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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"rail yard"”.
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Layering Connections: Reclaiming Abandoned Post Industrial Infrastructure
… the United States. In many instances, the railroad served as the main source of employment. Local economies were often tied to the continued success of the railroad industry and mirrored their decline in the mid-20th century. The transition away from rail resulted in a network of abandoned …
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Urban restructuring in Cape Town: Redeveloping the Culemborg Rail Yards
… - taking place in the under-utilized Culemborg rail yard and Foreshore precincts - can initiate and contribute to much needed urban restructuring in the city. In recent years, the redevelopment of these areas has been a favourite topic for urban planners and architects in Cape Town. Countless …
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Toward Local Brownfield Regeneration: Factors Affecting People's Attitude and Preference of Brownfield Landscape
… preference survey for neighborhoods along the rail yard in the City of Roanoke was conducted. A dimensional analysis found six brownfield landscape types. First of all, historical landmark and maintained landscape types received the highest ratings regardless of the participants characteristics …
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MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING ALGORITHMS FOR NETWORK OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS
… solving competition, sponsored in 2011 by the Railway Application Section (RAS) of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). We participated to the contest and we won the second prize. After the competition, we continued to work on the TDO problem and in the …
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An archive: housing the written history of the citizens of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
… of Main and State Streets at its center. The rail line would now be the demarcation between town and country - an edge. A passenger station was built as were an array of light industrial and farm trade buildings, splayed out in rows along the lengths of track. The empty lots between center and …
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Evaluating the feasibility of an intermodal transportation facility in Chattanooga
… in and out of Chattanooga by trucks in either trailers or containers. In order to transfer goods in container or trailer from one mode of transportation to another, specific handling equipment is needed. Mobile cranes present in some transportation terminals in Chattanooga can transfer goods in …
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Ecology of wintering Canada geese in the greater Chicago metropolitan area
… geese using novel habitats such as rooftops and rail yards (i.e., industrial urban; 11.3%). Habitat use shifted away from green spaces (36%) to industrial urban habitats (10.4%), riverine (12.8%), and deep-water habitats (37.8%) as temperatures decreased below the lower critical limit for Canada …
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Wideband Propagation Measurement Results, Simulation Models, and Processing Techniques for a Sliding Correlator Measurement System
Radio wave propagation measurements provide a way to accurately and reliably characterize environments to assist in the development and optimization of wireless communication systems. As digital radio systems occupy wider bandwidths and use multipath signal combining to enhance quality of service, …