Dissertations / Theses: 'Transportation and state – Netherlands'

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Curtis, Peter. "Corporatism and the state in the Netherlands, 1945-1979." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phc981.pdf.

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Schmidt, Pieter. "Educational Forests in the Netherlands." Technische Universität Dresden, 2019. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A34129.

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Increasing attention to wood production lead to the necessity for owners of forest and nature areas to promote the knowledge and experiences in silviculture and forest management among their staff and work force. Contacts between the main forest owner (the State Forest Service) and the education institutes led to an agreement conceming the long -term use of indicated forest areas as educational forests. Here the considerations and relevant points in the agreement are discussed.

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GALSTYAN, NARE. "ENGAGING STATELESS AND STATE-LINKED DIASPORAS: ASSYRIANS AND ARMENIANS IN THE NETHERLANDS." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/632297.

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The central aim of this research is to examine the complexities of relations between state, homeland, and diaspora by putting the existence and absence of nation-states as a salient divide between diaspora groups. At present, there have been few systematic, comparative studies that reflect commonalities and differences of stateless and state-linked diasporic networks. As the Armenian and Assyrian diasporas are two of the oldest diasporic communities in the world, they provide a backdrop for an expansive illustration of diaspora engagement practices in stateless and state-linked environments. The research studies pro-active diaspora engagement practices: transnational justice-seeking activities for conflict, post-conflict settings and human rights violations; collective remittances in support of the homeland and other transnational communities in need; diasporas actions in support to newly-arrived migrants. The findings of this research contribute to the field of diaspora studies by expanding understanding of the importance of homelands for diasporas and the complex relation of diasporas with the statehood dynamics of their homeland. The dissertation argues that “statelessness” and “state-linkedness” are not static and dichotomous, but rather contested and nuanced categories. Despite being neglected and dismembered from the “official” diaspora discourses, stateless diasporas find alternative links with territories within states that they refer to as homelands. Diasporas do this through their trusted networks and transnational institutions. Likewise, the existence of states is not a sufficient condition for diaspora-state cooperation. Despite the influence of structural factors, diasporas have the autonomy to decide on how to position themselves towards their homelands “of nation-state” and “without nation-state.” The research offers a closer look at the plurality of non-state organised actors in shaping both institutionalised and unofficial, non-institutionalised diaspora engagement practices.

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Lee, Sin-yee Cindy. "Developing a sustainable transport system in Hong Kong : the nature and impacts of planning and policy constraints /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19906602.

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Perkins, Judy Annette. "Institutionalizing transportation infrastructure investments and economic development : the role of State Departments of Transportation in multi-state economic development activities." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/32808.

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Fung, Tse-hing Winnie. "Transport in world cities : how does Hong Kong perform? /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23339147.

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der, Weduwen Arthur. "Selling the republican ideal : state communication in the Dutch Golden Age." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/16612.

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This study seeks to describe the public communication practices of the authorities in the Dutch Golden Age. It is a study of 'state communication': the manner in which the authorities sought to inform their citizens, publicise their laws, and engage publicly in quarrels with their political opponents. These communication strategies underpinned the political stability of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic. Concerned about their decorous appearance, the regents who ruled the country always understated the extent to which they relied on the consent of their citizens. The regents shared a republican ideal which dismissed the agency of popular consent; but this was an ideal, like so many ideals in the Dutch Republic, which existed in art and literature, but was not practised in daily life. The practicalities of governance demanded that the regents of the Dutch Republic adopt a sophisticated system of communication. The authorities employed town criers and bailiffs to speed through town and country to repeat proclamations; they instructed ministers to proclaim official prayer days at church; and they ensured that everywhere, on walls, doors, pillars and public boards, one could find the texts of ordinances, notices and announcements issued by the authorities. In the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic, politics was not the prerogative of the few. That this was due to the determined efforts of the authorities has never been appreciated. Far from withholding political information, the regents were finely attuned to the benefit of involving their citizens in the affairs of state. The Dutch public was exposed to a wealth of political literature, much of it published by the state. The widespread availability of government publications also exposed the law to prying, critical eyes; and it paved the way to make the state, and the bewildering wealth of legislation it communicated, more accountable.

