Xin Li is a research assistant pursuing a PhD in transportation engineering from the University of Milwaukee at Wisconsin. He has over 10 years of experience in transportation planning and modeling in the UK and China. His research interests include public transportation, demand modeling, and transportation big data analysis. He has published 8 papers and received several awards for his work.
Smart Commute Initiative: Establishment of a Multijurisdictional Workplace-ba...Smart Commute
The Smart Commute Initiative was a workplace transportation demand management program serving the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton from 2004 to 2007. It aimed to reduce single-occupancy vehicle trips, vehicle kilometers traveled, and greenhouse gas emissions through employer outreach and programs like ridesharing, transit incentives, and flexible work policies. Evaluation found the program helped eliminate over 14,500 tonnes of emissions and 1.27 million single-occupancy vehicle trips from 2004 to 2007. Lessons learned included the need for multi-jurisdictional cooperation, customized local implementation, and allowing sufficient time for behavior change monitoring.
Wang et al DRT Greater Manchester presentation TRB 2012Chao Wang
This document summarizes research analyzing factors that influence demand for demand responsive transport (DRT) services in Greater Manchester, England. The researchers used multilevel modeling to analyze DRT trip data from 16 service areas. The models found that population density, ethnicity, proportion of people working from home, and levels of socioeconomic deprivation significantly impacted DRT demand. Specifically, DRT has potential in low-density, deprived areas with many white residents and few people working from home. The researchers suggest further examining service-level factors and exploring DRT demand in rural areas.
This document presents a proposed GIS-based model to assess pedestrian accessibility to essential life services and prioritize improvements to the pedestrian network. The model aims to identify areas with poor access, or "life service deserts", evaluate how accessibility would change with proposed interventions, and prioritize infrastructure upgrades. Key aspects of the model include developing a fine-grained pedestrian network dataset, identifying the locations of important life services, calculating routes from census blocks to services, and measuring efficiency and equity to determine importance values for prioritizing missing sidewalk segments. The goal is to address gaps in existing research by focusing specifically on pedestrian accessibility and integrating socio-demographic factors.
121808 - FINAL Report on the Potential Impact of Regional Transit on Metropol...John Crocker
This document examines the potential impacts of major investment in regional transit infrastructure in metropolitan Atlanta using the Concept 3 Vision Plan from the Transit Planning Board. It finds that Concept 3 could more than double transit ridership, increase accessibility of employment centers, reduce congestion and travel times on roadways, improve safety, and provide benefits that outweigh costs with a ratio of $4.9-$10.8 billion in annual benefits for an annual investment of $2.4 billion. The analysis also finds Concept 3 would help achieve state transportation goals around mobility, accessibility, congestion reduction, and optimizing existing infrastructure.
The Driving Factors Behind Successful Carpool Formation and UseSmart Commute
This document summarizes a study examining factors that influence successful carpool formation and use through an online carpooling service called Carpool Zone. The study aims to understand individual and spatial factors that affect carpooling by analyzing user data from Carpool Zone. Previous literature found that costs, scheduling, and access to potential matches are important influences on carpooling. The study will analyze user characteristics, vehicle access, attitudes, and match accessibility to understand carpooling behavior. Insights from the study could help improve carpooling programs and policies.
How do we prepare for the next 40 years? Do we need to worry about this now? What do we know about the timeline? We will explore what we know now and what we need to consider going forward. Presented at the 2017 D-STOP Symposium.
Xin Li is a research assistant pursuing a PhD in transportation engineering from the University of Milwaukee at Wisconsin. He has over 10 years of experience in transportation planning and modeling in the UK and China. His research interests include public transportation, demand modeling, and transportation big data analysis. He has published 8 papers and received several awards for his work.
Smart Commute Initiative: Establishment of a Multijurisdictional Workplace-ba...Smart Commute
The Smart Commute Initiative was a workplace transportation demand management program serving the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton from 2004 to 2007. It aimed to reduce single-occupancy vehicle trips, vehicle kilometers traveled, and greenhouse gas emissions through employer outreach and programs like ridesharing, transit incentives, and flexible work policies. Evaluation found the program helped eliminate over 14,500 tonnes of emissions and 1.27 million single-occupancy vehicle trips from 2004 to 2007. Lessons learned included the need for multi-jurisdictional cooperation, customized local implementation, and allowing sufficient time for behavior change monitoring.
