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Dasgupta, Susmita; Lall, Somik; Wheeler, David - 2023

This paper estimates a global CO2 emissions model using satellite data at 25 km resolution. The model incorporates industrial sources (including power, steel, cement, and refineries), fires, and non-industrial population-related factors associated with household incomes and energy requirements....

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The anticipation effect of a light rail transit line on housing prices in the Helsinki region

Kauria, Eetu - In: Journal of the Finnish Economic Association : JFEA 2 (2021) 1, pp. 48-73

I analyze how housing markets in Espoo and Helsinki anticipate the construction of a new light rail transit connection called Jokeri Light Rail. I use geocoded micro-level housing transaction data from 2003-2019. As an econometric identiﬁcation strategy, I utilize difference-in-differences...

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Private Sector Participation in Urban Rail : Getting the Structure Right

Menzies, Iain; Mandri-Perrott, Cledan - 2012

There is growing interest in using rail transit, trams, metros, light rail, to solve urban transportation problems, particularly road congestion and air pollution. In developing urban rail projects, a range of major cities around the world have turned to public-private partnership models, to...

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Rail and Subway Concessions in Rio de Janeiro

Rebelo, Jorge M. - 2012

To help address a budgetary crisis in early 1995, the Rio de Janeiro state government began reforms aimed at selling or concessioning to the private sector loss-making state-owned enterprises. In the transport sector this meant selling or concessioning subway, commuterrail, bus, and ferry...

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An analysis of passengers’ ride needs of urban rail transit services : application of quality function deployment

Chan, Catherine Y. P.; Chin, Kwai Sang; Chan, Candace K.; … - In: International journal of quality innovation 5 (2019) 8, pp. 1-21

This study aims to suggest using the interpretation type of deployment of quality function deployment (QFD) as a methodology to understand the passengers’ needs when they situate in the train cars of urban rail, using the East Rail Line (ERL) in Hong Kong as a case study. The result shows that...

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Mumbai Metro transforming transport: contributing toward an equitable, safer, and cleaner city

Asian Development Bank - 2021

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Private Sector Participation in Light Rail-Light Metro Transit Initiatives

Mandri-Perrott, Cledan; Menzies, Iain - 2012

This book aims to help governments and public authorities to establish effective light rail-light metro transit (LRMT) systems, and focuses on use of Public-Private Participation (PPP) arrangements. Rather than identify a single approach, authors present options and discuss practical issues...

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How does urban rail development in China and India enable technological upgrading?

Asimeng, Emmanuel Theodore; Altenburg, Tilman - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2022

The socioeconomic wellbeing of urban areas depends on a well-functioning transportation system that makes it easier for people to access goods and services. Whereas most urban areas in emerging economies are expanding in size and human population, high motorisation and inadequate public...

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The change of commuting behaviour with planned high-speed railways in Czechia

Pařil, Vilém; Viturka, Milan; Rederer, Václav - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 23 (2023) 1, pp. 1-13

This paper is focused on high-speed railway planning and its general aim is to assess potential commuting behaviour … position of Prague as the main commuting centre, which relevant indicators significantly exceed all other labour mobility … labour areas and evaluating commuting relations among relevant centres. The assessment of potential impacts of HSR on labour …

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Beyond lost earnings : the long-term impact of job displacement on workers' commuting behavior

Duan, Yige; Jost, Oskar; Jost, Ramona - 2022

We study the long-term impact of job displacement on workers' commuting behavior. Our measures of commuting exploit geo …-coordinates of workers' places of residence and places of work, from which we calculate the door-to-door commuting distance and … commuting time. Using German employee-employer matched data and an event study design, we identify the causal effect of job loss …

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