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Arblaster, Paul. "Current-affairs publishing in the Habsburg Netherlands, 1620-1660, in comparative European perspective." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322671.

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Dix, Eeke. "Multiculturalism revisited : towards a shared national membership in a multicultural, democratic nation-state." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19475.

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This thesis investigates the negotiated interpretations of “self” amongst 2nd generation Dutch-Moroccan and Dutch-Turkish individuals. It thus enhances our understanding of a national identity that is both cohesive as well as susceptible to the multicultural dimensions the modern nation-state inhabits. As part of a theoretical evaluation of multiculturalism, the focus is on the relationship between nationalism and multiculturalism, and between acknowledging the civic and ethnic dimensions that embody and unite the national “self”. The thesis unpicks how and in which ways these elements influence the accommodation, the respect and inclusion of the ethno-culturally diverse “other”. Multiculturalism theory tends to overlook this important symbiosis which might explain the current, widespread public and political stance that no longer regards multiculturalism as a viable, sustainable approach to diversity. The Netherlands is an interesting case study not least because it was portrayed as the multicultural example and yet illuminates a gradual, yet devastating and definite abandonment of multiculturalism. This was symbolized by the assassination of film maker and Islam critic Theo van Gogh whose murderer, a young, educated, Dutch-Moroccan man, claimed to have killed in the name of Islam. The main analysis involves data from thirteen interviewees conducted with seven Dutch- Moroccans and six Dutch-Turks. Such 2nd generation migrants have seen their “Dutchness” contested and/or questioned despite the fact that their upbringing, education and daily life has largely occurred in the Netherlands. Other forms of data collection include a small scale online survey, a pilot participant observation session, and conducted interviews with experts of relevant organisations. This hybrid mélange of data illuminates methodological issues of researching a target group that is highly “researched”. The thesis commences with a contextual chapter that illuminates changing (inter)national public and political discourse on integration and offers a critical overview of Dutch immigration and integration policies (chapter 4). The Dutch approach of “pillarized multiculturalism” illuminates a key flaw in the practical implementation of multiculturalism where the focus on bonding rather than bridging accentuated a rigidified, “pillarized” segmentation of cultural difference according to social categories rather than individual integrity. As a consequence of these policies, an embedded notion of categorical “differentness” is sustained, and is reflected in Dutch-Moroccan and Dutch-Turkish individuals’ identification processes of “self”. In this regard, the role of culture is highlighted in two distinct ways that acts a) as a tool that serves Dutch-Moroccans and Dutch-Turks to negotiate an individualistic, civic, inclusive “Dutchness” as part of their religious and ethno-cultural affiliations and b) as an essentialist force that embodies a “culturalist” Dutch identity that is ethno-ancestrally exclusive (Chapter 5, 6 and 7). The thesis thus demonstrates the civic-ethnic dialectic inherent in national identity. This dialectic, comprising dilemmas of exclusion and inclusion and boundaries between majority and minority cultures, can shape a better understanding of a national membership that induces both national cohesion as well as accommodates multicultural diversity.

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Lo, Sze-yuen Henri. "A critical evaluation of public transport policy formulation in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31595157.

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Niemeier, Debbie A. "A consumer welfare approach to measuring accessibility /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10134.

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Wong, Hiu-Nga Daisy. "Environmental quality and transport policy." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B23501777.

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Amoaning-Yankson, Stephanie. "A resiliency framework for planning in state transportation agencies." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/49123.

