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Technology Research on Rail Potential Limit of Urban Rail Transit

open access: yes, 2018
The OVPD device is an important component of the protective equipment in the power supply system of urban rail transit. Basic principle of rail potential limiting protection for urban rail transit was analyzed, and a new type of rail potential limiter for urban rail transit was designed, which provided the basis for the selection of the thyristor of ...
CHEN Chaolu   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Cost of Convenience: A Hedonic Approach to Travel Time Valuation and Cost‐Benefit Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a novel revealed‐preference approach to estimating the value of travel time (VTT) and calculating consumer surplus for the economic evaluation of transport infrastructure. Departing from traditional stated‐preference models, we derive time valuations by linking residential rental transactions in Greater Sydney to employment
Isaac Mann, David M. Levinson
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Autonomous Truck Technology on US Interstate Trade

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent advances in autonomous and semi‐autonomous vehicle technologies promise substantial cost savings for goods shipped by truck. In this study, we quantify the impacts of these transport cost reductions on the US interstate trade using a structural gravity model of domestic trade. Based on projected cost savings from the widespread adoption
Taejun Mo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Noise Characteristics Test for Tram Running in Small Radius Curved Section

open access: yesChengshi guidao jiaotong yanjiu
[Objective] Due to complex wheel-rail relationships, trams are prone to generating severe whistling noise when running on small radius curved sections of urban roads.
SUN Jifeng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local Crime Spillover Onto Public–Private Partnership Financing Commitment: Do Urban Proximity and Local Affluence Matter?

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the relationship between public infrastructure and crime location choices is well‐studied in criminology, the impact of crime as a spillover externality on public–private partnership (PPP) infrastructure financing remains unexplored. Leveraging a data set of 542 Private Finance Initiative (PFI)‐funded infrastructures in England and Wales
King Yoong Lim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home sweet harm: Confinement and tranquilidad in post‐asylum Peru

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how Peru's Community Mental Health (CMH) model contributes to the exclusion and home confinement of mentally ill individuals. Based on the experience of a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia and her mother, I show how CMH's emphasis on community‐based care often fails in practice, as neighbors respond to people with mental
Julio Villa‐Palomino
wiley   +1 more source

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