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Leveraging bus rapid transit lite for transit corridor development : Springfield Avenue and Bloomfield Avenue in Newark NJ
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
The construction of bus rapid transit lite (BRT lite) systems on Springfield Avenue and Bloomfield Avenue in Newark is assumed to provide lower travel times and improved reliability of service to local and regional economic ...
Household-level point-of-use water filtration system in Haiti : strategies for program management and sustainability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
The traditional approach of providing safe drinking water supplies through centralized large-scale systems has proven ineffective, costly, and elusive, particularly in serving the needs of rural populations in developing ...
The accessibility and development impacts of new transit infrastructure : the Circle Line in Chicago
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis explores the impacts of new transit infrastructure projects on the land use transportation system. Land use and transportation systems are inherently interconnected and form an integrated system; and transport ...
Service reliability measurement framework using smart card data : application to the London Underground
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Service reliability is an important dimension of performance to transit passengers, affecting not only their perceptions of service quality, but their travel behaviour as well. The ability of transit operators to understand ...
Household adoption of ecological sanitation : an assessment of agricultural value and user perspectives in Nyanza Province, Kenya
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Ecological sanitation, or ecosan, refers to a range of sanitation technologies in which human excreta is recovered and retained on-site, and eventually reused. However, when a culture does not have a tradition of reusing ...
Stuck with the bill, but why? : an analysis of the Portuguese public finance system with respect to surface transportation policy and investments
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Despite decentralization progress in other sectors, the Portuguese central government maintains significant administrative and fiscal power over national and sub-national surface transportation operations and infrastructure. ...