scholarly journals Development of an integrated flexible transport systems platform for rural areas using argumentation theory

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 62-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagendra R. Velaga ◽  
Nicolás D. Rotstein ◽  
Nir Oren ◽  
John D. Nelson ◽  
Timothy J. Norman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Argumentation Theory ◽  
Transport Systems

Setting the Stage for the Integration of Demand Responsive Transport and Location-Based Services

2010 ◽  
pp. 52-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank van der Hoeven
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Collective Transport ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Demand responsive transport systems such as paratransit could deliver services that collective transport simply cannot provide. Location-based services may be capable of bridging the divide between transport services without fixed routes, stops or schedules and their potential users. This chapter outlines how the integration of demand responsive transport and location-based services may help to deliver a flexible transport system that is sensitive to the needs of individual users in urban and rural areas. Such a system would have the potential to liberate urbanism from the need to orient spatial development on rigid transit lines.

Cities, states to drive patchwork tax scene in Africa

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Headquarters ◽  
Traditional Leaders ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
National Leaders

Significance Several major regional cities and states are using new devolved powers or tax innovations to increase their locally generated revenue (LGR), but the results are mixed. Impacts Poor services will not hurt national leaders' support in rural areas, where patronage and traditional leaders are more critical. Cities with concentrations of corporate headquarters will benefit from economic 'cluster' effects, increasing their innovation potential. However, poor and often dangerous transport systems, along with severe congestion, impede major SSA cities' competitiveness. With a few exceptions, funding constraints will degrade the diplomatic capacity of SSA cities.

scholarly journals Metropolitan bicycle-sharing system in the Polish context of various needs of cities, towns, and villages

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Adam Kwiatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Electrically Assisted ◽  
Bike Sharing ◽  
Bicycle Sharing System ◽  
City Centres

Abstract Bicycle-sharing systems (BSSs) have started to play an important role in the transport systems of cities worldwide as a sustainable alternative to the dominant motorised mobility culture. BSSs have also expanded over time to include regions and metropolitan areas as well as small towns and rural areas. The purpose of this paper is to identify and compare the goals of connecting individual communes in a metropolitan area to a metropolitan bicycle system. The authors applied a case study of the MEVO metropolitan bicycle system consisting of electrically assisted bicycles, introduced in 2019 in 14 communes of the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area (GGSMA) in Poland. The study used GGSMA-designated metropolitan zoning to group the goals pursued by the participants when joining the project. This paper is the first to identify the goals that inclined small towns and rural areas to accede to the BSS. The results show that the largest cities in the metropolis that make up its core count on bike sharing to solve the problems of congested city centres, while small towns and rural areas see the BSS as an opportunity to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants, as the first mode of public transport, as an opportunity to be closer and more identified with the metropolitan core, and as a chance to develop tourism and recreation.

scholarly journals CRISIS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND OUR CONCERN

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prantosh Deb
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Natural Increase ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Indian Cities ◽  
Motorized Transport

Palanquin, horse, hand-pull rickshaw, paddle rickshaw, tram, bus, auto-rickshaw, and finally today's pollution controlled Bharat Stage (BS) -III-IV bus ----- more or less this is the evolution of passenger transport of Kolkata.  Transport demand in most of the Indian cities has increased substantially during last few decades due to increase in population (natural increase and migration from rural areas and smaller towns). Availability of motorized transport, increase in household income, and increase in commercial and industrial activities has further added to it. Unfortunately, public transport systems in Indian cities have not been able to keep pace  with the rapid and substantial increase in travel demand.

scholarly journals Tariffing in Integrated Passenger Transport Systems: A Literature Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 745-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Šipuš ◽  
Borna Abramović
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
The Social ◽  
Spatial Isolation ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Transport Disadvantage

Designing tariff systems in public passenger transport is a complex issue of optimization by means of satisfying the wants and needs of all the engaged parties. An integrated passenger transport system (IPTS) stands for the concept of organization and management of public passenger transport based on a uniform tariff system. The issue of transport disadvantage of certain peri-urban and rural areas is the result of poorly organized transport systems. Social and spatial isolation in the framework of mobility is partly the fault of the way in which tariff systems have been designed with no regard to the social factors of the engaged parties for which such systems are designed – its users. Special emphasis in the research of tariff systems is placed on resolving issues of designing tariff zones, maximizing social welfare, transport equity, and transport disadvantage. An outline of the existing research and a review of literature concerning tariffs in integrated passenger transport systems is given, and proposals are put forward for future research due to the need for designing socially beneficial tariff systems, which would eliminate social exclusion, i.e., the transport disadvantage of individuals or parts of society.

scholarly journals Hydrogen and Usability of Hydrogen Storage Technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lutz Giese ◽  
Jörg Reiff-Stephan
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Storage ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Western Africa ◽  
Carrier Materials ◽  
The Future ◽  
Storage Technologies ◽  
Hydrogen Bound

Science, technology and politics agree: hydrogen will be the energy carrier of the future. It will replace fossil fuels based on a sufficient supply from sustainable energy. Since the possibilities of storing and transporting hydrogen play a decisive role here, the so-called LOHC (Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers) can be used as carrier materials. LOHC carrier materials can reversibly absorb hydrogen, store it without loss and release it again when needed. Since little or no pressure is required, normal containers or tanks can be used. The volume or mass-related energy densities can reach around a quarter of liquid fossil fuels. This paper is to give an introduction to the field of hydrogen storage and usage of those LOHC, in particular. The developments of the last ten years have been related to the storage and transport of hydrogen with LOHC. These are crucial to meet the future demand for energy carriers e.g. for mobile applications. For this purpose, all transport systems are under consideration as well as the decentralized supply of rural areas with low technological penetration, e.g. regions of Western Africa which are often characterized by a lack of energy supply. Hydrogen bound in LOHC can provide a hazard-free alternative for distribution. The paper provides an overview of the conversion forms as well as the chemical carrier materials. Dibenzyltoluene as well as N-ethylcarbazole - as examples for LOHC - are discussed as well as chemical hydrogen storage materials like ammonia boranes as alternatives to LOHC.

Designing a Passenger-Centric Information Eco-System for Integrated and Flexible Transport Systems in Rural Areas

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagendra R. Velaga ◽  
John D. Nelson ◽  
Konstantinos Papangelis ◽  
David Corsar ◽  
Peter Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Transport Systems

Departure Time Choice for Recreational Activities by Elderly Nonworkers

2003 ◽  
Vol 1848 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Okola
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Recreational Activities ◽  
Departure Time ◽  
Departure Time Choice ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
Personal Transportation

A discrete choice analysis was performed to study the temporal preferences of elderly persons for recreational trips. Departure time choice studies for recreational activities helped in gaining an understanding of flexible travel behavior. Elderly persons form the fastest-growing age groups, and results from the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey indicate an increase in travel by elderly persons. This study was the first part in a study of the interaction of age, emerging transport technologies, and activity participation. Modeling departure time choice for elderly persons is critical in understanding the travel needs of an aging population to provide adequate services and enhance efficacy of transport systems and user mobility. The study makes possible an analysis of the impacts on congestion, air quality, and associated mitigation efforts. Results of this study confirm that travel patterns for elderly persons are different from those of the general population; they prefer the earlier part of the day for recreational trips. The implications of increased daytime travel may include the need for additional emergency or incident response units, particularly in rural areas. This study may be used to gauge how to best offer alternative means of transport such that they will be most effective in meeting the demands of nonworkers for nonwork trips.

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