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This thesis presents a framework for resiliency planning in state departments of transportation and other transportation agencies. The development of this framework is motivated by the need for more resilient transportation systems, due of the increasing frequency and the effect both natural and man-made catastrophic disasters have on transportation systems. The resiliency framework is based on the urban transportation planning framework and is thus applied in the broader context of general transportation planning. The resiliency framework is then applied in a preliminary review to three statewide transportation plans to show the resiliency deficiencies of those plans and how the framework may be applied to increase resiliency. These plans are selected from three different states with diversity of locations and without any preconceived notions about their incorporation of resiliency in their planning process. This preliminary review reveals a reactive nature towards investments that increase an agency’s resilience. This may be attributed to the problem of limited funding for transportation investments, as well as, limited knowledge by the transportation agencies about the return on such resiliency investments, mostly due to the uncertainty associated with the occurrence of catastrophic disasters, especially the predictability of weather-related events. However, post-disaster transportation system overhauls provide enough evidence for the need for more systemic ways of addressing resiliency in planning processes.

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Widihandojo, David Sulistijo. "The making of a precarious bourgeoisie: State and the transformation of domestic bourgeoisie in Indonesia." Thesis, Widihandojo, David Sulistijo (1997) The making of a precarious bourgeoisie: State and the transformation of domestic bourgeoisie in Indonesia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1997. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/404/.

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This study focusses on the dynamics which underlie the changing relationships between Chinese and pribumi business interests and the state. Under the Colonial state, the indigenous bourgeoisie had been practically eliminated, not only by the Dutch but also by priyayi bureaucrats. Consequently, Indonesia inherited a socially and politically weak bourgeoisie dominated by the Chinese who controlled substantial commercial networks, but had limited potential for political organisation. In the post-colonial era, attempts to build an indigenous bourgeoisie failed and it was the state that assumed the leading role in the economy. Under the New Order Government, the Chinese were to play a central role in promoting rapid economic growth and industrialisation. While this intensified resentment in some areas, new relationships between Chinese and pribumi capital and the state emerged. The intensifying relationship with the Chinese and pribumi had been built primarily around business alliances between large Chinese companies and companies owned by powerful political families. As such, cooperation remain highly dependent upon protective policies and access to monopolies. The unleashing of economic liberalisation resulted in the maturation of the bourgeoisie, characterised by their increasing entry into the international market. Conflict within business continued to evolve around the issues of conglomerates and was largely racially based. However, other factions were to emerge between upstream and downstream producers, between trading monopolists and producers. The case studies in this thesis draw out the increasing complexity of pribumi-Chinese relations. In the case of cloves we find that conflict between a Chinese cigarette manufacturing conglomerate and apribumi trading monopolist had few racial aspects. Rather, it was a conflict between rent-seekers and producers that was reflected in other parts of the economy and included both pribumi and Chinese on either side. As the economy grew and capitalism matured, issues other than race became important. These included deregulation of trade and investment, regulation and macro policy, with Pribumi and Chinese becoming absorbed and integrated on either side of the various conflicts.

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Widihandojo, David Sulistijo. "The making of a precarious bourgeoisie : state and the transformation of domestic bourgeoisie in Indonesia /." Access via Murdoch University Digital Theses Project, 1997. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20060410.124416.

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Smith, Denise A. "The evolution of multimodal transportation planning: key factors in shaping the approaches of state DOTs." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47702.

