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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Transportation policy"”.
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Determinants of residential location demand : implications for transportation policy
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering; and, (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1978.
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Scenarios discovery : robust transportation policy analysis in Singapore using microscopic traffic simulator
… main challenges of making strategic decisions in transportation is that we always face a set of possible future states due to deep uncertainty in traffic demand. This thesis focuses on exploring the application of model-based decision support techniques which characterize a set of future states …
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A dynamic framework for transportation policy design : the case of the Boston Olympics
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1994.
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Effectiveness of electric vehicles vs. vehicle technologies : a case study in environmental transportation policy
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1995.
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The Public Good and Private Business of the Crow Rate: Prairie Grain Handling and Transportation Policy
… settlement in the prairies and minimized transportation costs for farmers in the prairie’s export-grain economy. Yet, by the mid-20th century, CNR and CPR argued that regulations on freight rates made their decentralized prairie rail networks uneconomic. The railways lobbied for the …
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Unintended effects of federal transportation policy: a look at the lifecycle costs of the interstate system
The federal surface transportation program in the United States stands at a crossroads. Short on money and lacking vision, the program is in need of reevaluation and reform. This thesis attempts to illustrate the current issues affecting the program within the historical context of transportation …
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Creating transportation policy in a network that utilizes both contract carriers and an internally managed fleet
… for the creation of a shipper's overall transportation policy in a distribution network that uses an internally managed fleet in conjunction with TL contract carriers.
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Stuck with the bill, but why? : an analysis of the Portuguese public finance system with respect to surface transportation policy and investments
… power over national and sub-national surface transportation operations and infrastructure. This thesis provides a global view of the state of surface transportation in Portugal through an analysis of both the nation's public finance and transportation finance systems as well as a discussion of …
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Three Essays on Pupil Transportation
… dissertation, I examine the link between pupil transportation policy and three outcomes. </p><p>The first paper exploits idiosyncratic variation in the percentage of weekdays that are instructional school days in a month and variation in pupil transportation spending within districts over time. …
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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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An assessment tool for the appropriateness of activity-based travel demand models
As transportation policies are changing to encourage alternative modes of transportation to reduce congestion problems and air quality impacts, more planning organizations are considering or implementing activity-based travel demand models to forecast future travel patterns. The proclivity towards …
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A transportation approach to urban diffusion modeling
… is capable of predicting both present and future transportation policy impact on urban air quality. The Transportation Air Pollution Analysis Procedure (TAPIP) combines a versatile traffic assignment computer program model with an urban diffusion computer program model. TAPAP assesses the air …
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Job accessibility and journey to work : the case of Boston Metropolitan area
… which is required to plan and implement transportation policy in the region, the study area was categorized into three groups based on the level of relative job accessibility. Commuting patterns in these areas were examined and compared to each other. First, the conceptual and measurement …
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Examining Commuting Times and Jobs-housing Imbalance in Seoul: An Empirical Analysis of Urban Spatial Structure
Public transportation policy plays a significant role in facilitating ridership as well as travel modes, economic activities, and environmental aspects. Seoul has experienced rapid urbanization. Also, high density developments and uncontrolled land use gave rise to extensive urban sprawl in the …
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Dynamics of vehicle ownership in Singapore
… around the world are trying out a wide range of transportation policy and investment alternatives to reduce car-induced externalities. However, without a solid understanding of how people behave within the constraints from these policies, it is hard to tell which of these policies are really …
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Benefits of emerging transportation technologies : simulation analysis and policy issues
This thesis explores the quantification of transportation technology benefits, through simultaneous consideration of technical and policy issues. Benefits are first defined and identified based on current literature and discussions. Key benefits include delay impacts, safety impacts and …
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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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Estimating Pedestrian Crashes at Urban Signalized Intersections
… that is useful for traffic engineers and transportation policy makers to evaluate pedestrian safety at signalized intersections in an urban environment.
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Carrots and Sticks in Green Moves: Assessing the Mobility, Environmental, Economic, and Social Impacts of Sustainable Mobility Solutions
… to these societal disruptions, various new transportation policy instruments have emerged. However, the impacts of many of these mobility solutions remain largely unexplored. This dissertation investigates the multifaceted impacts of four transportation policy instruments: congestion pricing …
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Of bureaucracies and motorways: administrative reform and infrastructure policy for national roads in Poland
… has been the dominant direction of transportation policy throughout East-Central Europe (ECE) since the democratic transition began in 1989. In Poland, the government has been developing a nationwide network of motorways and expressways in order to meet economic and social demand. …
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