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Urban transport policy transfer: "bottom-up" and "top-down" perspectives Purchase $ 31.50 Paul Timmsa, a Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK Available online 9 November 2010. Abstract The paper provides insights into the urban transport policy transfer process, focusing particularly on the transfer of the transport policy within the EU. The themes of the paper are structured according to five of the "Dolowitz and Marsh questions": what is transferred?; why do actors engage in policy transfer?; who are the key actors involved in the policy transfer process?; from where are the lessons drawn?; and what restricts or facilitates the policy transfer process? The methodological approach taken for considering each question involves two steps. Firstly, a "bottom-up" step considers the views of policy transfer from a "city perspective", for which use is made of results from interviews recently carried out within the EU project "Transport Research Knowledge Centre" (TRKC). These interviews were intended to ascertain the information needs of seven "representatives" of European cities, all of whom were involved in the Cities Reference Group of the EU project "Citymobil". These seven cities have widely varying characteristics in terms of size and geographical location (across Europe). By discussing information needs, the interviewees provided many insights into the transport policy transfer process. Secondly, a "top-down" step considers the policy transfer questions from an "EU perspective'; use here is made of various transport policy documents published by the European Commission (EC). For each of the five questions, "bottom-up" and "top-down" perspectives are examined and compared. The final section of the paper draws conclusions, providing a number of recommendations to both city authorities and the EU on how urban transport policy transfer might be enhanced in the future. Research Highlights ► Evide

The Future for Interurban Passenger Transport Bringing Citizens Closer Together OECD Publishing Version: Print (Paperback) + Free PDF Price:   €140 | $196 | £126 | ¥18200 | MXN2520 Standard shipping included!     Imprint:  International Transport Forum Availability: Available  Publication date:  21 May 2010  Language: English  Pages: 556  ISBN: 9789282102657  OECD Code: 742010021P1    Other Versions & Languages | Table of contents Economic growth, trade and the concentration of population in large cities will intensify demand for interurban transport services. Concurrently, the need to manage environmental impacts effectively will increase. How successful we are in coping with demand will depend on our ability to innovate, to manage congestion, and to improve the quality of transport services. Technological and regulatory innovation will shape the future of transport. These conference proceedings bring together ideas from leading transport researchers from around the world related to the future for interurban passenger transport..  A first set of papers investigates what drives demand for interurban passenger transport and infers how it may evolve in the future.  The remaining papers investigate transport policy issues that emerge as key challenges: when to invest in high-speed rail, how to regulate to ensure efficient operation, how to assign infrastructure to different types of users, and how to control transport's environmental footprint by managing modal split and improving modal performance. Other languages:  French (Available) Other Versions:  E-book - PDF Format Further reading: 17th International ITF/OECD Symposium on Transport Economics and Policy: Benefiting from Globalisation - Transport Sector Contribution and Policy Challenges (Available) Port Competition and Hinterland Connections - (Available) Improving Reliability on Surface Transport Networks - (Available) Competitive Interaction between Airports,

CMT Round Tables Transport, Urban Form and Economic Growth OECD, European Conference of Ministers of Transport. Published by : OECD Publishing Version: Print (Paperback) + Free PDF Price:   €50 | $70 | £45 | ¥6500 | MXN900     Imprint:  European Conference of Ministers of Transport Availability: Out of print  Publication date:  17 Dec 2007  Language: English  Pages: 150  ISBN: 9789282101643  OECD Code: 742007071P1    Other Versions & Languages | Table of contents Containing sprawl is a major preoccupation of many urban planners, who view sprawl as responsible for driving up environmental costs and congestion.  Nevertheless, many economists see benefits to sprawl, allowing households access to larger and cheaper properties. This Round Table examines the costs and benefits of sprawl, shedding light on the linkages between urban form and economic growth, and explored the tradeoffs involved in trying to contain sprawl. Discussions were based on papers prepared by Elizabeth Deakin (UC Berkeley), Matthew Kahn (Tufts University), Gilles Duranton (University of Toronto) and David Banister (University College London). Other languages:  French (Available (Print on Demand)) Other Versions:  E-book - PDF Format Table of contents: Summary of Discussions Introductory Reports -The Insatiable Demand for Land: Urban Change and Land (Re-)Development by Gilles DURANTON (Canada) -The Environmental Consequences of Sprawl, by Elizabeth DEAKIN (USA) -The Quality of Life in Sprawled versus Compact Cities, by Matthew KAHN (USA) -Cities, Urban Form and Sprawl: A European Perspective , by David BANISTER (United Kingdom) List of Participants

