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Industrial Heritage and Cultural Economics : The Re-Use of Historic Railways in Western Andalusia

Muriel, Manuel - 2012

From the point of view of economic history and microeconomic theory, we carried out an enquiry on the state of the railway heritage in the province of Huelva and surveyed the chances of their preservation and/or reuse with cultural purposes, i.e. as tourist attractions. This heritage is the...

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The Secondary Railway Huelva Ayamonte : Its Origin and Construction

Muriel, Manuel - 2012

A few years before the loss of Spain’s last colonies overseas civil society and political powers in the province of Huelva made a joint bid for the construction of a secondary railway between the capital and Ayamonte. They were well aware of both their peripheral location and their laggard...

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Policy Options for Secondary Road Construction and Management in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Gifford, Jonathan L. - 2011

This report reviews the Commonwealth of Virginia’s secondary road policy in order to identify options for revising policy to improve the condition and operation of the secondary system in light of continuing reductions in secondary construction and maintenance budgets

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A Model of the Rise and Fall of Roads

Levinson, David Matthew; Zhang, Lei - 2011

, transportation networks are usually assumed to be static in models of land use. A better understanding of the natural growth pattern …

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The Integrated Use of Emme/2 and Arc/Info

Li, Ning; Zou, Xi; Levinson, David Matthew - 2011

Sharing data between GIS software (Arc/Info) and Traffic Demand Modeling Software (EMME/2) has long been an issue of interest to traffic engineers. A literature review and evaluation of current efforts on the data exchange is given in this paper. The authors also developed their own economical...

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Pricing, Investment, and Network Equilibrium

Zhang, Lei; Levinson, David Matthew - 2011

dynamics model for necessary policy evaluation is still lagging. This research endeavors to fill this gap and models the …

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Measuring the Transportation Needs of People with Developmental Disabilities

Levinson, David Matthew; Wasfi, Rania; El-Geneidy, Ahmed M. - 2011

The US Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Development Disabilities estimates the number of people diagnosed with a developmental disability in the United States as 4.5 million persons, which would translate to about 17,000 residents of Hennepin County, Minnesota. This...

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An Agent-Based Route Choice Model

Zhu, Shanjiang; Levinson, David Matthew; Zhang, Lei - 2011

road pricing and ATIS requires travel demand models that are able to consider travelers with distinct attributes (value of … potential savings) in a differentiated market (by tolls and the level of service). Traditional trip-based models have difficulty …, which has significant influence on decision-making and travel behavior, has not been fully addressed in existing models. To …

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Development of an Online Roadway Geometry Design Software for Transportation Education and Training

Liao, Chen-Fu; Levinson, David Matthew - 2015

Traditionally, students use pencil and ruler to lay out lines and curves over contour maps for roadway geometry design. Numerous calculations of stopping sight distance, minimum turning radius, and curve alignments are required during the roadway design process in order to ensure safety, to...

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Planned Versus Unplanned : Travel Impacts and Adjustment Strategies of the Collapse and the Reopening of I-35w Bridge

Zhu, Shanjiang; Tilahun, Nebiyou; Levinson, David Matthew - 2011

Major network disruptions have significant impacts on local travelers. A good understanding of behavioral reactions to such incidents is crucial for traffic management and planning. Existing research on such topics is limited. This study investigates travelers' reaction to both the collapse and...

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