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As a result of the changing needs of society since the early 20th century, approaches to transportation planning have been continually shifting from highway-focused to multimodal, an approach which takes multiple modes of transportation into consideration. This evolution has been reflected in federal transportation legislation and continues to have many implications for transportation agencies, especially state departments of transportation (DOTs). The objective of this thesis is to analyze what state DOTs have done in order to adapt to the shift. More specifically, the project focuses on the organizational and funding structures of state DOTs. First, an organizational structure analysis of all 50 state DOTs was carried out. This analysis looked at how state DOTs incorporate multiple modes of transportation into their organizational structure. Secondly, the results of a statewide multimodal planning survey, to which 35 states responded, were analyzed. The survey gauged to what extent the representative from a given state DOT thought that their agency was conducting multimodal transportation planning. It also analyzed state DOT modal responsibilities, funding options, and characteristics that influence multimodal transportation planning. Lastly, case studies were carried out for six state transportation agencies: Florida DOT, North Carolina DOT, Oregon DOT, Virginia's Transportation Secretariat, Maryland DOT, and Massachusetts DOT. These case studies focused on organizational structure, funding, and multimodal efforts. Findings from the three different aspects of this thesis support the notion that highway is still the dominant mode in statewide transportation planning in most state DOTs. However, this research also supports the idea that this situation is changing, though more rapidly in some states than in others. Though it is not evident that one type of organizational structure is better than another, states have used the reorganization of these structures as a method for adapting to multimodal transportation planning. Overall, state DOTs tend to incorporate multiple modes of transportation into their organizational structure through multimodal divisions, separate modal divisions, or a combination of both. In addition to the organizational structures, some states have also restructured their funding mechanisms in order to make funds more flexible across all modes of transportation so that they may be able to better accommodate multimodal transportation planning. Those state DOTs with transportation trust funds and separate modal programs have generally shown more initiative in embracing a more multimodal approach to transportation planning. Besides organizational and funding structures, leadership, organizational culture, and institutional issues have been recognized as factors that influence the extent of multimodal planning.

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Chan, Yu-yuen Chris. "Public transport planning in Tuen Mun." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1989. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B43893247.

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Yeung, Kong-sang. "An analysis of the Hong Kong government's policies on the provision and management of roads." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13552958.

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Taylor, Brian D. "When finance leads planning : the influence of public finance on transportation planning and policy in California /." Berkeley : University of California Transportation Center, 1992. http://www.uctc.net/research/diss001.pdf.

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Pangbourne, Katharine Jane. "The changing geography of Scottish transport governance." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2010. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=158385.

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This thesis contributes to theorizing governance and state restructuring and assesses the effectiveness of the strategic transport governance arrangements in Scotland during the period 2006-2007/08. The context is the seven Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs) that were established to tackle cross-boundary and regional issues. The ontology is broadly critical realist and the methodological approach is qualitative utilising a modified grounded theory approach. Fifty-four interviews were carried out and three RTPs used as case studies over the period 2005/06-2007/08. There are two conclusions. First, progress in governing the development of strategic transport issues hinges on closer integration of spatial planning and transport planning strategy processes. Distinct professional spheres need to work more collaboratively. Second, the concepts of ‘hollowing-out’ and ‘filling-in’ from governance literature need to be enhanced to reflect the nuances found in this empirical research. Drawing on a New State Spaces framework, the concepts of centrally-orchestrated regionalism/regionally-orchestrated centralism, and the process-oriented work on collaborative governance reveals a Collaborative Inertia in the current RTP structure that is founded on uncertainty. It is proposed that two new processes have been identified: ‘over-stuffing’ as a useful perspective in explaining the structure and relations evident in Scottish transport governance and that there has been a process of ‘locally-orchestrated regionalism’ in the formation of voluntary RTPs, which has paradoxically led to a weak statutory regionalism. However, the regional dimension remains important and suggestions are made regarding strengthening integration between sectors at the same time as reducing the organisational complexity of governance.

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Bouma, Lisa C. "Retirement income policies and welfare state retrenchment: a comparative study of Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2005. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/2305.

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Slevin, James Martin. "The normative foundations of television culture : a critical account of the conceptualization of moral responsibility in Dutch and British state broadcasting policy." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307905.

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Fulwider, Benjamin. "Driving the nation road transportation and the postrevolutionary Mexican state, 1925-1960 /." Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2009. http://worldcat.org/oclc/463436776/viewonline.

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Sulmona, Luigi Giuseppe. "“Trade with security” : how Canada and the Netherlands relocated state frontiers through civil aviation networks." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42112.

