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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 ...
Planning for a regional rail system : analysis of high speed and high quality rail in the Basque region
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The goal of this thesis is to provide guidance for regional rail network planning to achieve the maximum benefits in terms of economic growth, passenger satisfaction, and environmental sustainability. The hypothesis is ...
Merging qualitative and quantitative criteria for freight investment using scenario planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Freight transportation is vital to the economy of the United States. The total volume of freight moving inside the nation is expected to continue growing, while the U.S. transportation system is aging and becoming more ...
The impact of out-of-theater supply flow visibility on in-theater logistics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The United States Army's end-to-end logistical network during times of conflict is made up of two separate networks. One network, managed by the Department of Defense, controls the shipment of supplies from the manufacturing ...
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 ...
Increasing supply chain robustness through process flexibility and strategic inventory
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
When a disruption brings down one of company's manufacturing facilities, it can have a ripple effect on the entire supply chain and threaten the company's ability to compete. In this thesis, we develop an effective disruption ...
The relationship between rail transit ridership and built environment and transportation system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Public transportation is an effective tool to tackle many urban transportation problems. Due to its higher capacity and reliability, rail transit often serves as the main means to connect major trip origins and destinations ...
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 ...
Urban transportation networks : analytical modeling of spatial dependencies and calibration techniques for stochastic traffic simulators
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Exact numerical evaluation of the stationary joint queue-length distribution of a Markovian finite capacity network with arbitrary size and topology can be obtained numerically. Nonetheless, the main challenge to such an ...
High Speed Rail in Greece : methods for evaluating economic impacts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
High Speed Rail is a mode that gains popularity every day. Many countries have such a network and others are on the way to adopting one. Greece, which is part of the European Union, is one of those countries that are looking ...