Automated Transit Networks (ATN): A Review of the State of the Industry and Prospects for the Future, MTI Report 12-31

The concept of Automated Transit Networks (ATN) - in which fully automated vehicles on exclusive, grade-separated guideways provide on-demand, primarily non-stop, origin-to-destination service over an area network – has been around since the 1950s. However, only a few systems are in current operation around the world. ATN does not appear “on the radar” of urban planners, transit professionals, or policy makers when it comes to designing solutions for current transit problems in urban areas. This study explains ATN technology, setting it in the larger context of Automated Guideway Transit (AGT); looks at the current status of ATN suppliers, the status of the ATN industry, and the prospects of a U.S.-based ATN industry; summarizes and organizes proceedings from the seven Podcar City conferences that have been held since 2006; documents the U.S./Sweden Memorandum of Understanding on Sustainable Transport; discusses how ATN could expand the coverage of existing transit systems; explains the opportunities and challenges in planning and funding ATN systems and approaches for procuring ATN systems; and concludes with a summary of the existing challenges and opportunities for ATN technology. The study is intended to be an informative tool for planners, urban designers, and those involved in public policy, especially for urban transit, to provide a reference for history and background on ATN, and to use for policy development and research

The vital role of metropolitan access in commuter, regional, intercity and overnight rail passenger transportation, and its relation to technology

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003.Pages [179]-[202] also numbered 1-24. Vita.Includes bibliographical references.by Lexcie Lu.S.M

Global Trade Impacts: Addressing the Health, Social and Environmental Consequences of Moving International Freight Through Our Communities

Examines freight transportation industry trends; the impact of global trade on workers, the environment, and health in both exporting and importing countries; and organizing strategies and policy innovations for minimizing the damage and ensuring health

1995 BRAC Commission

DoD Depot - Army Basing Study - Alternative Documentation Set; COBRA; Economic Impact. Box 269, XS-004

Master Plan: Circulation element suggestions for implementation

This is the Consultant’s report to the Master Plan Circulation Group, which is a subgroup of the Master Plan Committee. It attempts to supplement and amplify the information provided in the Master Plan of March 21, 2001, and create an effective circulation system balancing the automobile with the pedestrian, bicycle, and bus. The report is in agreement with the Master Plan and proposes steps for implementation along with minor changes to the plan

Industrial Applications: New Solutions for the New Era

This book reprints articles from the Special Issue "Industrial Applications: New Solutions for the New Age" published online in the open-access journal Machines (ISSN 2075-1702). This book consists of twelve published articles. This special edition belongs to the "Mechatronic and Intelligent Machines" section

