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Chang, D. Tilly (Doris Tilly). "Analysis of financial planning requirements in transportation planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65045.
King, David Andrew. "Exploring the localization of transportation planning essays on research and policy implications from shifting goals in transportation planning /." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1876284401&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Chase, Holly (Holly Elizabeth). "Transportation planning options for elderly mobility." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66708.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-49).
The population of the United States is aging, yet the current transportation system is not designed to accommodate the elderly. Reduced mobility has a profound impact on elderly well-being, and the transportation needs of older people will only increase as the baby boomer generation ages in the suburbs. Where transportation options do exist, few meet the standards of the private car that the baby boomers have come to expect. I explore the mobility attitudes and habits of the baby boomers and the responses of communities and regions to an already apparent mobility gap. I then evaluate a sample of near-term policy options for decision makers, using case studies of public transportation, SilverRideTM, ITNAmerica®, and villages. I argue that the options vary along the criteria of availability, acceptability, and affordability, and within a taxonomy of fiscal and social capacity. Diverse contexts mean that no one option is sufficient, and communities will ultimately decide which options to pursue based on their unique needs and resources. In the future, policy options will likely evolve to better address public funding constraints and build on informal forms of transportation. Both fiscal and social capacity are necessary for transportation policy options to function optimally over time, and communities can leverage existing social capacity to help enhance elderly well-being and address the unpreparedness of regions and individuals.
by Holly Chase.
M.C.P.
Alexander, James W. 1977. "Community transportation : alternative transportation provision in a low-income neighborhoods in southeast Atlanta." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17685.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [148]-[152]).
Regional transit agencies are ineffective at meeting many of the basic transportation needs of a clustered "Study Area" of low-income Atlanta neighborhoods. For transit dependant residents in the Study Area, getting to the grocery store or to suburban job centers, for example, is difficult or impossible. This exploratory thesis approaches transportation access problems in these neighborhoods from a community-based perspective. In response to the ineffectiveness of regional transportation agencies, this thesis asks, "Can low-income neighborhoods create their own solutions to their unique transportation problems?" In order to answer this question, a community transportation planning process was conducted, three case studies were collected and analyzed, and potential solutions were forwarded. In the end, these neighborhoods have the ability to alleviate many of their transportation problems through primarily organizing their existing assets. A proposed Community Transportation Organization (CTO), with accountability to local residents and expertise to implement transportation projects, could help organize these assets and produce needed services. The community transportation planning process and case studies uncovered that the CTO should organize the following services: a jitney service to the grocery store, neighborhood carpools to suburban job centers, and jitney supplements to troubled bus routes.
by James W. Alexander, Jr.
M.C.P.
Todman, Lynn Chatman. "Private finance of transportation infrastructure." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70183.
Cashman, Rosemary. "The marketing of public transportation case study : commuter rail at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72257.
Title as it appears in M.I.T. Graduate List, Sept. 1987: The marketing of public transportation, a case study: commuter rail at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Bibliography: leaves 55-56.
by Rosemary Cashman.
M.C.P.
Hansen, Svein Ivar. "Transportation and urban development the past and future of Sydney /." Access electronically, 2004. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20041103.152651/index.html.
Innes, Robert George. "An evaluation framework for citizen participation in urban transportation planning." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28339.
Applied Science, Faculty of
Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
Graduate
Kassens, Eva. "Transportation planning for mega events : a model of urban change." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55106.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-223).
My study is about opportunities for revolutionary developments in urban transport. Often, we think of transport and urban development as an evolutionary process, yet there exist a few opportunities for cities to revolutionize their transport system within a short timeframe of only 10 years. Prime examples for such opportunities are mega events. Based on my hypothesis that mega event owners exercise a decisive influence on urban and transport planning through the requirements they impose on cities, the challenge inherent to leveraging the mega event opportunity is the alignment of transport provisions for staging a world-class event with the metropolitan vision by using the mega event as a tool for desirable change. In my study I examine the dynamics of the urban-change process in the run-up to mega events by analyzing the potential clash between the event owner's requirements and the development of transport strategies pursued by four cities, which have hosted the largest mega event of all - the Summer Olympic Games. The Olympic cities in my research are Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000), and Athens (2004). I comparatively analyze the extent to which each city did or did not align the planning of preparations for the mega event with the metropolitan strategies for long-term urban and transport development. Through field observations, document analysis, and interviews, I identify the influences the International Olympic Committee (IOC) brings to the transport planning process of metropolises, analyze the Olympic impacts, and finally propose a causal model linking IOC influences and urban transport outcomes.