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Since the 1980s, globalization has driven rapid civil aviation industry growth, creating enforcement issues for border control agencies and complicating passenger service. In response, airlines, airports, and the state jointly pursued trade facilitation, including Advanced Border Control (ABC) programs (i.e. Automated Border Kiosks, United States Preclearance Service, and Advanced Passenger Information Systems). As September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks drove resurgent border control policy, the ABC programs became increasingly useful. Post-9/11 national security policy also had globalization implications, summarized in 2003 by the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Paul Cellucci, as “security trumps trade”. This thesis therefore examines how ABC programs influenced the civil aviation industry, and the balance between trade and national security from 1985 to 2010, with case studies from Canada and the Netherlands. The methodology involved a review of the academic literature, relevant policy and corporate documents, and stakeholder interviews. The research concludes that the civil aviation firms and border control agencies maintained continuous collaboration, despite political, business, and technical challenges. Relations did change post-9/11, especially in Canada with increased state leadership. The research thus contributes to understanding border control partnerships between agencies, airlines, and airports that worked towards a “trade with security” strategy. The research also identifies that this private and public sector coordination encouraged collaboration with the U.S. on trade and national security policies. Conceptually, this multi-decade symbiotic state-firm “partnership” had material implications for trans-national relations by contributing to the “relocation of frontiers to extra-territorial and virtual spaces”. The ABC program “remote-control” tools thus permit the re-working of spatial interaction, with the “re-location” of territory that redefines where the state may “perform” its sovereign duties. For globalization, this means firms contribute to “negating border controls, but not sovereign borders”, which paradoxically strengthens the ability for the state to protect national security interests through the “projection of sovereignty”. These practices however need attention given the potential for human rights-related exclusion, along with unwarranted firm complexity. However, in looking towards a world where mobility and connectivity become paramount for societal participation, streamlined linkages enabled by sophisticated ABC programs can permit local spaces to better participate in global flows.

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Wiegand, Jonathan Devan. "State Transportation Agencies' utilization of work zone congestion mitigation strategies." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2007.

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Li, Ying. "Forecasting Long Term Highway Staffing Requirements for State Transportation Agencies." UKnowledge, 2016. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/ce_etds/42.

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The transportation system is vital to the nation’s economic growth and stability, as it provides mobility for commuters while supporting the United States’ ability to compete in an increasingly competitive global economy. State Transportation Agencies across the country continue to face many challenges to repair and enhance highway infrastructure to meet the rapid increasing transportation needs. One of these challenges is maintaining an adequate and efficient agency staff. In order to effectively plan for future staffing levels, State Transportation Agencies need a method for forecasting long term staffing requirements. However, current methods in use cannot function without well-defined projects and therefore making long term forecasts is difficult. This dissertation seeks to develop a dynamic model which captures the feedback mechanisms within the system that determines highway staffing requirements. The system dynamics modeling methodology was used to build the forecasting model. The formal model was based on dynamic hypotheses derived from literature review and interviews with transportation experts. Both qualitative and quantitative data from literature, federal and state database were used to support the values and equations in the model. The model integrates State Transportation Agencies’ strategic plans, funding situations and workforce management strategies while determining future workforce requirements, and will hopefully fill the absence of long-term staffing level forecasting tools at State Transportation Agencies. By performing sensitivity simulations and statistical screening on possible drivers of the system behavior, the dynamic impacts of desired highway pavement performance level, availability of road fund and bridge fund on the required numbers of Engineers and Technicians throughout a 25-year simulation period were closely examined. Staffing strategies such as recruiting options (in-house vs. consultants) and hiring levels (entry level vs. senior level) were tested. Finally the model was calibrated using input data specific to Kentucky to simulate an expected retirement wave and search for solutions to address temporary staffing shortage.

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Jamal, Esraa' Ali. "Assessing public transportation option as a potential solution to the transportation challenges in the State of Kuwait." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54039.

