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Stress-strain state analysis of the leading car body of DPKr-2 diesel train under action of design and operational loads [PDF]

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019
Purpose.Provision of strength and durability of the main structural element of DPKr-2 diesel train -the leading car body. Methodology. A spatial solid-state 3-D model of the body is built and durability calculations are carried out concerning action of ...
Kostritsa Sergei, Pshinko Alexander, Ursulyak Lyudmila, Kuzyshyn Andriy, Kramarenko Maxim, Grechkin Alex   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable transport modes, travel satisfaction, and emotions: Evidence from car-dependent compact cities

Travel Behaviour & Society, 2023
This study investigates how the use of sustainable transport modes relates to travel satisfaction (general evaluation of travel) and travel affect (emotions during travel) in car-dependent compact cities.
Kostas Mouratidis, J. De Vos, Athena Yiannakou, I. Politis   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transport mode use during the COVID-19 lockdown period in Germany: The car became more important, public transport lost ground

Transport Policy, 2021
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, in spring 2020 numerous protective measures were taken in Germany and all over the world. This has changed our everyday life and our mobility considerably.
Christine Eisenmann, Claudia Nobis, Viktoriya Kolarova, B. Lenz, C. Winkler   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transport poverty meets car dependency: A GPS tracking study of socially disadvantaged groups in European rural peripheries

Journal of Transport Geography, 2022
This article explores the spatial mobility of disadvantaged populations in order to enhance our understanding of transport poverty. It is based on participatory GPS tracking data collected in peripheral rural regions in Czechia and Germany.
Christoph van Dülmen, Martin Šimon, A. Klärner   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Decreasing the share of travel by car. Strategies for implementing ‘push’ or ‘pull’ measures in a traditionally car-centric transport and land use planning

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 2022
This paper analyzes strategies that can be successfully pursued to implement measures to reduce car traffic in what has traditionally been a very car-centric planning praxis.
Robert Hrelja, T. Rye
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Holistic pedestrian safety assessment for average males and females

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
ObjectiveAn integrated assessment framework that enables holistic safety evaluations addressing vulnerable road users (VRU) is introduced and applied in the current study.
Christoph Leo, Anders Fredriksson, Ellen Grumert, Astrid Linder, Astrid Linder, Martin Schachner, Fredrik Tidborg, Corina Klug   +7 more
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Transport disrupted – Substituting public transport by bike or car under Covid 19

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2021
The Covid 19 pandemic has caused dramatic disruptions in the public transport sector that has seen a stark downturn in many cities across the globe, calling into question previous efforts to reduce air pollution and CO2 emissions by expanding this sector.
Kerstin J. Schaefer, Leonie Tuitjer, Meike Levin-Keitel   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Research on the relationship between the demand for suburban bus transport and the number of registered passenger cars in the Slovak Republic [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2021
In recent years a trend of increasing individual car transport is seen in the traffic at the expense of public passenger transport. This adverse development has negative effects on the environment and human health as well.
Konečný Vladimír, Brídziková Mária
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Identifying hotspots of transport disadvantage and car dependency in rural Ireland

Transport Policy, 2021
This paper explores the concepts of car dependency and transport disadvantage and the correlation between them in rural Ireland as a means of highlighting incidences of possible forced car ownership with the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
B. Caulfield, Rodolfo G. Benevenuto, P. Carroll   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Willingness to Pay for $$\hbox {CO}_2$$ Emission Reductions in Passenger Car Transport

, 2020
Passenger car transportation is a major contributor to global carbon emissions. Despite a range of policy measures, the European passenger car fleet remains largely running on fossil fuels.
Daan Hulshof, M. Mulder
semanticscholar   +1 more source