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Showing 1 to 20 of 226 for “"Transportation Planning"”.
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Transportation planning options for elderly mobility
… of the United States is aging, yet the current transportation system is not designed to accommodate the elderly. Reduced mobility has a profound impact on elderly well-being, and the transportation needs of older people will only increase as the baby boomer generation ages in the suburbs. Where …
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Quadatt II: a transportation planning tool
… of inputs from a variety of alternative transportation plans. QUADATT II (<u>Qu</u>ick <u>A</u>nd <u>D</u>irty <u>A</u>nalysis <u>T</u>echniques for <u>T</u>ransportation — Version II) is a set of simplified models which has been compiled in order to fulfill this need. The QUADATT II …
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The Implementation of an Integrated Transportation Planning Model With GIS and Expert Systems for Interactive Transportation Planning
… is to examine the possible benefits of combining transportation planning models with geographic information systems (GIS) and expert systems (ES) in the hope that integrating these systems can alleviate the inherent problems of transportation planning models such as user-unfriendliness, …
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Analysis of financial planning requirements in transportation planning
… of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1995.
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Human and modeling approaches for humanitarian transportation planning
… chain management during emergency response. Planning and prioritizing the use of trucks and helicopters to transport humanitarian aid to affected communities is a key logistics challenge. This dissertation explores ways to improve humanitarian transportation planning by building on the …
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Multicriteria multistakeholder decision analysis : applications to transportation planning
Due to their magnitude and longevity, transportation investments can determine the long term success or failure of a transportation system. Thus, it is vital for decision-makers to have deep understanding of the alternatives available before they chose to invest. In this thesis, we examine the …
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A dynamic, entropy minimizing, equilibrium-oriented approach to transportation planning
… In summary, what we have today is a case of transportation engineers trying to minimize entropy through the use of such tactical ploys as freeway control (minimizing entropy in transportation operation) while transportation planners are locating new transportation facilities according to …
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Network-Level Safety Prediction Models for Long-range Transportation Planning
… approach for integrating traffic safety into transportation planning to effectively evaluate the network-level safety impacts of transportation plans and policies. The research enhances the regional transportation model (RTM) framework by incorporating a network-based collision prediction …
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Implications for transportation planning of changing production and distribution processes
… of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1997.
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Transportation planning for mega events : a model of urban change
… a decisive influence on urban and transport planning through the requirements they impose on cities, the challenge inherent to leveraging the mega event opportunity is the alignment of transport provisions for staging a world-class event with the metropolitan vision by using the mega event as …
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Using scenarios in regional strategic transportation planning : an evolving methodology
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, 1999.
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Analysis of demand variability and robustness in strategic transportation planning
Creation of a long-term strategic transportation plan is critical for companies in order to make informed decisions about fleet capacity, number of drivers needed, fleet allocation to domiciles, etc. However, the inherent demand variability present on a transportation network, in terms of weekly …
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The use of performance measures in regional freight transportation planning
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
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Step By Step: Suburban Active Transportation Planning in Spring Hill, Tennessee
… land uses, and sprawling development. Active Transportation (AT), defined as non-motorized travel modes such as walking and cycling, has the potential to provide suburban residents with alternative mobility options. In 2015, Spring Hill, Tennessee, a city with suburban form and no dense urban …
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Regional architectures--definition and integration into the strategic transportation planning process
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998.
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Preference accommodating and preference shaping : incorporating traveler preferences into transportation planning
… factors in better understanding travel behavior, transportation agencies have failed to integrate them into planning practice and policy debate in the quantitative way. This dissertation reflects on this failure, identifies the barriers that have contributed to it, and reviews innovations in …
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Can shippers and carriers benefit from more robust transportation planning methodologies?
The analysis of transportation contracts using optimization software may yield higher actual freight expenditures due to unplanned events during execution. This thesis explores new methods for developing robust transportation plans leading to lower total cost by developing a transportation plan …
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A standards-based methodology for urban transportation planning in developing countries
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1995.
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Regional competitive advantage and transportation planning : an extended ReS/SITE framework
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.
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Environmental impact statement and transportation planning : how does the process work?
… of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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