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TEN MYTHS ABOUT U.S. URBAN RAIL SYSTEMS

open access: yes, 1999
The proponents of rail transit have promulgated a set of stock arguments to help convince officials and the electorate that rail transit is a necessary component of a contemporary urban transportation system.
Rubin, T A   +5 more
core   +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

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

Coupling Characteristics of Operational Safety Risks in Urban Rail Transit

open access: yes
Objective Urban rail transit system is a complex integrated system involving people, machine, environment, and management, with its operational risks existing not independently or statically.
SHI Ting
core   +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

Comparative Study on Technical Specifications for Dynamic Acceptance of Intercity Railways and High-speed Railways

open access: yesChengshi guidao jiaotong yanjiu
[Objective] To strengthen the quality management of intercity railway projects, it is necessary to compare the relevant technical standards of high-speed railways and optimize the technical specifications for dynamic acceptance of intercity railways ...
HE Zhiping   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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