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Improving the feasibility of building deconstruction and adaptability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Design for Adaptability and Deconstruction (DfAD) is an emerging trend in the construction industry that focuses on the end-of-life aspect of buildings. It is based on the concept that the life of a building or building ...
Designing new performance-based incentive regimes for operating contracts in the Province of Gipuzkoa, Spain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Over the last several decades, local transport authorities in Europe and around the world have introduced competitive bidding in concessions for providing bus service, often resulting in reduced costs for service. The main ...
Real-time ridesharing : exploring the opportunities and challenges of designing a technology-based rideshare trial for the MIT community
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The potential benefits from increased ridesharing are substantial, and impact a wide range of stakeholders. In a properly applied rideshare scheme, drivers and passengers achieve cost savings, they potentially achieve ...
Bus passenger origin-destination estimation and travel behavior using automated data collection systems in London, UK
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
This research explores the application of archived data from Automatic Data Collection Systems (ADCS) to transportation planning with a focus on bus passenger Origin-Destination (OD) inferences at the bus-route level and ...
Design and evaluation of BRT and limited-stop services
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Many transit agencies operate limited-stop or Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services overlapped with local services in corridors with high demand. These service strategies have the potential to improve bus performance as well ...
Evaluating human fecal contamination sources in Kranji Reservoir Catchment, Singapore
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Singapore government through its Public Utilities Board is interested in opening Kranji Reservoir to recreational use. However, water courses within the Kranji Reservoir catchment contain human fecal indicator bacteria ...
Environmental and cultural sustainability In the built environment : an evaluation of LEED for historic preservation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Preservation of buildings is an important process for both cultural and environmental sustainability. Buildings are frequently demolished and rebuilt long before necessitated by structural or material deterioration, wasting ...
Transport in lattice fracture networks : concentration mean and variance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
We study transport in fractured systems using a stochastic particle tracking approach. We represent a fractured system as a two-dimensional lattice network system where the transport velocity in each fracture is a random ...
Foundations for an offshore wind turbine
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Worldwide energy demand is growing rapidly, and there is great interest in reducing the current reliance on fossil fuels for uses such as power generation, transportation, and manufacturing. Renewable energy sources, such ...
Screening model optimization for Panay River Basin planning in the Philippines
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The state of the water resources of the Panay River Basin have motivated studies and initial basin planning to mitigate flood damages, to produce hydroelectricity, and to increase irrigated rice areas. The goal of this ...