Wang et al DRT Greater Manchester presentation TRB 2012Chao Wang
This document summarizes research analyzing factors that influence demand for demand responsive transport (DRT) services in Greater Manchester, England. The researchers used multilevel modeling to analyze DRT trip data from 16 service areas. The models found that population density, ethnicity, proportion of people working from home, and levels of socioeconomic deprivation significantly impacted DRT demand. Specifically, DRT has potential in low-density, deprived areas with many white residents and few people working from home. The researchers suggest further examining service-level factors and exploring DRT demand in rural areas.
This document presents a proposed GIS-based model to assess pedestrian accessibility to essential life services and prioritize improvements to the pedestrian network. The model aims to identify areas with poor access, or "life service deserts", evaluate how accessibility would change with proposed interventions, and prioritize infrastructure upgrades. Key aspects of the model include developing a fine-grained pedestrian network dataset, identifying the locations of important life services, calculating routes from census blocks to services, and measuring efficiency and equity to determine importance values for prioritizing missing sidewalk segments. The goal is to address gaps in existing research by focusing specifically on pedestrian accessibility and integrating socio-demographic factors.
121808 - FINAL Report on the Potential Impact of Regional Transit on Metropol...John Crocker
This document examines the potential impacts of major investment in regional transit infrastructure in metropolitan Atlanta using the Concept 3 Vision Plan from the Transit Planning Board. It finds that Concept 3 could more than double transit ridership, increase accessibility of employment centers, reduce congestion and travel times on roadways, improve safety, and provide benefits that outweigh costs with a ratio of $4.9-$10.8 billion in annual benefits for an annual investment of $2.4 billion. The analysis also finds Concept 3 would help achieve state transportation goals around mobility, accessibility, congestion reduction, and optimizing existing infrastructure.
The Driving Factors Behind Successful Carpool Formation and UseSmart Commute
This document summarizes a study examining factors that influence successful carpool formation and use through an online carpooling service called Carpool Zone. The study aims to understand individual and spatial factors that affect carpooling by analyzing user data from Carpool Zone. Previous literature found that costs, scheduling, and access to potential matches are important influences on carpooling. The study will analyze user characteristics, vehicle access, attitudes, and match accessibility to understand carpooling behavior. Insights from the study could help improve carpooling programs and policies.
How do we prepare for the next 40 years? Do we need to worry about this now? What do we know about the timeline? We will explore what we know now and what we need to consider going forward. Presented at the 2017 D-STOP Symposium.
How do we address the key challenges of IoMT? Where does computing take place? Where do we place the sensors? This presentation explores those issues. Presented at the 2017 D-STOP Symposium.
Chris Perkins (University of Manchester) Mapping For Sustainable Communities...Muki Haklay
The document summarizes a community mapping project in Manchester that aimed to encourage healthier lifestyles through participatory mapping. [1] The project involved collaborating with community members and local authorities to map walking and cycling routes. [2] Pilot maps were created and evaluated through focus groups. [3] The project produced online and printed maps of routes in Manchester for walking and cycling that were designed based on feedback from community members. [4] Lessons learned included the importance of collaboration, addressing political and funding challenges, and targeting specific communities.
Robert Fohrenbach received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2015. As an undergraduate researcher, he assessed freight delivery patterns through statistical analysis and surveyed data. His coursework included projects in transportation planning, traffic engineering, and a paper on variable toll pricing. He held leadership roles as Inter-Fraternity Council Treasurer and Steward Chairman for his fraternity.
This document summarizes research applying accessibility planning techniques and software from the UK to a region in North America. The research compares accessibility indicators calculated for the Twin Cities region of Minnesota to those of Greater Manchester in the UK. The research aims to test the applicability of UK guidance and software outside the UK. It calculates network and local accessibility indicators for both regions using the Accession software adapted for the Twin Cities data and road network. The results show differences in how the bus networks in each region provide access, with Greater Manchester's network penetrating further into residential areas. The research concludes UK accessibility planning concepts and software can be successfully applied at low cost outside the UK with some adaptations to guidance and data.
Corruption and anti corruption responses in eastern europe and central asia (...UNDP Eurasia
This document summarizes UNDP's anti-corruption programming perspectives and activities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia from 2004-2009 and planned activities from 2011-2013. It notes increasing corruption perception in the region according to 2010 indices. UNDP established an Anti-Corruption Practitioners Network in 2006 which grew to 141 members by 2010. From 2008-2010, UNDP conducted capacity assessments of anti-corruption agencies in several countries and developed a global toolkit. Planned future activities include continuing to enhance capacity assessment methodologies, support for self-assessments, and programs focused on sectors and local governance.
Dynamic multiagent method to avoid duplicated information at intersections in...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) allow vehicles to contact one another to provide safety and comfort applications. However, mobility is a great challenge in VANETs. High vehicle speed causes topological changes that result in unstable networks. Therefore, most previous studies focused on using clustering techniques in roads to reduce the effect of vehicle mobility and enhance network stability. Vehicles stop moving at intersections, and their mobility does not impact clustering. However, none of previous studies discussed the impact of vehicle stopping at intersections on base stations (BSs). Vehicles that have stopped moving at intersections continue to send the same information to BSs, which causes duplicated information. Hence, this study proposes a new method named dynamic multiagent (DMA) to filter cluster information and prevent duplicated information from being sent to BSs at intersections. The performance of the proposed method was evaluated through simulations during the use of DMA and without-DMA (W-DMA) methods based on real data collected from 10 intersections in Batu Pahat City, Johor, Malaysia. Overall, the proposed DMA method results in a considerable reduction in duplicated information at intersections, with an average percentage of 81% from the W-DMA method.
This document discusses efficiency and performance management in the public sector. It outlines three key areas that must be joined up: measures, systems/processes, and people. Potential areas for efficiencies are identified and then pilots are conducted before scaling up. Estimated savings are determined by approaches like service redesign or technology. Benefits are then evaluated using metrics like return on social investment or public value. A case study from Somerset County Council compares the budget size and relative cost/performance of different council services. Key questions are posed around best linking performance, efficiency, and finance; identifying areas for efficiencies; and measuring savings and improvement within partnerships.
This document summarizes research on the online performance of political parties in European Parliament elections from 2009-2014 across several countries. It examines how parties use their websites (web 1.0) and social media like Facebook and Twitter (web 2.0) during campaigns. The research questions consider how online performance may influence vote share and whether there are differences across countries and parties. Statistical analyses found that time, country, and party characteristics like size can influence online performance. Social media use varied across the 28 EU countries studied.
The Travel Forecasting Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) supports and assists public agencies in the development, implementation and application of
current and emerging technologies in travel demand forecasting.
The purpose of travel forecasting is to help transportation
decision makers, at the local and state levels, improve the overall function of the transportation system. Program staff members accomplish this by developing travel models that predict future transportation patterns based on many variables. The variables used by program staff include comprehensive travel survey data, U.S. Census data, current and projected socio-demographic data, existing and projected transportation system data, and current traffic data.
Strategies for Infrastructure Improvements in Urban Neighbourhoods: An Issue-...Barry Wellar
The 2001 keynote address at the Hamilton, Ontario symposium on urban neighbourhoods provided a number of strategies that community associations could use in evaluating infrastructure needs, and proposals, and also provided context and content for the formation and organization of the Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods ( Ontario.) Now, in 2009, numerous infrastructure proposals are being floated by all levels of government in attempts to deal with the economic downturn that is sweeping Canada, the U.S., and other countries. The PowerPoint slides used in the original presentation appear to have gained in value as community associations try to understand the purpose, value, and impacts of latest mix of iinfratructure proposals and initiatives notions being promoted by governments to deal with the current recession/depression.
This document summarizes the work of the Safe Routes to School program in San Luis Obispo County. It discusses the formation of a regional task force to better coordinate infrastructure and education efforts across multiple agencies. It also describes the development of a comprehensive data collection process called SRTSII to map infrastructure issues near schools and support grant applications for improvements. The goal is to continue expanding education programs while using data to pursue funding for safety projects.
Smart Commute Evaluation: Tools, Techniques and Lessons Learned in Monitoring...Smart Commute
Smart Commute works with stakeholders to reduce traffic and emissions through workplace transportation demand management programs. It has expanded from an initial pilot project in 2001 to involve multiple municipalities and partners across the Greater Toronto Area. Evaluation of these programs involves monitoring activities, impacts, and customer satisfaction to track progress, justify funding, and improve services over time. Challenges include balancing implementation priorities with thorough evaluation and ensuring standardized data collection while allowing for flexibility. Ongoing efforts focus on refining monitoring tools and using lessons learned to strengthen evaluation.
The document summarizes the Transparency by Design initiative, a voluntary consortium of online institutions that share common data about their programs on the College Choices for Adults website. The initiative launched in 2009 with data from 12 institutions on over 30 programs. It focuses on learning outcomes and the adult learner experience. Members commit to contributing institutional data according to common standards and expanding the amount of data and number of member institutions over time. The goal is to provide more robust information for prospective adult students to make informed choices.
The document summarizes the Transparency by Design initiative, a voluntary consortium of online institutions that share common data about their programs on the College Choices for Adults website. The initiative launched in 2009 with data from 12 institutions on over 30 programs. It focuses on learning outcomes and the adult learner experience. Members commit to contributing institutional data according to common standards and expanding the amount of program data and number of member institutions over time. The goal is to provide more robust information for prospective adult students to make informed choices.