La riduzione dei danni ambientali generati dai trasporti: spunti per un approccio non ortodosso Publication Type: Journal Articles Authors: G. MARLETTO Source: ECONOMIA DELLE FONTI DI ENERGIA E DELL'AMBIENTE, Volume XLVIII, p.113 - 131 (2006) ISBN: 1125-1263

Investigating the willingness of drivers to share space with pedestrians Authors: Kaparias, I., Bell, M. G. H., Chan, C., Biagioli, T., Kennedy, J. and Mount, B. Year of Publish: 2010

Development and implementation of a vehicle-pedestrian conflicts analysis method: Adaptation of a vehicle-vehicle technique Authors: Kaparias, I., Bell, M. G. H., Greensted, J., Cheng, S., Miri, A., Taylor, C. and Mount, B. Year of Publish: 2010 Conference Name: Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, USA.

Modelling the willingness of pedestrians to share space with vehicles Authors: Kaparias, I., Bell, M. G. H., Miri, A., Cheng, S., Greensted, J., Taylor, C. and Mount, B. Year of Publish: 2010 Conference Name: Presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Universities' Transport Study Group, Plymouth, UK.

State-of-the-art of urban traffic management policies and technologies Authors: Kaparias, I., Zavitsas, K. and Bell, M. G. H. Year of Publish: 2010 Produced for: CONDUITS Deliverable no. 1.2-1.3. ISBN:

Principle Areas of Research The principal areas of current research activity within the Centre for Transport Studies include: Travel behaviour and transport modelling (e.g., survey design and data analysis, travel demand modelling using advanced statistical and econometric techniques, activity based modelling, microsimulation modelling of daily travel, analysis of traveller dynamics and learning). Transport technology and telematics (e.g., the design and evaluation of telematics systems for information dissemination and pricing, innovative data collection methods, impacts of e-commerce on travel behaviour, technological innovations for the elderly and disabled). Transport operations (e.g., modelling of traffic flow and control strategies, analysis of capacity and network reliability, microsimulation of traffic flow, network design and optimisation). Transport and environment (e.g., analysis of air quality impacts of local traffic management measures, transport and health, travel demand management policies, urban design and energy use) Transport policy and regulation (e.g., utilities regulation, funding and financing of infrastructure, pricing and investment appraisal, urban economics, transport economics and policy) Railway operations and management (e.g., the analysis of risk in rail investment decisions, design and analysis of safety critical systems (e.g. signalling), comparative assessment of performance through benchmarking studies). Geomatics (e.g., design and testing of high performance navigation and positioning systems, geodesy and surveying, earth observation, applications of GIS and GPS in Civil Engineering). Port operations and logistics (e.g., benchmarking and operational efficiency, port technology and planning, logistics and supply chain applications in ports and shipping, intermodal operations and management, safety and security issues). Air transport operations and planning (e.g., analysis of air sector capacity, airport performance analysis, envi

The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber 0 Resenhas Oxford University Press US, 2011 - 784 páginas Emergent technologies are pushing the boundaries of how both qualitative and quantitative researchers practice their craft, and it has become clear these changes are dramatically altering research design, from the questions researchers ask and the ways they collect data, to what they even consider data. Gathering a broad range of new developments in one place,The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Researchoffers comprehensive, up-to-date thinking on technological innovations. In addition to addressing how to effectively apply new technologies-such as the internet, mobile technologies, geospatial technologies (GPS), and the incorporation of computer-assisted software programs (CAQDAS) to qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches to research projects-many chapters provide in-depth examples of practices within both disciplinary and interdisciplinary environments and outside the academic world in multi-media laboratories and research institutes. Not only an authoritative view of cutting-edge technologies and their applications, the Handbook examines the costs and benefits of utilizing new technologies on the research process, the potential misuse of these techniques for methods practices, and the ethical and moral dimensions of emergent technologies, especially with regard to issues of surveillance and privacy. The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Researchis an essential resource for research methods courses in various fields, including the social sciences, education, communications, computer science, and health services, and an indispensable guide for social researchers looking to incorporate emerging technologies into their methods and practic