(cont.) I find that the influence of IOC produces a similar pattern of urban and transport change. I explain further why and under what conditions the event requirements can function as catalysts for transport investments, integration of transport systems, upgrades of institutional coordination, and management capacities. If planned effectively, event transport strategies can bring significant long-term enhancement in regional mobility. Existing theories of urban development do not fully capture the interdependencies among factors operating before, during and after mega events. My research suggests that the IOC is a powerful agent in local urban and transport plannning that guides cities towards similar urban change in the run-up to the Olympics. To leverage mega event opportunities for transport, I provide policy recommendations on the alignment of event transport requirements and metropolitan strategy. Given the high investment costs and associated risks, city governments should catalyze their endeavors for improved metropolitan transport through the city's bid that can ultimately enhance metropolitan transport for users on a daily basis.
by Eva Kassens.
Ph.D.
Kho, Karen. "Making the metro connections : integrating MPO transportation planning with land use and intermodal planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67433.
Austin, Andrew Blair Jr. "The taxicab as public transportation in Boston." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66874.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160).
This thesis investigates the taxicab and its role as a form of public transportation, using Boston's taxicab system as an opportunity to study the mode's function in the city as well as its relationship to other forms of transportation. In many American cities, the taxicab is an important but frequently overlooked public transportation mode, and it represents a significant opportunity to provide mobility in many places where conventional mass transit cannot do so in a cost-effective manner. Strict regulations guide taxicab operations in most cities, but relatively few exist to directly improve taxicab service or to enhance urban mobility. As a result, economic forces exert a primary influence on taxicab operations that does not necessarily produce socially optimal results. The central inquiry of this thesis is when and where the taxicab operates as a complement or a substitute to Boston's mass transit system, and which factors appear to affect its fulfillment of each role. I hypothesize that Boston's taxicabs provide better service in locations where transit is also available than in areas with little or no transit access, and I argue that this outcome is not optimal for a variety of reasons. I investigate taxicab activity in Boston by analyzing trip-level data recorded for Boston taxicabs during the past two years, mapping taxicab activity and specifying regression models that illuminate significant relationships between the taxicab, transit access, and other characteristics of the urban environment. I find evidence that the taxicab acts as both a mass transit substitute and complement in Boston, and that this tendency varies by transit line and time of day. I also use these models to infer the existence of unmet demand for taxicab service and suggest interventions to the Boston taxicab system that might better align its service distribution with demand.
by Andrew Blair Austin, Jr.
M.C.P.
Wall, K. C. "Transportation aspects of Southern African Universities. Volume1." Thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33409.
Maracini, Andrew J. "Participatory planning process in bicycle transportation planning : Madison County, Indiana." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1048401.
Department of Urban Planning
Walker, Tessa. "Skateboarding as Transportation: Findings from an Exploratory Study." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1505.
Sultana, Sharmin. "Factors Affecting Parents' Choice of Active Transport Modes for Children's Commute to School: Evidence from 2017 NHTS Data." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1557489524163977.
Lindsey, Christopher Lamar. "A framework for integrating freight into MPO transportation planning." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24606.
Pereira, Alvaro E. (Alvaro Emanuel). "Implications for transportation planning of changing production and distribution processes." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69402.
Osborne, James Clark M. C. P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Indicators that matter : measuring transportation performance in Ahmedabad." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77835.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132).
