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Remaining Useful Life Modelling With an Escalator Health Condition Analytic System
Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Volume 41, Issue 8, Page 3746-3758, December 2025.ABSTRACT An escalator's refurbishment is usually linked with its design life as recommended by the manufacturer. However, the actual useful life of an escalator should be determined by its operating condition, which is affected by the runtime, workload, maintenance quality and vibration, rather than age only. The objective of this project is to develop
Inez M. Zwetsloot +7 more
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South African Journal of Economics, Volume 93, Issue 4, Page 374-386, December 2025.ABSTRACT Several significant urban transportation projects implemented in South Africa over the last decade have had disappointing results at odds with ex‐ante and ex‐post economic appraisals of their feasibility. The economic and financial implications are significant and enduring and, in the case of the bus rapid transit (BRT) systems, have resulted ...
Gary P. Hayes, Christoffel J. Venter
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From Buses to BRT: Case Studies of Incremental BRT Projects in North America, MTI Report 09-13 [PDF]
, 2010 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) uses different combinations of techniques to improve service, such as bus-only lanes and roads, pre-boarding fare collection, transit priority at traffic signals, stylish vehicles with extra doors, bus stops that are more like ...
Jerram, Lisa Callaghan, Niles, John
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Public Transportation Access and Food Insecurity
Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 5, Page 1449-1467, November 2025.ABSTRACT Public transportation networks connect poor urban households in food deserts to grocery options and nutritious food. This paper examines how the exit of public transit options in an urban food desert affects a household's access to and utilization of grocery stores over drug and dollar stores, as well as the healthfulness of the foods these ...
Sierra Arnold
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Increasing Transit Ridership: Lessons from the Most Successful Transit Systems in the 1990s, MTI Report-01-22 [PDF]
, 2002 This study systematically examines recent trends in public transit ridership in the U.S. during the 1990s. Specifically, this analysis focuses on agencies that increased ridership during the latter half of the decade.
Boyd, Brent +5 more
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The Right Track: Building a 21st Century High-Speed Rail System for America [PDF]
, 2010 Provides an overview of U.S. investment in high-speed intercity passenger rail, its economic and environmental benefits, analyses by region, and key steps for building an efficient network, including balancing private investment with public ...
Phineas Baxandall +2 more
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Public Transportation Ridership Levels [PDF]
This article uses linear regression analysis to examine the determinants of public transportation ridership in over 100 U. S. cities in 2007. The primary determinant of ridership appears to be availability of public transportation service.
Christopher C. Klein +1 more
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Examination of Regional Transit Service Under Contracting: A Case Study in the Greater New Orleans Region, Research Report 10-09 [PDF]
, 2011 Many local governments and transit agencies in the United States face financial difficulties in providing adequate public transit service in individual systems, and in providing sufficient regional coordination to accommodate transit trips involving at ...
Houtman, Rebecca +3 more
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Class Act: An Assessment of Los Angeles Metro’s U-Pass Program [PDF]
, 2019 In 2016, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) introduced the Universal College Student Transit Pass (U-Pass), its reduced transit fare pass program for college and university students, with the expressed goal of increasing
Yowell, T. Ryan
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Optimizing public transit quality and system access: the multiple-route, maximal covering/shortest-path problem [PDF]
Public transit service is a promising travel mode because of its potential to address urban sustainability. However, current ridership of public transit is very low in most urban regions -- particularly those in the United States.
Alan T Murray, Changshan Wu
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