Download or read book Development of a Mathematical Model and Information System for Forecasting Intercity Trip Demands for the Taipei Taiwan Metropolitan Area written by David Tong Yong Lee and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Development of a Mathematical Model and Information System for Forecasting Intercity Trip Demands for the Taipei Taiwan Metropolitan Area written by David Tong Yong Lee and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comprehensive Dissertation Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliography of Asian Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Doctoral Dissertations on China 1971 1975 written by Frank Joseph Shulman and published by Seattle : University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotated bibliography of doctoral thesis material in western languages on China - lists publications on historical and legal aspects, political aspects, international relations, economics, education, social and cultural anthropology, fine arts, architecture, geographical aspects, language, religion and philosophy, Chinese immigrant communities in other countries, etc.
Download or read book Travel Demand Forecasting Models written by Peng Yue and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to automate the travel demand forecasting process in urban transportation planning, a number of commercial computer based travel demand forecasting models have been developed, which have provided transportation planners with powerful and flexible tools in modeling a traffic network for planning or traffic impact studies. It is commonly recognized that none of the existing travel demand forecasting software is perfectly suited for all application network scenarios and traffic conditions. A particular model, which is strong in one application scenario, may be weak in a different application scenario. This report intends to present a comparative study of two widely used computer based travel demand forecasting models: QRS II vs. EMME/2. The comparative study is designed to identify main features and differences of the two models, with an attempt to provide some useful information to practitioners. The comparative description of basic features of two models in this report includes model structure, network development, data input, network modification, parameter calibration, and modeling output. In the comparison of advanced features, the "calculate" function in QRS II and macro language in EMME/2 are presented. A real-world small urban network, south Missouri City Network, is used to support the comparison effort. The study has found that both QRS II and EMME/2 models are reliable to model real-world networks. However, QRS II is relatively easy to use for inexperienced users because of its comprehensive default parameters, calculation formulas, procedures and the embedded four-step travel demand forecasting process. On the other hand, EMME/2 provides more powerful and flexible modules for users to perform more complex tasks
Download or read book An Activity based Microsimulation Model for Travel Demand Forecasting written by Michael G. McNally and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Software Systems Development Program Introduction to Urban Travel Demand Forecasting written by Cambridge Systematics and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the manual is to provide an introduction to travel forecasting to enable transportation planners and analysts to utilize the UMTA Transportation Planning System (UTPS) effectively.
Download or read book Travel Behavior Based Inference and Forecasting Methods in Metro Systems written by Zhanhong Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The metro is indispensable for the urban transportation system. As the world enters the era of informatization and digitalization, data generated from smart card fare collection systems (smart card data) have played an important role in the planning and operation of metro systems. A large body of research uses smart card data to understand passenger travel behavior in metro systems; it has been found that individual mobility in metro systems is highly regular with interpretable patterns. Besides, smart card data have also been extensively used in assisting the operation and control of metro systems, such as inferring trip origins/destinations and forecasting passenger demand. However, a lack in existing research is the connection between the above two aspects---how to use the unique travel behavior characteristics of metro passengers to establish better data-driven applications. To fill this gap, this thesis aims to develop travel-behavior-based inference and forecasting models in metro systems. The three contributions of this thesis, enclosed in three scientific papers, are (1) trip destination inference, (2) real-time boarding demand forecasting, and (3) real-time origin-destination (OD) matrices forecasting. All models developed in the thesis are tested by real-world smart card data from Guangzhou, China. First, this thesis develops a probabilistic topic model to infer trip destination from tap-in only smart card system. The probabilistic topic model is learned from passengers' historical travel behavior and can predict the most likely destination of a trip given the origin and the departure time. Complementing existing trip-chain-based destination inference methods, the proposed model is particularly useful for isolated trips where conventional methods fail. Besides destination inference, latent topics learned by the probabilistic model can be used to analyze passengers' travel behavior patterns. Second, this thesis aims to incorporate travel behavior regularity into passenger boarding demand/flow forecasting. Utilizing the strong regularity rooted in individuals' travel behavior, a new concept named ``returning flow'' is proposed to capture the generative mechanism of boarding flow. The returning flow is highly correlated to the boarding flow and can be used as a covariate in a time series model to improve the boarding