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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"urban transport"”.
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Modelling the health impacts of urban transport in Africa
Africa is rapidly urbanising and motorising, complicating its existing urban transport impacts such as high road traffic injuries, air pollution, and decreasing physical activity derived from walking and cycling. This situation highlights a need to develop healthy and sustainable urban transport …
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Deep Learning Models for Traffic Prediction in Urban Transport Networks.
… One important component of this vision is the urban transport network which is continuously challenged with increasing number of vehicles on roads. This results in issues including long travel time, increasingly persistent traffic congestion, accidents and road safety concerns. The research …
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Cable driven innovative systems for urban transport: engineering, design and energy consumption
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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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Incorporation of micro-level analysis in strategic urban transport modelling: with a case study of the Greater Beijing
… countries and regions are suffering from severe urban transport problems arising from accidents, congestion, air pollution, rising carbon intensity, and chronic under-funding of infrastructure and services. The problems make those cities the most polluted and often the least liveable. Strategic …
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'Boda boda' bicycle taxis and their role in urban transport systems : case studies of Nakuru and Kisumu, Kenya
… a reinforced rear seat; typically removed when transporting goods. The research aimed, firstly, to understand the operating characteristics of, and challenges facing, ‘boda boda’ services, and secondly, to explore the measures that might be formulated by the concerned authorities to manage and …
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Smarter cities: socio-technical innovation towards sustainable urban transport futures. The case of re-establishing utility cycling as a mainstream mode in London
… challenges. This is particularly evident in the urban transport sector, where increasing and increasingly frictionless mobility continues to be promoted as a key driver of local economic growth and development. There is, therefore, increasing pressure to mitigate against arising externalities …
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Smarter cities: socio-technical innovation towards sustainable urban transport futures - the case of re-establishing utility cycling as a mainstream mode in London
… challenges. This is particularly evident in the urban transport sector, where increasing and increasingly frictionless mobility continues to be promoted as a key driver of local economic growth and development. There is, therefore, increasing pressure to mitigate against arising externalities …
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Determinants of the supply of urban public transport services in Harare, Zimbabwe
The level of supply of public transport increases proportionately with population size. However, increases in population growth and urbanization have led to several transport problems, including meeting the supply of transport services. The rationale behind the supply model as used in the study is …
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Transportation planning for mega events : a model of urban change
… opportunities 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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Electrifying the streets : the surface-contact controversy in five English towns 1880-1920
… the nineteenth century was an exciting time for urban transport innovation. Inventors and entrepreneurs sought a power source that was efficient and economical. In some towns, however, other considerations were equally important in choices about transport mode and subsequent operation. …
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‘Sho't left': understanding the factors influencing public transportation mode choice with a focus on minibus taxis and MyCiTi in Dunoon, Cape Town
… research explores the factors influencing public transportation mode choice with a focus on minibus taxis and the MyCiTi bus rapid transit system in Dunoon, Cape Town. The research aims to understand the advantages and disadvantages of each mode. Despite the long-standing concerns about minibus …
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Factors affecting public support of transportation policies : using an international survey and hybrid discrete choice modeling
What transportation policies do people support? What factors affect people's policy support? Detangling people's support of transportation policies is a way to understand public needs, to understand how the public evaluates and envisions the role of government in shaping the current as well as …
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Contribuição metodológica para determinação de despesas individuais com transporte urbano
Urban mobility is achieved through transport policies aimed to improve the movement of people in urban space, through the prioritization of collective and nonmotorized modes of transport in an effective, socially inclusive and ecologically sustainable way. Trying to analyze one of the main factors …
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Megacities : sustainability, transport, and economic development
The connections between sustainability, transport, and economic development are and will remain essential in the governance of cities. Sustainability concepts include valuing and preserving the earth's resources so that future generations can enjoy their benefits. It requires changing human …
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Metodología de evaluación de efectos económicos, sociales y ambientales de proyectos de transporte guiado en ciudades
RESUMEN La evaluación de los proyectos de transporte tradicionalmente se han centrado en los aspectos económicos y financieros del proyecto y sus efectos directos, pero esto no se considera suficiente para justificar estas inversiones. Los proyectos de transporte público guiado requieren unas …
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Market-based airport demand management : theory, model and applications
… to the efficient allocation of constrained transportation infrastructure capacity, has a long history of theoretical development. However, its application in the airport setting must deal with a set of important differences from the classical urban roadway setting. These differences have …
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A study in the decline of the British street tramway industry in the twentieth century with special reference to South Yorkshire
… tramways is surveyed and contrasted with other urban transport modes from 1860 to date and the generally accepted reasons for the industry's decline summarised. These theories are then tested, illlustrated and amplified by three case studies of tramways in South Yorkshire, namely the small …
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Transport Choice and the Fragmentation of Mobility in Britain, 1959-1974
This thesis studies the fragmentation of transport choice and people’s perceptions of the three main mechanical modes between 1959 and 1974. The dawn of mass car ownership, which precipitated the decline of bus and rail demand, reshaped the importance of each to different groups. The rise of the …
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