation planning and policy decision making. NASA Langley Research Center addressed the need of a global forecast model to be integrated into the Transportation Systems Analysis Model (TSAM) to fulfil the vision of the Aeronautics Research …
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Exploring the use of quantitative modelling approaches to support volcanic crisis management in the Auckland Volcanic Field
… exposure and vehicle ownership (and thus public transport demand during an evacuation) with road data. The median evacuation clearance time with no congestion was calculated to be approximately 37 hours, increasing to between 38 and 55 hours with a 10 km vent uncertainty buffer. An updated …
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Passenger transport in China under climate constraints : general equilibrium analysis, uncertainty, and policy
… rapidly in recent years, and with them energy demand, greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution. Aviation and rail travel have also grown, while ceding a large share to private vehicles. What path will household transport demand in China take in the future? How might it interact with …
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Data-driven modeling of air traffic flows for advanced Air Traffic Management
… Air Traffic Management (ATM) system enables air transportation by ensuring a safe and orderly air traffic flow. As the air transport demand has grown, ATM has become increasingly challenging, resulting in high levels of congestion, flight delays and environmental impacts. To sustain the industry …
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Socio-demographic factors affecting adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a wellness centre in South Africa
… of finances to meet the escalating food and transport demand for people on ART should be put in place to ensure that adherence is for a lifetime. There is also a need to undertake further research on sociodemographic and psychosocial factors affecting patients' adherence to ART utilizing the …
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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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Modelización de la interacción de usos del suelo y transporte : aplicación al corredor de la A-3 de Madrid
… La integración de los usos del suelo y el transporte, en este caso, es esencial para alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible; pero para ello hay que estudiar las medidas de transporte que mejor contribuyan a inducir los efectos deseables a largo plazo sobre los usos del suelo, y viceversa. Sin …
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Transport energy demand: techno-economic modelling and scenarios for Irish climate policy
… in Ireland by developing techno-economic transport energy models and using them to analyse historical trends and to project possible future scenarios. A central focus of this thesis is to understand the effect of the car fleet‘s evolving technical characteristics on energy demand. A car …
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Modelización de la interrelación entre las variables de servicio y la demanda de viajeros de autobuses de tipo interurbano
… los parámetros de calidad de los servicios de transporte interurbano de viajeros en autobús con la demanda de los mismos. Tras las etapas de estudio de experiencias previas y de recolección de datos, se ha modelizado cuantitativamente ambas cuestiones, mediante técnicas de elección discreta, y …