In light of the growing challenges of planning for transportation in India, this thesis proposes that a set of indicators, sensitive to local conditions, developed, implemented and managed through a collaborative partnership with public and agency stakeholders can provide an effective framework to evaluate investments in transportation infrastructure. It analyzes the implications of following the Indian Ministry of Urban Development's (MoUD) Urban Transportation Service Level Benchmark indicators, and offers an alternative set of indicators with an eye towards expanding the set of capabilities and choices available to all transportation system users. In evaluating the MoUD's benchmarks and an alternative subset of Human Powered Transport (HPT) indicators, this thesis utilizes participant observation on four main corridors in the city of Ahmedabad, India, a tier I Indian megacity of 5.5 Million people. In light of historical transportation performance and development indicator practices, an alternative set of indicators is developed which attempt to reset the focus on the transportation needs of India's urban population. Finally, this thesis ends with a discussion of the ways that indicator creation can actually become an iterative and reflective process, used by stakeholders to provide equitable transportation outcomes.
by James Clark Osborne.
M.C.P.
Sorell, Miriam Lydia. "Transportation choices : can social marketing make a difference?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33037.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-121).
In the US, automobile use is responsible for 25% of air pollution, resulting in health and respiratory problems, and increasing the likelihood of climate change. In order to limit these negative impacts of automobile use, governmental bodies and transportation agencies employ a number of different strategies including changes in transportation policy, infrastructure, and technology. Marketing and advertising campaigns represent another strategy which is used extensively, but which has not been thoroughly evaluated. This thesis investigates how to develop marketing campaigns that will encourage people to voluntarily switch to alternative modes of transportation such as walking, biking, or using transit. The field of Social Marketing provides valuable insight into how marketing and promotional strategies can be used more generally to encourage the adoption of behavior changes that benefit health, the environment, and the social condition; a model of the Social Marketing process and principles is assembled and used to evaluate three examples of transportation marketing campaigns in the US: San Francisco's "Spare the Air" campaign, the Chicago Transit Authority's New Residents program, and the federal "It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air" campaign. While the specific campaigns vary greatly in terms of the tactics they employ, ranging from advertising on billboards to providing free subway rides, a common thread is that these tactics must be based on careful understanding of the values of the target audience (the people the campaign is meant to reach), and the barriers they see to changing behavior.
(cont.) Campaigns that rely on environmental awareness are unlikely to influence choices because people value their own time and convenience more highly. Campaigns must show people simple modifications they can make to their transportation behaviors that will be benefit them. Finally, organizations must take better care to document and evaluate their campaigns, so that future campaigns can benefit from past experience.
by Miriam Lydia Sorell.
M.C.P.
Eros, Emily J. (Emily Jean). "Transportation data as disruptive innovation in Mexico City." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90096.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-84).
Despite the popularity of big data and smart city initiatives in rich countries, relatively few city governments in the Global South possess even basic information about public transportation routes and operations within their jurisdictions. The growing ubiquity of affordable mobile phones and internet-capable devices has enabled some developing cities to begin collecting and compiling these data. This thesis uses a 2013 data collection project undertaken within the Federal District of Mexico City as a case study to examine the role of information as a disruptive innovation in the transportation sector; it explores the potential impacts of transportation information on microbus regulators, owners/operators, and users. To do so, it draws from literature reviews, interactions with transportation agency staff, and interviews with microbus operators. Findings suggest that increased static information may increase government power with respect to microbus operators, particularly during franchising negotiations, but that it may offer limited benefits to users. Dynamic (i.e., real-time) sensors could benefit regulators, owners, and users alike, but would require genuine support or tolerance from microbus drivers. If the government continues to expand its current franchise attempts, then real-time data collection would be achievable and could offer benefits to all involved parties. Otherwise, it would be unfeasible to incentivize drivers to allow live-tracking to take place on their vehicles. Regardless, the case study suggests that transportation information can play a significant role in changing the regulatory dynamics within the Global South and encourages further efforts in the field.
by Emily J. Eros.
M.C.P.
譚智傑 and Chi-kit Andy Tam. "Transportation planning towards a responsive urban street environment in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31980296.
Dutt, Prodyut. "A standards-based methodology for urban transportation planning in developing countries." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11104.
Tam, Chi-kit Andy. "Transportation planning towards a responsive urban street environment in Hong Kong." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25799010.
Namgung, Mi. "The Relationship between Attitudes, Neighborhood Types, and Travel Behavior: Implications for Public Transportation." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1417699048.