A framework for sustainable road freight decarbonisation in South Africa

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2019.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Local and international governments are becoming more aware of carbon emission outputs and the damage that these emissions are inflicting on the environment. The definite impact that carbon emissions have on global warming has received public and media attention, which has placed high carbon-intensive companies and products under surveillance. Following electricity, road freight in South Africa is the second-biggest generator of carbon emissions. Thus, this research problem identified the need to decrease South Africa’s road freight emissions through the use of a road freight decarbonisation framework. The research problem entailed applying a framework to South Africa and expanding the structure to include the unique challenges in the South African road freight industry. A mixed methods research design was conducted to include both qualitative and quantitative data for the road freight industry in South Africa. The first objective of the research was to establish which road freight decarbonisation strategy, framework, system or tool would suit South Africa that also provides a holistic approach to decarbonising road freight activities. A literature review and criteria analysis concluded that the McKinnon road freight decarbonisation framework would be best suited to adapt and expand within the South African context. The literature review was followed by qualitative and quantitative data gathering to establish how industry professionals perceived the McKinnon framework, and to determine what further inputs into the framework could be provided. The data gathering consisted of personal interviews with industry professionals and data questionnaires that were sent out to working professionals in the road freight industry. After South African challenges were established and added to the chosen framework, the South African challenges for road freight carbon emission were quantified, through data questionnaires, to determine what total impact these challenges have on total road freight emissions and to quantify the carbon variables on a national basis. The outcome of the research provided the first South African decarbonisation framework, which highlights the road freight challenges South African companies are facing daily. The study identifies what the current main road freight carbon-intensive challenges are in South Africa, so that South Africa can focus on these costly and highly intensive emission influences and be aware that the problems are not isolated events, but can affect all road freight companies in South Africa. Keywords: Road freight, decarbonisation, carbon emissions, challengesAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Plaaslike en internationale regerings is besig om meer bewus te raak van koolstofemissie-vrystellings en die skade wat hierdie vrystellings aan die omgewing aanrig. Die definitiewe impak wat koolstofemissievrystellings het, ten opsigte van globale aardsverwarming, het aandag gekry van beide die publiek en media, wat hoë emissievrystellings maatskappye en produkte onder die soeklig geplaas het. Naas elektrisiteitsopwekking, is padvragvervoer die tweede hoogste genereerder van koolstofemissies. Dus het hierdie navorsingsprobleem die nodigheid om Suid Afrika se padvervoeremissies te verminder deur gebruik te maak van ‘n koolstofverminderingsraamwerk vir padvrag, uitgewys. Die navorsingsprobleem het ingesluit die toepassing van ‘n raamwerk op Suid Afrika en om dit verder te ontwikkel sodat die raamwerk die unieke uitdagings in die Suid Afrikaanse padvrag industrie kan inlsuit. ‘n Gemengde navorsingsontwerp is gebruik om beide kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe data vir Suid Afrikaanse padvrag in te sluit. Die eerste doel van die navorsing was om vas te stel watter padvrag koolstofverminderingstrategië, raamwerke, sisteme of hulpmiddels die beste sal pas in die Suid Afrikaanse padvrag omgewing, wat ook ‘n holistiese benadering tot koolstofvermindering tot alle padvrag aktiwiteite sal bring. Nadat die literatuur studie voltooi is en kriteria toepassing uitgevoer is, was McKinnon se Padvrag Koolstofvermindering Raamwerk gekies. Die literatuur studie is gevolg deur die kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe data insameling met die doel om te bevestig wat professionele industrie gerigte individue se opmerkings was van die McKinnon raamwerk. Die doel was ook om vas te vas te stel watter verdere fasette by die raamwerk gevoeg kan word. Die data navorsing het ingesluit die uitvoer van persoonlike onderhoude met professionele padvrag individue, asook data vraelyste wat uitgestuur was. Nadat die Suid Afrikaanse uitdagings vasgestel was, was hierdie uitdagings bygevoeg by die McKinnon raamwerk en die uitdagings is numeriese waardes gegee deur die data vraelyste wat uitgestuur was. Die kwantifisering is gedoen om die impak te verstaan wat hierdie beperkinge het op die totale padvrag koolstofemissies in Suid Afrika. Die gevolgtrekking van die navorsing was dat die eerste Suid Afrikaanse koolstofverminderings raamwerk vir padvrag ontwikkel is, wat aandui met watter uitdagings Suid Afrikaanse besighede elke dag te doen het. Die navorsing identifiseer vir die industrie watter hoof koolstof-intensiewe uitdagings in Suid Afrika is sodat bestuurders kan fokus op hierdie beperkinge weens die hoë kostes en omdat die beperkinge ook hoogs koolstofintensief is. Die navorsing lig ook verder uit dat hierdie uitdagings nie ge-isoleerd tot ‘n maatskappy is nie en dat dit heel moontlik is dat baie besighede ook geaffekteer word deur hierdie selfde beperkinge. Sleutelwoorde: Padvervoer, koolstofvermindering, koolstofemissies, beperkinge.Doctora

A Short History of Transport in Japan

A Short History of Transport in Japan from Ancient Times to the Present is a unique study: the first by a Western scholar to place the long-term development of Japanese infrastructure alongside an analysis of its evolving political economy. Drawing from New Institutional Economics, Black offers an historically informed critique of contemporary planning using the example of Japan’s historical institutions, their particular biases, and the power they have exerted over national and local transport, to identify how reformed institutional arrangements might develop more sustainable and equitable transport services. With chapters addressing each major form of transport, Black examines the predominant role of institutions and individuals – from seventeenth-century shoguns to post-war planners – in transforming Japan’s maritime infrastructure, its roads and waterways, and its adoption of rail and air transport. Using a multidisciplinary, comparative, and chronological approach, the book consults a range of technical, cultural, and political sources to tease out these interactions between society and technology. This spirited new contribution to transport studies will attract readers interested in institutional power, the history of transport, and the development of future infrastructure, as well as those with a general interest in Japan