Choice f micro-mobility: Case studies of ta public bicycle sharing system in New Zealand

This study considers how to improve understanding of sustainable urban transport planning from the perspective of the Central Business District (CBD) redevelopment process for two cities, Hamilton and Christchurch in New Zealand (NZ). The most proportion of ‘Public Bicycle Share Schemes’ operate in densely populated cities as these are characterized by limited modal accessibility but high population density in the urban CBD. This situation is similar to NZ’s two medium-sized cities, in each of which the city’s population density is constantly increasing in the past years. In this study, Multinomial and Mixed Logistic regression models were used to determine the model specification, and subsequently, to test the mode choice cross-elasticities for promoting greater use of the bicycle sharing system in conjunction with public transport service. The data were gathered using stated preference surveys from 486 New Zealanders, and the modeling results indicate that the potential improvement in a modal shift towards micro-mobility, which can be enhanced by applying different policy options

Traffic Impact Assessment and Proposal Report: Te Ara Hou Social Services Village, Hamilton

This report examines and describes the traffic and parking effects of the proposal to increase the parking space of the Te Ara Hou Christian Social Service Village (TAH Village) located at 100-104 Morrinsville Road in Hamilton. The TAH Village is a medium-sized village on the outskirts of Hamilton city that provides a range of services for the community to improve it, within this village there is a wide range of facilities for all sections of the community such as an Elderly care and Child care facility, church, cafe and a Food bank. The village comprises of thirteen community groups. It provides “multi-purpose and inter-denominational deeds or services in Hamilton city and Waikato regional areas”

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thesisEarthquakes could significantly impact road network capacity and further change spatial and temporal traffic demand patterns. This paper presents a practically useful dynamic traveler microassignment model to simultaneously capture variable traffic demand and departure time choice dynamic for different trip purposes. These travel choice dimensions are integrated in a stochastic utility maximization framework that considers multiple user decision criteria, such as travel time and schedule delay. For a typical case that assumes the logit-based alternative choice model, this paper develops an equivalent gap function-based optimization formulation and a heuristic iterative solution procedure. A case study using a large-scale transportation network (adapted from the Salt Lake City metropolitan area) is presented to illustrate the capability of the proposed system integration for realistic traffic impact studies. Experimental results from two network damage scenarios show the dramatic changes in postearthquake traffic demand, departure time, and route choice patterns; a small amount of capacity loss in critical links could lead to substantial networkwide travel time increases

The development of demand responsive transport service for older people in NZ rural areas: Preliminary Case Study in Thames

This study investigates improvements to public transport for people aged over 65 in New Zealand rural and small cities. Due to the popularity of Thames, NZ for people aged 65 and over the population for this age group is increasing in Thames and therefore so does the demand for alternative modes of transport (to maintain the elderly’s independence), especially once owning or driving a private motor vehicle is no longer a viable option. This study explores the existing problems that the elderly face regarding transportation in Thames, NZ rural and investigates possible public transport improvements to help maintain independence for people aged 65 and over

Diboson Excesses Demystified in Effective Field Theory Approach

We study the collider implication of a neutral resonance which decays to several diboson final states such as $W^+W^-$, $ZZ$, and $Z\gamma$ via a minimal set of effective operators. We consider both CP-even and CP-odd bosonic states with spin 0, 1, or 2. The production cross sections for the bosonic resonance states are obtained with the effective operators involving gluons (and quarks), and the branching fractions are obtained with the operators responsible for the interactions with electroweak gauge bosons. We demonstrate that each scenario allows for a broad parameter space which could accommodate the recently-reported intriguing excesses in the ATLAS diboson final states, and discuss how the CP states and spin information of the resonance can be extracted at the LHC run II.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figures, main text slightly modified with results unchange

Freight Transport Modal Shift in NZ: Building Understanding of Shippers’ Mode Choice based on RP (revealed preference)/ SP (stated preference) surveys

The main objectives of this study are to identify the constraints on shifting freight in New Zealand (NZ) from road to rail and/or coastal shipping, and to quantify the trade-off between factors affecting shippers’ perceptions, to assist in increasing the share of freight moved by non-road transport modes. This was done by three logistic regression methods. The ranked logit results show that NZ shippers ranked transport time as the most significant constraint upon distributing goods by rail, while accessibility and load size were the most significant constraints upon using coastal shipping. The study also identifies how NZ shippers’ modal shift constraints vary according to the firm’s individual or logistical characteristics (e.g. their use of logistics facilities, lead time, and delivery distance). Mode choice models, consistent with econometric theory and based on transport cost, time, reliability and modal frequency, are developed. Multinomial logit (MNL) and mixed logit (ML) models are estimated, to identify the factors influencing the choice between road, rail and coastal shipping, for domestic inter-island freight flows. Finally, the models are used, with empirical data on transport cost, time and reliability, to estimate the effect (on mode split) of policies to alter the values of these variables

Road safety study in New Zealand: Road Crashes involving overseas Drivers

The study explores the driving behaviour of overseas drivers and identifies the key causes contributing to road crashes in New Zealand (NZ) related to demographic and socio-economic characteristics of overseas drivers. A revealed preference (RP) study of 205 overseas drivers has been used to investigate whether overseas drivers’ characteristics affected their ranked preference for attributes related to the risk of driving in NZ. The RP study and rank-ordered logistics regression models have been used to identify the importance of various factors in determining the causes of crashes and providing some insights into issues that should be considered accident reduction policy development. The results indicate that roundabouts are rare in some Asian countries and thus confusing to Asian drivers; mountainous roads are considered the most difficult terrain to drive on. The results further indicate that fatigue has a moderate impact on the drivers, with those aged above 30 tending to believe that fatigue affects subsequent driving performance. The results are consistent with the historical data from 2,328 crashes related to overseas drivers from 2010 to 2014 as extracted from the Crash Analysis System. Finally, the results of this study indicate that ‘tailored’ programmes to educate overseas drivers would be more effective than current practices and guidelines

A Study of Road Accidents Involving International Visitors: Case Study in New Zealand

This study is to explore the driving behaviour of overseas drivers and to identify the key causes contributing to the road accidents in New Zealand (NZ) related to demographic and socio-economic characteristics of overseas drivers. A revealed preference (RP) survey of 205 overseas drivers is used to investigate whether overseas drivers’ characteristics affect their ranked preference for attributes related to the risk of driving in NZ. The RP survey and rank-ordered logistics regression models identified the importance of various factors in determining the cause of accidents and providing some insight into issues that should be considered in accident reduction policy development. The results indicate that roundabout system brings confusion to Asian drivers, NZ’s mountainous roads considered the most difficult terrain to overseas drivers, and fatigue after a long flight brings a moderate impact on the driver. Therefore, this study suggests that ‘taylored’ driving safety training programmes would be more effective to educate overseas visitors