Ripplinger, David. "Organizing Transit in Small Urban and Rural Communities." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26729.
Lewis, John Simon 1953. "Transportation linear referencing toolboxes : a 'reflective practitioner's' design approach." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68368.
"September, 2000."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-407).
Seventy percent of the data of a typical transportation agency (e.g., bridges, accidents, etc.) has location as a primary reference. A Linear Referencing System (LRS) is the main way of identifying the location of this data and providing a storage key for it in a database. LRS is based on a one-dimensional offset on a predefined network. In theory, it is one of the simplest spatial cases. In reality, it can be spatially and analytically quite complex. LRS to quite recent date has been little formally researched. That research which has occurred has been the construction of large and comprehensive conceptual data models. This thesis is not primarily aimed at new "tool building research". The existing models have been based to only a limited extent on a fuller analysis of the nature of transportation and spatial data; they have not considered relevant field and wider methodological concerns (i.e., they followed a "model-driven" approach). The goal here is to create a more appropriate foundation and base from which LRS tools may be most appropriately built (i.e., a 'field-driven" approach). A "practitioners perspective" view of LRS was sought. Such a more holistic understanding was sought through the adoption of a "layered methodology" of research that involved gaining the perspectives of a variety of disciplinary viewpoints. This research framework was developed especially for this thesis based on the ideas and work of Schon and Reich. The approach involved in short a desk exercise in fundamental consideration of the nature of LRS, a deeper, cross-field synthesis and literature research, four in-depth state DOT LRS case studies, a panel of transportation field experts, a panel of national data model experts, and a limited object-orientated modeling exercise. The conclusion reached is that while LRS in the simple case can be modeled in general forms, it is also an "exception-driven" field. Thus, a "toolkit approach" may be more appropriate for LRS. It is inferred that this may hold for other similar application areas in transportation and planning. Further research would further develop the holistic layered methodology adopted here and further define the proposed LRS transportation application toolboxes.
by Simon Lewis.
Ph.D.
Broaddus, Andrea Lynn. "The Adaptable City| The Use of Transit Investment and Congestion Pricing to Influence Travel and Location Decisions in London." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10086206.
This dissertation investigates two key transportation policies influencing travel behavior and location decisions in London towards sustainability: bus priority and congestion charging. (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.)
Wang, Kailai. "Towards Sustainable Mobility: the Impacts of Infrastructure Change, Technological Innovation, and Demographic Shift." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1560783868054047.
Najaf, Pooya. "A macro-level analysis of traffic and pedestrian safety in urban areas." Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10245444.
The main objective of this research is to examine the effect of city-level urban characteristic, such as urban form and trip generation factors, on traffic safety in general and pedestrian safety in particular. For this purpose, the information for 100 major Urban Areas (UAs) in the United States in 2010 is studied. Factor analysis is applied to construct latent variables from multiple observed variables to measure and describe urban form, macro-level trip generation, citywide transportation network features and traffic safety. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is then used to investigate how city-level urban form and trip generation affect traffic safety directly and indirectly (through mediators of transportation network features).
Based on the statistical analysis, it is found that encouraging the use of non-driving transportation modes and controlling traffic congestion, as significant mediators, are effective policies to increase overall traffic safety and pedestrian safety, respectively. In this regard, urban areas with a more even spatial distribution of job-housing balance (more polycentricity), more uniform spatial distribution of different social classes, higher urban density (less sprawl), and more connectivity in their transportation network (more accessibility) have the safest urban form designs.
Moreover, mixed land-use designs with provided local access to services and amenities, food and beverage centers, and religious organizations, followed by strict pedestrian safety standards for neighborhoods are the safest type of land use designs in urban areas. In addition, regulating the off-peak hours allowed time for heavy vehicles and changing the work schedule of workers who do not reside in the urban area can also help city planners to increase traffic safety.
Kaviti, Shruthi. "Profiles, Preferences, and Reactions to Price Changes of Bikeshare Users| A Comprehensive Look at Capital Bikeshare Data." Thesis, George Mason University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10934331.