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Transportation congestion is an increasingly important issue in modern urban planning. A sustainable transportation system should assure people’s safety, environmental protection, economic support, social justice, and accessibility for both people and goods. Kuwait is no exception to this challenge because rapid growth has increased the pressure on its existing transportation system. The objectives of this study are to understand the people’s awareness of transportation problems and the impact associated with them in Kuwait, to examine people’s perceptions of daily traffic congestion and how it affects them emotionally and physically in Kuwait, and to study the attitude of Kuwaiti citizens and residents towards using the public bus service. An online survey was used to examine these factors and a sample of five hundred users was obtained. Balance adjusting technique was applied to correct and match the sample proportions with the population proportions. The study questions have been investigated by using the chi-square test for independence. The primary findings showed significant associations between use of the public bus and the users’ nationality, gender, age, education and income level. In relation to the existing public bus service, men are 2.6 times more likely to use it than are women, and non-Kuwaiti residents are 6.4 times more likely to use it than are Kuwaitis. In addition, the perception of daily traffic congestion varied among different nationalities. Kuwaitis perceptions of the daily commuting trips indicate that it consumes a large sum of time. Non-Kuwaitis use of public transit is affected by the number of years they have been living in Kuwait. The results of this study fill a gap in the knowledge of socioeconomic and cultural factors that may influence the success of potential sustainable solutions to the transportation challenges in the State of Kuwait.
Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences (Okanagan)
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of (Okanagan)
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Guptill, Sandi London Carleton University Dissertation Geography. "The provision of transportation services to isolated communities with emphasis on the development of systems on the Labrador Coast." Ottawa, 1988.

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Chan, Yu-yuen Chris, and 陳于遠. "Public transport planning in Tuen Mun." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1989. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43893247.

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Farmer, Stephanie. "Chicago's public transportation system the contradictions of neoliberalism in the global city /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2009.

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Wilson, Richard D. "Strategic multimodal performance measurement: a survey of best practices at state departments of transportation." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50419.

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Over the past several years state departments of transportation (DOTs) have been faced with the challenge of mounting traffic congestion and dwindling transportation funds. It is against this backdrop that the need for optimal resource allocation decisions has become of utmost importance. Two emerging fields in transportation planning, performance measurement and multimodal planning, have the potential to assist agencies in investing transportation resources in the most effective manner. The confluence of these two fields at the strategic level, strategic multimodal performance measurement, is a promising approach for state DOTs looking to meet the public's growing transportation needs in spite of the dwindling financial resources available. Currently, many states are having difficulty developing performance measurement programs that incorporate a multimodal perspective to facilitate cross-modal comparisons. The objective of this research is to identify innovations and best practices at leading state DOTs in strategic multimodal performance measurement in order to assist other DOTs in the development or improvement of their strategic multimodal performance measurement programs. First, a review of literature examined the existing research related to performance measurement and multimodal planning. From this review of literature, a list of criteria was developed to evaluate strategic multimodal performance measurement programs. Additionally, a group of state DOTs with success in performance measurement or multimodal planning was identified. Next, a nationwide survey of multimodal practices at state DOTs was conducted to identify the current practices in strategic multimodal performance measurement. This survey, along with the literature review and discussions with practitioners, guided the selection of five state DOTs that case studies were performed on. Each of the case studies was organized and evaluated based on the criteria established in the literature review. The findings of this research suggest that performance measures for non-highway modes still lag behind those for highways, even in leading state DOTs. The findings also suggest that state DOTs have yet to develop a leading methodology for multimodal tradeoff analysis, but that performance measurement systems that are analogous across all modes have great potential for facilitating cross-modal comparisons.

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Kwong, Lau Po-yuk Christina. "A study of the development of transport policy in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23295375.

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Siu, Wai-ming. "The development of transport policy in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23339160.

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LeBoeuf, Charles W. "Estimating Annual Average Daily Traffic for Non-State Roads in Louisiana." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1585862.

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Average annual daily traffic (AADT) is important in transportation engineering and planning, and although the State of Louisiana collects AADT on a regular basis on state-maintained highways, most parishes and smaller municipalities do not have the resources to collect AADT frequently. Because the roads under the jurisdiction of parishes and municipalities account for three-fourths of the entire state road network, a practical method to estimated AADT must be developed. Before model development, previous studies into AADT estimation and their results are to be further analyzed. Roadway, demographic, and economic data for selected parishes in Louisiana is collected and processed to remove any data not necessary in model development, and afterwards, parish-specific and combination data models using this data are developed to compare to the observed AADT at a particular count station. Parish selection is based on population, number of existing count stations within the parish, and if an Interstate Highway traverses the parish. Because of the varying characteristics among the data in the selected parishes, parish-specific models for the rural parish roads are developed, and Poisson is selected as the regression model due to discrete data. Results for all Poisson models developed show that the models tend to overestimate AADT for lower observed AADT and underestimate AADT for higher observed AADT. Because of this, support vector regression (SVR) was used, and this method greatly improved the estimation of AADT in comparison to the Poisson regression as shown using certain goodness-of-fit parameters.

