Measuring Incremental SB743 Progress: Accounting for Project Contributions Towards Reducing VMT Under California\u27s Senate Bill 743 [PDF]
, 2019 On September 27, 2013, California’s governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 743 into law, in part mandating the transition from a level-of-service-based (LOS) measure of transportation environmental impacts to a vehicle-miles-traveled-based (VMT) one in ...
Ferrell, Christopher E.
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Estimating Uncertainty of Bus Arrival Times and Passenger Occupancies [PDF]
, 2016 Travel time reliability and the availability of seating and boarding space are important indicators of bus service quality and strongly influence users’ satisfaction and attitudes towards bus transit systems.
Gayah, Vikash V. +2 more
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Evaluation of In-Use Fuel Economy and On-Board Emissions for Hybrid and Regular CyRide Transit Buses, October 2012 [PDF]
, 2012 The objective of this project was to evaluate the in-use fuel economy and emission differences between hybrid-electric and conventional transit buses for the Ames, Iowa transit authority, CyRide.
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Transport ProblemsPassenger rail transport is a key component of regional mobility systems, where the reliable assessment of station-level passenger volumes is essential for timetable planning and service evaluation. This study analyses the relationship between peak-hour passenger demand and daily station ridership using empirical data from the regional railway network ...
Ihor TARAN +2 more
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The European Bus with a High Level of Service (BHLS): Concept and Practice [PDF]
The paper discusses the respective American Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and European Bus with a High Level of Service (BHLS) concepts comparing their approaches and implementation conditions.
Brendan Finn +3 more
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CALIBRATING THE INTERCITY HIGH SPEED RAIL (HSR) CHOICE MODEL FOR THE RICHMOND-WASHINGTON, D.C. CORRIDOR [PDF]
This study aims to quantitatively investigate how the introduction of high-speed rail (HSR) influences traveler’s choice behavior. The study focuses on recalibrating the Florida-based HSR choice model to fit the intercity travel northward from Richmond ...
Xueming CHEN
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Public Transportation Syntheses Series (III): Relationships Between Business and Public Transportation and Identifying the Characteristics of Successful Local Transit Circulator Systems in Residential Areas of Southeast Florida [PDF]
, 1937 Sarah V.
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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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Advancing High-Speed Rail Policy in the United States, Research Report 11-18 [PDF]
, 2012 This report builds on a review of international experience with high-speed rail projects to develop recommendations for a High-speed rail policy framework for the United States.
Ashiabor, Seananu, Wei, Wenbin
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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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