In the decade since 2007, public bikeshare systems (PBS) have disrupted the landscape of urban transportation systems all over the world. The rapid pace at which urban systems are enduring this disruption due to PBS has left cities and researchers play catch up on understanding various factors impacting the usage and impacts of PBS. Comprehending the profiles and preferences of bikeshare users have a substantial role to play in policy-making, planning and operational management at PBS. However, the research is scant related to these factors.
As its first major objective, this research evaluated the impact of pricing on bikeshare ridership and revenue. As a case study, the introduction of single-trip fare (STF) for $2 by Capital Bikeshare (CaBi) was studied. Aggregate analysis results showed that the first-time casual (short-term) users increased by as much as 79% immediately after the introduction of STF. Jurisdiction-level analysis indicated a statistically significant increase in casual user ridership for identical 12-month periods before and after the introduction of STF. The introduction of STF did not impact ridership and revenues of registered (annual or monthly) members. Casual user revenues before and after the introduction of STF were also compared at the station-level, while controlling seasonal and weather factors. The results showed a statistically significant increase in ridership and decrease in revenue per ride for casual users after the introduction of STF.
Even though casual bikeshare users account for a large share of revenue, literature provides very little insights about the casual users. As the second major objective of this research, profiles and preferences of bikeshare users (registered members and casual users) were obtained by conducting an intercept survey of CaBi users. Survey findings indicated that, when compared to casual users, registered members are more likely to earn more and are more sensitive to service as reflected by station density. A typical White user has 2.4 times greater odds of being registered members than other race. Analysis also revealed that each additional increase in the number of monthly trips leads to about 18% increase in the odds of the bikeshare user being a registered member.
As the third major objective, this research evaluated price sensitivities and elasticities of bikeshare fare products using monadic design implemented in the survey instrument. Higher household income groups and White users were found to be less sensitive to price compared to other income groups and other races/ethnicities. Pivot-price elasticities revealed that females are about 30% and 10% more price sensitive than males for single-trip fare (STF) and annual membership, respectively. Also, sightseeing trips are 30% less price sensitive than work trips for STF purchasers. Results from this study would be useful in policy-making, planning and operations for bikeshare systems.
Cheng, Pui-kan. "Evaluating mega urban transport project planning implications of West Rail /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41679532.
Zhao, Jinhua 1977. "Preference accommodating and preference shaping : incorporating traveler preferences into transportation planning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54221.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Cataloged from student submitted PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-220).
This dissertation examines the psychological factors that influence travel behavior such as people's personality traits, environmental attitudes, car pride and perceptions of convenience and comfort. Despite the recognition of the importance of these psychological factors in better understanding travel behavior, transportation agencies have failed to integrate them into planning practice and policy debate in the quantitative way. This dissertation reflects on this failure, identifies the barriers that have contributed to it, and reviews innovations in travel behavior research which may help overcome these barriers. This dissertation proposes a structure for analyzing traveler preferences that incorporates these psychological factors into travel behavior analysis. A set of eight factors are presented as the latent elements of travel preferences to illustrate the structure, including two personality traits; three environmental attitude factors and car pride; and two perceptual factors of convenience and comfort. A MIMIC model quantifies the eight factors and examines the relationships among these factors as well as between them and socioeconomic variables. Despite the significant correlations with socioeconomic variables, personality, attitudes and perceptions prove to be characteristics of individuals that are distinct from the socioeconomics. The dissertation presents three applications that incorporate these latent factors into travel demand analysis of three critical aspects of travel behavior: car use, mode choice and car ownership. Incorporating the latent variables significantly improves the overall exploratory power of the transportation models.