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Hammer, Kristina Marie. "Organizational network analysis in a transportation agency." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Fall2009/k_hammer_120309.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in civil engineering)--Washington State University, December 2009.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 15, 2010). "Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering." Includes bibliographical references (p. [9-10]).

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Khachatryan, Hayk. "Spatial investigation of mineral transportation characteristics in the state of Washington." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Spring2007/H_Khachatryan_122806.pdf.

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Khan, Azhar Mansur. "Preliminary cost-benefit study of supersonic commercial air transportation." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28951.

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Gu, Yiming. "Bayesian-based Traffic State Estimation in Large-Scale Networks Using Big Data." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2017. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/800.

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Traffic state estimation (TSE) aims to estimate the time-varying traffic characteristics (such as flow rate, flow speed, flow density, and occurrence of incidents) of all roads in traffic networks, provided with limited observations in sparse time and locations. TSE is critical to transportation planning, operation and infrastructure design. In this new era of “big data”, massive volumes of sensing data from a variety of source (such as cell phones, GPS, probe vehicles, and inductive loops, etc.) enable TSE in an efficient, timely and accurate manner. This research develops a Bayesian-based theoretical framework, along with statistical inference algorithms, to (1) capture the complex flow patterns in the urban traffic network consisting both highways and arterials; (2) incorporate heterogeneous data sources into the process of TSE; (3) enable both estimation and perdition of traffic states; and (4) demonstrate the scalability to large-scale urban traffic networks. To achieve those goals, a Hierarchical Bayesian probabilistic model is proposed to capture spatio-temporal traffic states. The propagation of traffic states are encapsulated through mesoscopic network flow models (namely the Link Queue Model) and equilibrated fundamental diagrams. Traffic states in the Hierarchical Bayesian model are inferred using the Expectation-Maximization Extended Kalman Filter (EM-EKF). To better estimate and predict states, infrastructure supply is also estimated as part of the TSE process. It is done by adopting a series of algorithms to translate Twitter data into traffic incident information. Finally, the proposed EM-EKF algorithm is implemented and examined on the road networks in Washington DC. The results show that the proposed methods can handle large-scale traffic state estimation, while achieving superior results comparing to traditional temporal and spatial smoothing methods.

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Celikbilek, Can. "Transportation Route Optimization for the State of Ohio’s Inland Waterway System: A Case Study for Mid-Ohio River Valley Region." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1444307761.

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Scheving, Thorsteinsson Astridur. "State aid to airlines." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ64301.pdf.

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Field, Mary Anne. "Performance accountability in the federal-state transportation program: factors affecting successful implementation." FIU Digital Commons, 1999. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3347.

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Governmental accountability is the requirement of government entities to be accountable to the citizenry in order to justify the raising and expenditure of public resources. The concept of service efforts and accomplishments measurement for government programs was introduced by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) in Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting: Its Time Has Come (1990). This research tested the feasibility of implementing the concept for the Federal-aid highway construction program and identified factors affecting implementation with a case study of the District of Columbia. Changes in condition and performance ratings for specific highway segments in 15 projects, before and after construction expenditures, were evaluated using data provided by the Federal Highway Administration. The results of the evaluation indicated difficulty in drawing conclusions on the state program performance, as a whole. The state program reflects problems within the Federally administered program that severely limit implementation of outcome-oriented performance measurement. Major problems identified with data acquisition are: data reliability, availability, compatibility and consistency among states. Other significant factors affecting implementation are institutional barriers and political barriers. Institutional issues in the Federal Highway Administration include the lack of integration of the fiscal project specific database with the Highway Performance Monitoring System database. The Federal Highway Administration has the ability to resolve both of the data problems, however interviews with key Federal informants indicate this will not occur without external directives and changes to the Federal "stewardship" approach to program administration. The findings indicate many issues must be resolved for successful implementation of outcome-oriented performance measures in the Federal-aid construction program. The issues are organizational and political in nature, however in the current environment resolution is possible. Additional research is desirable and would be useful in overcoming the obstacles to successful implementation.