Transit: Economic development for the 21st Century Blog post by Robert Steuteville on 05 Apr 2011 feature codes development economy highways transit/transit-oriented dev. Graph 1 Source: Center for Transit-Oriented Development Graph 2 TOD by year in Denver. Source: Center for Transit-Oriented Development Robert Steuteville, New Urban Network A study of development around three recent light rail transit lines in Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Charlotte found 24 million square feet of residential and commercial construction (see Graph 1). That's a tremendous burst of transit-oriented development (TOD), especially given that much of it occurred after the US housing market began to collapse (see Graph 2). The development was largely focused near downtowns and other employment areas of the three cities. Factors besides transit contributed to this construction, but transit was a major impetus to growth. If the construction industry throughout much of the US had behaved as it did within a half-mile of these new transit stations, we would have had no recession in real estate. Therein lies a way out of our economic malaise. The US building industry is currently on pace to add a quarter-million new houses this year, the lowest since records have been kept for nearly 50 years. That figure will rise substantially only with the right kind of transportation investments, which have historically spurred new housing and commercial development. Since World War II, new infrastructure has consisted mainly of highways. The massive highway construction fueled growth through the first half of the last decade, but that approach won't work anymore. When highways were built through countryside close to compact cities, they spurred huge amounts of construction. That, however, was when gas was cheap and the room to spread out was plentiful in rapidly growing metropolitan areas. Highway-oriented development tends to be low-density development, because nobody wants to live in a compa

  [Un réseau d'échanges et d'information]  Séminaires :   16 - 18 novembre 2009 : SITRASS 9 - [Plaquette de présentation] + [fiche de pré-inscription]. "1989-2009 : 20 ans d'analyse des systèmes de transport en Afrique sub-saharienne. Bilan, interrogations et perspectives" - Lomé (Togo). 13, 14, 15 novembre 2006 : SITRASS 8 "Evolutions institutionnelles et gouvernance dans le système des transports en Afrique Sub-Saharienne" - Ouagadougou. mars 2004 : SITRASS 7 "Mobilité et systèmes de transport en Afrique Sub-Saharienne : Les défis de la pauvreté" Dakar(Sénégal) Résumé des actes. novembre 2001 : SITRASS 6 "Sphère publique - sphère privée : quelle organisation et quels financements pour les transports en Afrique Sub-Saharienne" Bamako (Mali) Résumé des actes Télécharger les Actes : http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00274226/fr/ novembre 1999 : SITRASS 5 "Les projets sectoriels de transport en Afrique sub-saharienne : bilan et réflexions" Cotonou (Bénin) Résumé des actes Télécharger les Actes : http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00273786/fr/ octobre 1996 : SITRASS 4 "Efficacité, concurrence, compétitivité : la chaîne de transport en Afrique sub-saharienne" Brazzaville (Congo) Résumé des actes Télécharger les Actes : http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00276654/fr/ mars 1994 : SITRASS 3 "Les systèmes d'information et de formation dans le secteur des transports" Dakar (Sénégal) Résumé des actes Télécharger les Actes : http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00199230/fr/ juin 1992 : session jointe à la 6ème Conférence Mondiale sur la Recherche et les Transports Lyon (France) Télécharger les Actes : http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00204485  janvier 1992 : SITRASS 2 "L'organisation des transports urbains. Les acteurs, les méthodes" Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) Télécharger les Actes : http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00277215 novembre 1989 : SITRA

Applied Game Theory and Strategic Behavior, 2009 This book demonstrates the use of various game theory techniques to address practical business, economic, legal, and public policy issues. It also illustrates the benefits of employing strategic thinking that incorporates the uncertainty surrounding the behavior of other parties.  Real-world applications of game theory Exploring a variety of games, the book outlines the process of modeling game theory questions while thinking strategically. It introduces core concepts through simple examples and case studies taken from the authors' consulting work in the automotive, beer, wine, and spirits industries as well as in debates over government regulation. The authors include newly developed software applications that can construct and solve game theory models and present strategic options in clear, visual diagrams. Out of the box and into the business world Striking the right balance between necessary mathematics and practical applications, this book shows how game theory can be used in real life, not just in mathematical models. It helps readers improve their strategic thinking, define games based on actual situations, model games with payoffs and probabilities, and make strategically