Results 311 to 320 of about 1,920,717 (333)
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.

Public transport governance

2021
Public transport can deliver multiple public values, including sustainability, accessibility, and safety. This is a challenging task because actors hold different views in relation to the way in which public transport should work and the outcomes it should produce.
Hirschhorn, Fabio (author)   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Optimal timetables for public transportation [PDF]

open access: possibleTransportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2001
Abstract This paper analyzes the optimal timetable for a given number of public transport vehicles on a single transit line when riders differ with respect to the times at which they prefer to travel and the schedule delay costs they incur from traveling earlier or later than desired.
de Palma, Andre, Lindsey, Robin
openaire   +2 more sources

XII. Transports publics

Droit et gestion des collectivités territoriales, 2006
Siat Guy. XI. Transports publics. In: Droit et gestion des collectivités territoriales. Tome 34, 2014. Éducation, formation, recherche. Quelle place pour les collectivités territoriales ? pp. 557-559.
openaire   +12 more sources

The publicness of public transport: The changing nature of public transport in Latin American cities

Transport Policy, 2016
Public transport can be ‘public’ in multiple ways and without specificity when one public aspect changes there is no way to consider the impacts of that change. Currently there is a process of transit formalization taking place in Latin American cities that is changing the publicness of their systems. This paper identifies four publicness types- public
Paget-Seekins, Laurel, Tironi, Manuel
openaire   +3 more sources

The perils of public transport

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2007
Section 33 of The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 makes it an offence for a person in England and Wales who is suffering from a notifiable disease, e.g. cholera, to use any bus, tram or train; or use a taxi without notifying the driver or owner of the vehicle, or their carer to allow them to do so.
openaire   +3 more sources

Public Transport

2020
Public transport may be defined as any form of passenger or freight transport that is available for hire and reward. In practice, it usually refers to land-based passenger transport and in particular bus and train services and variants thereof. It is this narrower definition that is used in this article.
openaire   +1 more source

Public Transport by Satellite

IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 2000
Abstract The city of Almelo has developed, together with two suppliers, a new concept to give green light with priority. This concept, SABIMOS, is based on differential GPS. It combines already existing systems in an unique way and replaces the old VET AG-system.
openaire   +3 more sources

Public Transport in the Era of ITS: Forms of Public Transport

2016
This chapter describes the characteristics of public transport systems, seen as a system. With public transport system, we mean mainly the technical system of different modes of transport including vehicles and infrastructure as well as their characteristics, such as capacity in various traffic concepts.
Karl Kottenhoff   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

PERSONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport, 1999
Analysis of current types of public transport shows that they are mismatched to geography of modern towns the form of which is dominated by the avalability of the car. A new kind of public transport has been sought which can meet both the requirements of the user for effective transport, and the non-user for an exemplary urban environment, It has been ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Public Transport and the Compact City

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2000
The compact-city policy is a prudent strategy for carrying out city intensification and expansion. Similarly, public transport is seen as the most appropriate mode of transportation for this urban form. The connection between the two is clear—public transport makes sense in a compact city, and the compact city seeks to increase the use of public ...
Le Clercq, F., de Vries, J.S.
openaire   +4 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy