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Recent Developments in Renewable Technologies: R&D Investment in Advanced Biofuels

Rajagopal, Deepak; Sexton, Steve; Hochman, Gal; … - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 1 (2009) 1, pp. 621-644

technologies, especially those for converting biomass to liquid biofuels for transportation, have cornered a large share of the new … which technologies emerge as winners. The search for new transportation fuels is also giving rise to the development of new …

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Viet Nam Urban Development Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Roadmap

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012

This urban development sector assessment, strategy, and road map (ASR) documents the strategic investment priorities of the Government of Viet Nam and the Asian Development Bank. The ASR has identified three priority areas: (i) development of corridor cities and towns to contribute to the...

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Health in All Policies as a Strategic Policy Response to NCDs

Lin, Vivian; Jones, Catherine; Wang, Shiyong; Barbd, Enis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education, environment, welfare, agriculture, and transportation. HiAP can be …

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Highway grants: roads to prosperity?

Leduc, Sylvain; Wilson, Daniel - In: FRBSF Economic Letter (2012)

Federal highway grants to states appear to boost economic activity in the short and medium term. The short-term effects appear to be due largely to increases in aggregate demand. Medium-term effects apparently reflect the increased productive capacity brought by improved roads. Overall, each...

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CMAP prepares GO TO 2040 campaign: regional plan seeks a better future for Metropolitan Chicago

Blankenhorn, Randall - In: Profitwise (2008) Mar, pp. 13-14

, and across subject areas like land use, transportation, natural resources, and economic development. By understanding how …

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Abolition of Commercial Motorbikes and Its Implication on Transportation and Criminality in Calabar Metropolis

Michael, Christopher Eraye; Ojedoku, Usman Adekunle; … - In: International Journal of Social Science Studies 1 (2013) 1, pp. 206-214

The study examined the abolition of commercial motorbikes and its implications on transportation and criminality in … among others account for the abolition of motorbikes as a means of transportation in Calabar Metropolis. The study findings … workplaces, increased in transportation fare charges and quarrel amongst commuters as they struggle to access few available …

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A methodology for measuring the sustainability of car transport systems

Smith, T.W.; Axon, C.J.; Darton, R.C. - In: Transport Policy 30 (2013) C, pp. 308-317

Measuring the sustainability of car fleets, an important task in developing transport policy, can be accomplished with an appropriate set of indicators. We applied the Process Analysis Method of sustainability assessment to generate an indicator set in a systematic and transparent way, that is...

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A strategic approach for improving rural air transport in the United States

Grubesic, Tony H.; Murray, Alan T.; Matisziw, Timothy C. - In: Transport Policy 30 (2013) C, pp. 117-124

Commercial air transport in rural and remote areas of the United States has a long history. After the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, carriers were free to serve any cities and routes they wished. In anticipation of carriers gravitating toward large urban markets, the Essential Air Service...

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M/G/c/c state dependent travel time models and properties

MacGregor Smith, J.; Cruz, F.R.B. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 395 (2014) C, pp. 560-579

One of the most important problems in today’s modeling of transportation networks is an accurate estimate of travel …

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Reliability and heterogeneity of railway services

Dekker, Rommert; Vromans, Vromans, M.J.C.M.; Kroon, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2003

Reliability is one of the key factors in transportation, both for passengers and for cargo. This paper examines …

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