(cont.) The results suggest that plausible changes in traveler preferences can have an effect on behavior in magnitude similar to the impacts that result from rising household income or increased population density. Unobserved heterogeneities exist not only for preferences with respect to observed variables such as travel time, but also for latent factors such as car pride and perception of convenience. Preference Accommodating and Preference Shaping in Transportation Planning 3 Mutual dependencies between travel preferences and behavior are identified and the direction and strength of the causal connections are modeled explicitly. Depending on the specific latent factors and aspect of travel behavior, the causal relationships could be from preferences to behavior, from behavior to preferences, or be significant in both directions concurrently These three applications also demonstrate in terms of methodology that 1) hierarchical relationships among latent factors can be simultaneously estimated with discrete choice models; 2) latent variable and latent class modeling techniques can be combined to test unobserved heterogeneities in travelers' sensitivity to latent variables; 3) causal relationships between behavior and preferences can be examined in the SEM or hybrid SEM and discrete choice model. This dissertation proposes two complementary perspectives to examine how to embed traveler preferences in the planning practice: planning as preference accommodating and planning as preference shaping.
(cont.) Combining both perspectives, this dissertation argues that by ignoring the importance of traveler preferences, not only may we make serious mistakes in the planning, modeling and appraisal processes, but we may also fail to recognize significant opportunities to mitigate or solve transportation problems by influencing and exploiting changes in people's preferences.
by Jinhua Zhao.
Ph.D.
Herzberg, Susie. "Urban transport planning and the use of the bicycle." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PLM/09plmh582.pdf.
Guthrie, Dwayne Pierce. "Understanding Urban, Metropolitan and Megaregion Development to Improve Transportation Governance." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30084.
Ph. D.
Flood, Gerard J. (Gerard Joseph) 1960. "Transportation choices and regional development in the Pearl River Delta." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66394.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-70).
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) has been one of the fastest growing regions in China for the past 15 years. This tremendous economic expansion, fueled by the opening of Chinese markets to foreign investment, has created a number of complex planning issues in the region. While the PRD has become more urbanized, and its local economies more interdependent, planning functions within the region, for the most part, lack coordination and regional focus. Instead, the autonomy granted to PRD municipalities over local economic development decisions has intensified competition among localities. This drive by officials to maximize development opportunities leaves little room for regional planning initiatives. Fortunately, there has been an increasing awareness among some PRD stakeholders that the fundamental undertakings necessary to improve living standards across the region, such as infrastructure construction, economic development, housing, and environmental regulation, transcend municipal boundaries and are most efficiently addressed through the adoption of regional strategies. One of the most important regional planning decisions facing the PRD centers on inter-regional mobility. Compared to other regions of its land size and population, the PRD lacks a highly developed road and rail network. The absence of transportation infrastructure offers PRD decision-makers the unique opportunity to plan regional growth around a transportation network that offers the greatest potential for systematic and measured development. This research will examine the impact that land-use and transportation planning have on the spatial development and form of the urban region. Through a review of the literature on four topics directly connected to land-use and transportation planning-urban and regional decentralization, sprawl, transitoriented development, and automobile policies-the interaction between land-use and transportation planning, as they pertain to regional development, will be examined. Next, transportation and land-use planning will be examined in two regions-metropolitan Tokyo and New York City-to highlight the impact that varying policies have had on the spatial development of these regions. It is hoped that PRD decision-makers can draw lessons from the literature review and the policy decisions made in the two case study regions.
by Gerard J. Flood.
M.C.P.
Patterson, Paul Edward. "Methodologies and potential benefits of integrating aggregate and disaggregate transportation models with geographic information." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21592.
黃培中 and Pui-chung William Wong. ""Streets for people": towards green transportation in urban Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31260950.
Dowd, Michael G. "Modeling inundation impacts on transportation network performance : a GIS and four-step transportation modeling analysis." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99567.
Thesis: S.M. in Transportation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-251).
The world's leading climate scientists have reached a consensus that "[w]arming of the climate system is unequivocal" (IPCC, 2007). This warming will carry with it a host of consequences for the global community, including increased occurrence of flooding. Little focus has been placed on the operation of transport systems during, or shortly after inundation events. Inundation affects the availability and quality of network assets (i.e. Transportation Supply) and inhabitable land, which produces and attracts transportation users (i.e. Demand). In this thesis, I apply an altered four-step transportation modeling method to allow for the analysis of impacts in a single set time: modeling an event rather than a future equilibrium scenario. I show how traditional four-step models can be used to produce valuable metrics describing performance of the disrupted transportation system. Such metrics contribute to understanding potential consequences and planning for mitigation and response. Using the Boston Metro Region as a case study, and a four-step model for the year 2010, 1 demonstrate a method (Inundation Impact Assessment) for quantifying transport network impacts under six different inundation levels, one-foot to six-feet. The results indicate that inundation has widespread impacts on the ability of persons to complete trips and the performance of both the auto and transit networks. I then demonstrate how this method can be applied to examine different infrastructure projects in the future, modeling two different demographic scenarios for the year 2030 with two different BRT alignments. The goal is to evaluate potential contribution of BRT to recoup trips lost by the impact of inundation on other transit links. The methods and approaches used in this work show how such four-step models can be used to plan for inundation events. This method provides significant amounts of data that can be used to assess the value of potential interventions, such as the protection of mobility or the reinforcement of transportation network performance.