flow forecasting. Extensive experiments show the effectiveness of using the travel behavioral feature boarding flow forecasting. The Last part of this thesis addresses the real-time OD matrices forecasting problem in metro systems. Using the low-rank property of OD data, the forecasting is formulated into a low-rank vector autoregression (VAR) problem and is solved by dynamic mode decomposition (DMD). Next, a forgetting ratio is introduced to exponentially reduce the weights for historical data. Moreover, an online update algorithm is developed to update the model efficiently without storing historical data or retraining. Experiments show the proposed model significantly outperforms baseline models in forecasting both OD matrices and boarding flow. In summary, this thesis uses travel behavioral characteristics to improve inference and forecasting models in metro systems. The proposed models and solutions are beneficial to the intelligent operation of metro systems. The three tasks of destination inference, boarding flow forecasting, and OD matrices forecasting correspond to individual-level, station-level, and-network level applications, respectively. By these three levels, this thesis demonstrates the considerable potential of using travel behavior in various metro applications"--
Download or read book A Disaggregate Model for Forecasting Intercity Travel Demand written by Pankaj Sharma and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries written by Roy W. Bahl and published by Lincoln Inst of Land Policy. This book was released on 2013 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic activity that drives growth in developing countries is heavily concentrated in cities. Catchphrases such as “metropolitan areas are the engines that pull the national economy” turn out to be fairly accurate. But the same advantages of metropolitan areas that draw investment also draw migrants who need jobs and housing, lead to demands for better infrastructure and social services, and result in increased congestion, environmental harm, and social problems. The challenges for metropolitan public finance are to capture a share of the economic growth to adequately finance new and growing expenditures and to organize governance so that services can be delivered in a cost-effective way, giving the local population a voice in fiscal decision making. At the same time, care must be taken to avoid overregulation and overtaxation, which will hamper the now quite mobile economic engine of private investment and entrepreneurial initiative. Metropolitan planning has become a reality in most large urban areas, even though the planning agencies are often ineffective in moving things forward and in linking their plans with the fiscal and financial realities of metropolitan government. A growing number of success stories in metropolitan finance and management, together with accumulated experience and proper efforts and support, could be extended to a broader array of forward-looking programs to address the growing public service needs of metropolitan-area populations. Nevertheless, sweeping metropolitan-area fiscal reforms have been few and far between; the urban policy reform agenda is still a long one; and there is a reasonable prospect that closing the gaps between what we know how to do and what is actually being done will continue to be difficult and slow. This book identifies the most important issues in metropolitan governance and finance in developing countries, describes the practice, explores the gap between practice and what theory suggests should be done, and lays out the reform paths that might be considered. Part of the solution will rest in rethinking expenditure assignments and instruments of finance. The “right” approach also will depend on the flexibility of political leaders to relinquish some control in order to find a better solution to the metropolitan finance problem.
Download or read book Sustainable Transportation Systems written by Yong Bai and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Urban China written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last 30 years, China’s record economic growth lifted half a billion people out of poverty, with rapid urbanization providing abundant labor, cheap land, and good infrastructure. While China has avoided some of the common ills of urbanization, strains are showing as inefficient land development leads to urban sprawl and ghost towns, pollution threatens people’s health, and farmland and water resources are becoming scarce. With China’s urban population projected to rise to about one billion – or close to 70 percent of the country’s population – by 2030, China’s leaders are seeking a more coordinated urbanization process. Urban China is a joint research report by a team from the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council which was established to address the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in China and to help China forge a new model of urbanization. The report takes as its point of departure the conviction that China's urbanization can become more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable. However, it stresses that achieving this vision will require strong support from both government and the markets for policy reforms in a number of area. The report proposes six main areas for reform: first, amending land management institutions to foster more efficient land use, denser cities, modernized agriculture, and more equitable wealth distribution; second, adjusting the hukou household registration system to increase labor mobility and provide urban migrant workers equal access to a common standard of public services; third, placing urban finances on a more sustainable footing while fostering financial discipline among local governments; fourth, improving urban planning to enhance connectivity and encourage scale and agglomeration economies; fifth, reducing environmental pressures through more efficient resource management; and sixth, improving governance at the local level.
