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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 ...
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. ...
Which way is up : towards accessible wayfinding in transit stations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Passengers' most frequent interaction with a rail transit system is at its stations, which represent the beginning, the end and sometimes the middle of transit trips. The design of these stations can greatly affect a user's ...
OpenLS for indoor positioning : strategies for standardizing location based services for indoor use
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The combination of location positioning technologies such as GPS and initiatives like the US Federal Communications Commission's E911 telecommunication initiatives has generated a lot of interest in applications and services ...
Finding ways out of congestion for the Chicago Loop : a microscopic simulation approach
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Over the past two decades, the City of Chicago, as many of its counterparts in the U.S., has experienced a great increase in traffic congestion, which limits regional mobility, induces a huge amount of energy waste and ...
Social change and cycling as a form of sustainable transportation : the behavior-policy interaction in a medium-sized developing city
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
In developing countries, growth frequently parallels increasing motorization rates, and visions of mobility are often centered on the private automobile as the most flexible form of personal transportation and a symbol of ...
Transportation megaproject procurement : benefits and challenges for PPPs and alternative delivery strategies, and the resulting implications for Crossrail
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This thesis evaluates the applicability of public-private partnerships (PPPs) and alternative delivery strategies to transportation megaprojects. There has been tremendous expansion of innovative procurement and financing ...
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 ...
Congestion pricing in cities of the developing world : exploring prospects in Mexico City
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
(cont.) academics, researchers, and practitioners interested in improving transportation and air quality in the region. The survey shows that there is hesitation in considering any such policy in the MCMA without prior ...