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The impact of urban spatial structure on travel demand in the United States [PDF]
The authors combine measures of urban form and public transit supply for 114 urbanized areas with the 1990 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey to address two questions: (1) How do measures of urban form, including city shape, road density, the ...
Bento, Antonio M. +3 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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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract Species distribution models (SDMs) are often used to understand changes to species' distributions and their habitats under different land‐use scenarios, enabling decision makers to prioritize areas for management efforts and balance environmental conservation with socio‐economic demands on the landscape.
Hossam Eldien Abdel Moniem +7 more
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Smart Construction and Sustainable CitiesFaults and fractured zones are common geological hazards in tunnel construction, especially in seismic regions where tunnels are highly vulnerable to fault movements.
Jianwang Li +6 more
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Distortions in infrastructure development in urban transport in India: How to remedy it? [PDF]
, 2012 National Urban Transport Policy, the guiding document for urban transport in India, emphasis movement of people and goods and not vehicles. The paper establishes that investment on walking and cycling facilities, and surface rail projects give maximum ...
Manchala, Ravibabu, Vagvala, Phani Sree
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Who Makes the Far Right? Exploring Membership Application Data of the National Front of Australia
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.This paper addresses a problem for scholars examining the question of who supports far right political parties or movements. Due to the semi‐clandestine or oppositional nature of far right groups, historians, as well as those in adjacent disciplines, have often been unable to gain access to sufficient records or data to conduct analysis of who supports
Evan Smith, Lauren Pikó
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Chengshi guidao jiaotong yanjiu[Objective] To enhance metro passenger riding experience, the speed range at which the carbody exhibits optimal stability while passing through tracks laid with floating slabs is explored.
Jinming ZHANG +4 more
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Evaluation Model for Rail State Assessment in Urban Rail Transit
In urban rail transit, rail maintenance is critical for ensuring safety and efficiency. Accurately assessing the state of rail damage and its influencing factors can focus attention on potential vulnerabilities, significantly reducing accident rates and enhancing economic efficiency.
Wang, Mengyi, Zhou, Yu
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Designing and Operating Safe and Secure Transit Systems: Assessing Current Practices in the United States and Abroad, MTI Report 04-05 [PDF]
, 2005 Public transit systems around the world have for decades served as a principal venue for terrorist acts. Today, transit security is widely viewed as an important public policy issue and is a high priority at most large transit systems and at smaller ...
Cavanagh, Ellen +7 more
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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