Investing in Mobility: Freight Transport in the Hudson Region [PDF]
, 2004 Proposes a framework for assessing alternative investments in freight rail, highway, and transit capacity that would increase the ability to improve mobility and air quality in the New York metropolitan ...
Adam Gitlin +6 more
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Development of the urban form in the guangzhou railway station area (gzrsa) under the transformation by rail transit methods [PDF]
, 2008 The purpose of this article is to examine how the transformation by the rail transit methods faced in the GZRSA influence the development of the urban form in the area.
Zhang, Xiaoxing
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, 2002 Effective public transit is central to development. For the vast majority of developing city residents, public transit is the only practical means to access employment, education, and public services, especially when such services are beyond the viable ...
Wright, Lloyd
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Mapping rail wear transitions [PDF]
, 2003 This paper outlines work carried out to produce maps of\ud rail material wear coefficients taken from laboratory\ud tests run on twin disc and pin-on-disc machines as well\ud as those derived from measurements taken in the field.\ud Wear transitions are identified using the maps and\ud defined in terms of slip and contact pressure.
Lewis, R., Olofsson, U.
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Promoting Intermodal Connectivity at California’s High Speed Rail Stations [PDF]
, 2015 High-speed rail (HSR) has emerged as one of the most revolutionary and transformative transportation technologies, having a profound impact on urban-regional accessibility and inter-city travel across Europe, Japan, and more recently China and other ...
Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia +2 more
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, 2003 Choices on public transit options are choices about a city's future. Will there be congestion? Will there be high levels of air and noise pollution? Will transport be affordable? Will services be available to all?
Fjellstrom, Karl, Wright, Lloyd
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Transit in Washington, D.C.: Current Benefits and Optimal Level of Provision [PDF]
The discrepancy between transit’s large share of local transportation resources and its generally low share of local trips has raised questions about the use of scarce transportation funds for this purpose.
Bagliano, Andrew +4 more
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Mobility and Equity for New York's Transit-Starved Neighborhoods: The Case for Full-Featured Bus Rapid Transit [PDF]
, 2013 New York City's public transportation system moves millions of people every day. But an increasing number who live in outer borough neighborhoods are stuck with unreliable transit options and long travel times tracked in hours, not minutes.It does not ...
Elena Conte, Joan Byron
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Factors Influencing Voting Results of Local Transportation Funding Initiatives with a Substantial Transit Component: Case Studies of Ballot Measures in Eleven Communities, MTI Report 01-17 [PDF]
, 2001 This publication is a follow-up study to MTI publication 00-01, Why Campaigns for Local Transportation Funding Initiatives Succeed or Fail: An Analysis of Four Communities and National Data.
Haas, Peter J, Werbel, Richard
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Residential relocation in response to light rail transit investment: case study of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail system [PDF]
, 2016 It is widely acknowledged that the improved accessibility enabled by investment in public transport services can, under favorable market conditions, impact the local real estate market within the zone of influence of the service’s stations.
Scott Le Vine, Xiaobo Liu, Yi Deng
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