by Michael Dowd.
M.C.P.
S.M. in Transportation
Schoor, Leo David Norman. "Sustainable urban transportation planning by design, the next necessary paradigm for Winnipeg?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0007/MQ41773.pdf.
Antos, Justin David. "Paying for public transportation : the optimal, the actual, and the possible." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40101.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
:June 2007."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-121).
Passenger transportation poses challenges to American cities in the form of air pollution, traffic congestion, auto collisions, and barriers to mobility. Public transit has the potential to be part of a solution to these urban problems, yet transit agencies across the country clamor for more resources. Transit finance in the U.S. is heterogeneous, and rarely approached with a comprehensive view of transit's social benefits. This thesis suggests a framework for a more rational magnitude and incidence of public transit funding based on a more comprehensive view of transit's social benefits. I take up the case of the Chicago metropolitan region and quantify the transit system's major emissions, safety, congestion, and mobility benefits. Next, I survey and highlight current practices in transit finance from other cities in North America and Western Europe. Finally, I assess the size, structure, and distribution of burden of Chicago's current transit funding status quo against theoretical and practical principles of transit funding and offer a range of financing alternatives to solve the current fiscal crisis in Chicago.
(cont.) I find evidence that the social benefits of public transportation in Chicago outweigh its costs, suggesting that preserving transit services there is justifiable. Transit's benefits accrue to a variety of jurisdictions in diverse and measurable ways which the current funding structure does not approximate. I find evidence that of the multiple beneficiaries of transit in the region, the subsidy structure in Chicago disproportionately benefits auto drivers who receive significantly more congestion benefits than they pay for. Last, I propose several policy options to increase public subsidy to transit in Chicago, and suggest that one particularly theoretically appealing alternative may be to establish tolls on existing roadways.
by Justin David Antos.
M.C.P.
Atkinson, Clark R. (Clark Ray). "Private development of transportation infrastructure : assessing feasibility, risks, and financial strategies." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/13044.
Lee, Cliff Keak Le. "Inegration of land use and transportation planning : Singapore as a case study." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68330.
Chiang, Risharng. "Rural transportation planning analysis in Chang-Hwa County, Taiwan : system dynamics perspective." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65233.
Moura, Geraldo José Calmon de. "Diferenças entre a retórica e a prática na implantação do Metrô de São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/16/16139/tde-19122016-151825/.
The discourse that links transport policies to those of land use and occupation date, in the case of the São Paulo subway, in the 1970s, when the first examples of such equipment were installed in the city, and it was accompanied by the strong impacts and the deep Changes in land use that this infrastructure caused in the environment. However, contrary to current and official discourse, daily practice showed that this integration did not take place as a public policy or, at most, only sought to consider the impacts of real estate valuation as a strategy for capturing / transferring resources from part of this valuation in the neighborhoods Of the subway to finance the expansion of that infrastructure. The present work tries to understand the reasons that motivated this wide difference between the governmental rhetoric and the practice in the processes of implantation of the São Paulo metro network. It also seeks to analyze the reasons that led to the failure of this link, despite the will expressed in the speeches of the public power and the existence, more recently, of technical and urban elements that, in theory, would facilitate the viability of these intentions. To do so, we will analyze over the last four decades, São Paulo\'s subway projects, urban legal framework, urban and transportation plans, comparing the content expressed in the respective formulations with the dynamics that occurred throughout the implementation processes.