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Nolfi, Michelle C. "Proposal for constructibility training for state of Connecticut Department of Transportation employees /." View abstract, 1999. http://library.ctstateu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/1539.html.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Central Connecticut State University, 1999.
Thesis advisor: Dr Stuart R. Bennett. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science Technology Education degree (Plan C)."

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Brown, Christine. "Absence of freight transportation plans in state and county emergency operations plans /." Online version of thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10614.

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Gall, Alexander. ""Gute Strassen bis ins kleinste Dorf!" : Verkehrspolitik in Bayern zwischen Wiederaufbau und Ölkrise /." Frankfurt/Main [u.a.] : Campus-Verl, 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=013188056&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Yuen, Hong-shing Honson. "Why is Hong Kong's policy toward franchised bus incremental?" Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23295752.

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Ripplinger, David. "Organizing Transit in Small Urban and Rural Communities." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26729.

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The justification of government support of rural transit on the basis of the presence of increasing returns to scale and the most efficient regional organization of transit is investigated. Returns to density, size, and scope at most levels of output were found. Cost subadditivity, where a monopoly firm can provide service at a lower cost than two firms, was found for many, but not all observations. The presence of natural monopoly in rural transit in a strict sense is rejected. The findings and implications are directly applicable to rural transit in North Dakota and should be helpful in informing future federal policy as well as rural transit policy, service design, and operation in other states.

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Lo, Kwong-pui Francis. "Attitudes to public transport in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23476527.

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Lau, Chi-ying Angela. "Cross-border freight transport planning : maintaining Hong Kong as a regional container port /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23425842.

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Hunter, Timothy Jason. "Large-Scale, Low-Latency State Estimation Of Cyberphysical Systems With An Application To Traffic Estimation." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3686329.

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Large physical systems are increasingly prevalent, and designing estimation strategies for them has become both a practical necessity and a complicated problem. Their sensing infrastructure is usually ad-hoc, and the estimate of interest is often a complex function of the data. At the same time, computing power is rapidly becoming a commodity. We show with the study of two estimation tasks in urban transportation how the proper design of algorithms can lead to significant gains in scalability compared to existing solutions.

A common problem in trip planning is to make a given deadline such as arriving at the airport within an hour. Existing routing services optimize for the expected time of arrival, but do not provide the most reliable route, which accounts for the variability in travel times. Providing statistical information is even harder for trips in cities which undergo a lot of variability. This thesis aims at building scalable algorithms for inferring statistical distributions of travel time over very large road networks, using GPS points from vehicles in real-time. We consider two complementary algorithms that differ in the characteristics of the GPS data input, and in the complexity of the model: a simpler streaming Expectation-Maximization algorithm that leverages very large volumes of extremely noisy data, and a novel Markov Model-Gaussian Markov Random Field that extracts global statistical correlations from high-frequency, privacy-preserving trajectories.

These two algorithms have been implemented and deployed in a pipeline that takes streams of GPS data as input, and produces distributions of travel times accessible as output. This pipeline is shown to scale on a large cluster of machines and can process tens of millions of GPS observations from an area that comprises hundreds of thousands of road segments. This is to our knowledge the first research framework that considers in an integrated fashion the problem of statistical estimation of traffic at a very large scale from streams of GPS data.

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Fung, Tse-hing Winnie, and 馮子卿. "Transport in world cities: how does Hong Kongperform?" Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3194548X.

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