Marine Management in Disputed Areas: The Case of the Barents Sea (Routledge Advances in Maritime Research)

Marine Management in Disputed Areas: The Case of the Barents Sea (Routledge Advances in Maritime Research) Review

This book examines the complicated management of the Barents Sea, offering a detailed analysis of two highly sensitive legal disputes - the maritime boundary dispute between Norway and the USSR, and the dispute over the Treaty of Spitsbergen.

The impact of ''free'' public transport: The case of Brussels [An article from: Transportation Research Part A]

The impact of ''free'' public transport: The case of Brussels [An article from: Transportation Research Part A] Review

This digital document is a journal article from Transportation Research Part A, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Public transport subsidies play an important role in the present Belgian mobility policy. The introduction of ''free'' bus transport in Hasselt in 1997 was an important event. Later, the Flemish government in cooperation with the regional public transport company elaborated the so-called ''third-payer system'' for target groups. The price of public transport is not paid by the user or the provider, but partly or completely by a ''third party''. In how far these measures contribute to a more sustainable mobility system has caused much debate. In the academic year 2003-2004, a ''free public transport'' initiative was introduced for the students of Flemish colleges and universities in Brussels. These students had the opportunity to obtain a refunded annual season ticket on Brussels public transport. Brussels was selected for the case study, because in the same city there is a group of students that benefits from the measure, and another group (students from French speaking universities and colleges) that does not. In order to examine the effects of this measure, we conducted a survey among the students to examine their present travel behaviour (number of trips, motives, modal choice ...) and the changes with the travel behaviour of the previous year. In addition we compare the current travel behaviour between the students benefiting from the measure, and those who do not.

Economic Impacts of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Volume 8: Innovations and Case Studies (Research in Transportation Economics)

Economic Impacts of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Volume 8: Innovations and Case Studies (Research in Transportation Economics) Review

There are unique complexities associated with the economic valuation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and telematics. Traditional methods of quantitative analysis may not be appropriate in accurately and reliably assessing the economic impacts of these technologies. Although advanced transportation and related technologies are being planned and deployed at an increasingly rapid pace, many of the technologies are still relatively new, and their use may not be widespread. Much of the initial information and statistics gathered have been anecdotal and have focused more on benefits rather than costs. Therefore, difficulties arise due to the lack of historical data and 'lessons learned' from which to draw upon. In addition, compared with traditional transportation infrastructure, ITS technologies have different life cycles, cost structures, and a number of interrelated elements. This book addresses these concerns and proposes new economic assessment techniques as well as modifications to existing ones. Included are case studies from a multitude of North American, European, and Asian nations and major metropolitan areas covering a wide range of ITS technologies including freeway management, electronic toll collection, advanced driver assistance systems, and traveller information systems.

The influence of quality and price on the demand for urban transport: the case of university students [An article from: Transportation Research Part A]

The influence of quality and price on the demand for urban transport: the case of university students [An article from: Transportation Research Part A] Review

This digital document is a journal article from Transportation Research Part A, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The aim of this work is to estimate a transport demand function for university students in the Bilbao area and to obtain the main variables that condition this demand. To do this, we use a nested logit model. First, we estimate price and time elasticities, and second the potential effects of changing the available supply of public transport in order to draw new collective transport users away from private vehicles.

Scheduling of road vehicles in sugarcane transport: A case study at an Australian sugar mill [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]

Scheduling of road vehicles in sugarcane transport: A case study at an Australian sugar mill [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research] Review

This digital document is a journal article from European Journal of Operational Research, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Pressure to remain internationally competitive has forced Australian sugar mills to reduce capital and operational costs. Improved scheduling of road transport vehicles provides one such opportunity, as it would reduce vehicle queue and mill idle times and hence the number of vehicles needed. It is difficult for mill traffic officers to produce good transport schedules manually due to the need to service a large number of harvesters in different locations. To address this issue, research was undertaken participatively with a sugar milling company in Australia to produce and implement a mixed integer programming model that represents the road transport operations. Two meta-heuristics were applied to find a solution to the model, leading to potential cost savings of AU0,000 per year versus schedules produced manually by the mill traffic officer. The model was also applied to explore regional planning options for a more integrated harvesting and transport system.

Sugar cane transportation in Cuba, a case study [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research]

Sugar cane transportation in Cuba, a case study [An article from: European Journal of Operational Research] Review

This digital document is a journal article from European Journal of Operational Research, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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In this study the authors present a mixed integer linear programming model to solve the problem of cost minimization of sugar cane removal and its transport from the fields to the sugar mill at operational level. The complexity of the problem is basically determined by the system approach which results in the generation of a great number of variables and constraints that refer to the following operational dimensions: (a) need for continuous supply to the sugar mill; (b) cutting means used in cane harvesting; (c) transportation vehicles and (d) providing routes, which are characterized by the existence of storage facilities at the beginning of the railroads. The results demonstrate the model is not only useful to minimize transportation cost, but also for scheduling daily cane road transport and harvesting quotas of cutting means.