Download or read book The Geography of Transport Systems written by Jean-Paul Rodrigue and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructures, modes and terminals are so embedded in the socio-economic life of individuals, institutions and corporations that they are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived invisibility of transportation is derived from its efficiency. Understanding how mobility is linked with geography is main the purpose of this book. The third edition of The Geography of Transport Systems has been revised and updated to provide an overview of the spatial aspects of transportation. This text provides greater discussion of security, energy, green logistics, as well as new and updated case studies, a revised content structure, and new figures. Each chapter covers a specific conceptual dimension including networks, modes, terminals, freight transportation, urban transportation and environmental impacts. A final chapter contains core methodologies linked with transport geography such as accessibility, spatial interactions, graph theory and Geographic Information Systems for transportation (GIS-T). This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field, with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. The accompanying website for this text contains a useful additional material, including digital maps, PowerPoint slides, databases, and links to further reading and websites. The website can be accessed at: http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans This text is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transport geography, as well as those interest in economic and urban geography, transport planning and engineering.
Download or read book Urban Public Finance in Developing Countries written by Roy W. Bahl and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And Evaluation of Local Automotive Taxation. 8. Other Urban Taxes. Policy Objectives. Local Income Taxes. General Sales Taxes. Local Taxes on Industry, Commerce, and Professions. "Terminal" Taxes. Local Sumptuary Taxes. Entertainment Taxes. Minor Local Taxes, Licenses, and Fees. Summary and Evaluation -- Pt. III. User Charges for Urban Services. 9. Issues in Pricing Urban Services. The Efficiency Argument for User Charges. Fiscal Considerations and Full Cost Pricing. Income Distribution Considerations. The Politics and Institutions of Public Service Pricing. 10. Charging for Urban Water Services. Pricing Water Supply Services. Sewerage and Drainage. Summary. 11. Charging for Other Urban Services. Electricity and Telephone Services. Collecting and Disposing of Solid Waste. Mass Transit. Housing. Development Charges -- Pt. IV. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations. 12. The Structure of Urban Governance. Fiscal Decentralization. The National Structure of Urban Government.
Download or read book Achieving the Paris Climate Agreement Goals written by Sven Teske and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book presents detailed pathways to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050, globally and across ten geographical regions. Based on state-of-the-art scenario modelling, it provides the vital missing link between renewable energy targets and the measures needed to achieve them. Bringing together the latest research in climate science, renewable energy technology, employment and resource impacts, the book breaks new ground by covering all the elements essential to achieving the ambitious climate mitigation targets set out in the Paris Climate Agreement. For example, sectoral implementation pathways, with special emphasis on differences between developed and developing countries and regional conditions, provide tools to implement the scenarios globally and domestically. Non-energy greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios define a sustainable pathway for land-use change and the agricultural sector. Furthermore, results of the impact of the scenarios on employment and mineral and resource requirements provide vital insight on economic and resource management implications. The book clearly demonstrates that the goals of the Paris Agreement are achievable and feasible with current technology and are beneficial in economic and employment terms. It is essential reading for anyone with responsibility for implementing renewable energy or climate targets internationally or domestically, including climate policy negotiators, policy-makers at all levels of government, businesses with renewable energy commitments, researchers and the renewable energy industry. Part 2 of this title can be found at this Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-99177-7