Sturgeon, Lianne Renee. "The Impact of Transportation Network Companies on Public Transit: A Case Study at the San Francisco International Airport." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1318.
Leung, Pui-ching Hilda. "Planning for urban sustainability : promoting integrated transit-oriented development /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B35081211.
Fernando, Harsha. "Railway-related transport nodes and their potential role in creation of public realm." Thesis, Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25799101.
Kothari, Tejus Jitendra. "A comparative financial analysis of the automobile and public transportation in London." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39935.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-117).
Automobile systems and public transportation are often organized separately within government structure inhibiting a comparative analysis between the two modes. Further complicating the comparison is that in public transportation systems, not only is infrastructure but vehicles and operators are usually provided by government or contracted private sector partners, while in the automobile system, infrastructure is normally government owned but costs of vehicle ownership and operation and parking are private. However, these private actions have enormous costs. In total in FY 2004-05 in London, private automobile spending was over 14 times greater than public automobile spending, as public spending on the automobile was about £1.4 billion while private spending on the automobile was about £20.9 billion. For public transportation, public spending was about £2.0 billion while private spending was about £2.3 billion. On a normalized basis, when not including time costs, the automobile was 3.7 times more expensive than public transportation on a per trip basis, and 2.0 times more expensive on a per passenger-kilometer basis. When including time costs and segmenting trips by travel zone, we found that public transportation enjoys an advantage for all travel zone combinations, with the advantage being the greatest for trips between outer London and inner London and for trips within inner London. At the household level, we estimated that households well-served by public transportation spend 15 to 18 percent less out-of-pocket on transportation than the average London household, although these savings are outweighed by additional time costs. From our findings in this research, we see significant opportunity for the London region to achieve a more cost-efficient transportation system. First, measures should be pursued to increase the share of variable automobile costs as a percentage of total costs. Policy such as pay-as-you-drive insurance and road pricing or policy inducing greater awareness of parking costs would help shift the burden. Second, public authorities should consider the private expenditures on automobiles and parking, as they are relatively large compared to the public spending on automobiles, when allocating resources between transportation modes.
by Tejus Jitendra Kothari.
M.C.P.and S.B.
Techagumthorn, Yanisa. "Moving forward equitably? : analyzing the impact of transportation changes on Boston's neighborhoods." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121751.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-90).
The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 provided the funds for Massachusetts to build a system of highways that threatened to cut through various neighborhoods in the greater Boston area. A broad coalition of people put a stop to these plans in 1972, and advocacy at the federal level allowed for highway funds to be shifted to public transportation projects. Many organizations within this coalition had broader goals of improving the livelihoods of their communities beyond just shutting down highways. Since equitable public transportation can play a key role in improving economic mobility, this thesis explores how changes in public transit stemming from the Boston anti-highway movement impacted nearby neighborhoods and assesses the areas that may still be lacking in access to adequate transit today.
In 1987, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) used the funds, which were previously allocated for highways, to close down the old Elevated Orange Line on Washington Street and to build a new Orange Line along the Southwest Corridor nearby. As the replacement for the Washington Street Elevated, the Silver Line opened fifteen years later in the form of a bus route with aspects of bus rapid transit. For this thesis, I conducted a demographic analysis of the census tracts surrounding these two corridors and found that the Orange Line moved from an area with relatively lower incomes, lower education levels, and higher African-American population to an area with relatively higher incomes, higher education levels, and higher non-Hispanic White population. The Silver Line, a bus service inferior to the Orange Line trains, was put into the comparatively disadvantaged corridor.
Zooming out to the rest of Boston, I conducted a geospatial analysis comparing the supply of transit, with respect to job access, to the demand, measured through a series of demographic indicators, and found the areas where the MBTA does not provide equitable service, especially for transit-dependent populations. Dorchester, in particular, stands out as a neighborhood with a high density of low-income, less-educated, minority populations without adequate public transit to get to economic opportunities.
by Yanisa Techagumthorn.
M.C.P.
M.C.P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Lee, Dongkwan. "Driver Demographics, Built Environment, and Car Crashes:Implications for Urban Planning." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1420677824.