9/8 THUR 10:45 | Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program 2APA Florida
Bob Hamm
With an updated Evacuation Study for each of the 11 regions, Florida has one of the only statewide evacuation studies in the Nation. This session will educate participants on its fundamentals,
including HOW and WHY it was created and its implementation across a variety of planning disciplines. Explanations of the major components of the Evacuation Study, including its complex
evacuation transportation models, statewide coordination, behavioral surveys, and associated behavioral assumptions and advanced GIS modeling tools. Planners will gain a better understanding of the purpose, data and methodology of the Studies and how to implement its findings in their planning documents
The document summarizes a study conducted by the City of Bellingham, WA on connectivity metrics. It establishes the importance of connectivity as a metric to evaluate transportation networks. The study analyzed connectivity in Bellingham's 16 concurrency service areas, with a focus on areas 9 and 14. The study found that a proposed new arterial called the Birchwood Connector would significantly improve connectivity and access to major destinations like the hospital by providing an alternative to the barrier caused by Interstate 5. The document recommends next steps like revising connectivity metrics, adding it to impact fee programs, and preparing pedestrian and bicycle system plans.
The document provides an overview of the Hibernate framework. It discusses some of the drawbacks of using JDBC for database access, such as needing to manually open and close connections. Hibernate aims to address these issues by providing object-relational mapping and allowing data to flow through an application as objects rather than being converted to text for storage. Some key advantages of Hibernate mentioned are that it supports inheritance, associations and collections, and allows saving derived class objects while also persisting base class data.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing, including:
- Cloud computing uses central remote servers and the internet to maintain data and applications, allowing users to access files and applications from any device.
- The main advantages of cloud computing are more efficient computing through centralized resources, lower costs, flexibility, and scalability.
- The types of cloud include public, private, and hybrid clouds, with the main difference being who can access the services.
- Cloud computing delivers applications, platforms, and infrastructure as on-demand services through software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) models.
- The author
Dissertation title and final project: Data source registration in the Virtual Laboratory. The subject of the thesis and related project was to integrate EGEE/WLCG data sources into GridSpace Virtual Laboratory (http://gs.cyfronet.pl/).
Poster presentation entitled Integrating EGEE Storage Services with the Virtual Laboratory:
http://www.plgrid.pl/en/pr_materials/posters
Dissertation available at http://virolab.cyfronet.pl/trac/vlvl#MasterofScienceThesesrelatedtoViroLab
Quick Ride connects commuters travelling in the same direction in real-time and schedules the rides instantly for an immediate ride, or even well in advance for upcoming rides. You can also view the users going in the same direction and connect.
How do we address the key challenges of IoMT? Where does computing take place? Where do we place the sensors? This presentation explores those issues. Presented at the 2017 D-STOP Symposium.
Chris Perkins (University of Manchester) Mapping For Sustainable Communities...Muki Haklay
The document summarizes a community mapping project in Manchester that aimed to encourage healthier lifestyles through participatory mapping. [1] The project involved collaborating with community members and local authorities to map walking and cycling routes. [2] Pilot maps were created and evaluated through focus groups. [3] The project produced online and printed maps of routes in Manchester for walking and cycling that were designed based on feedback from community members. [4] Lessons learned included the importance of collaboration, addressing political and funding challenges, and targeting specific communities.
Robert Fohrenbach received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2015. As an undergraduate researcher, he assessed freight delivery patterns through statistical analysis and surveyed data. His coursework included projects in transportation planning, traffic engineering, and a paper on variable toll pricing. He held leadership roles as Inter-Fraternity Council Treasurer and Steward Chairman for his fraternity.
This document summarizes research applying accessibility planning techniques and software from the UK to a region in North America. The research compares accessibility indicators calculated for the Twin Cities region of Minnesota to those of Greater Manchester in the UK. The research aims to test the applicability of UK guidance and software outside the UK. It calculates network and local accessibility indicators for both regions using the Accession software adapted for the Twin Cities data and road network. The results show differences in how the bus networks in each region provide access, with Greater Manchester's network penetrating further into residential areas. The research concludes UK accessibility planning concepts and software can be successfully applied at low cost outside the UK with some adaptations to guidance and data.
Corruption and anti corruption responses in eastern europe and central asia (...UNDP Eurasia
This document summarizes UNDP's anti-corruption programming perspectives and activities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia from 2004-2009 and planned activities from 2011-2013. It notes increasing corruption perception in the region according to 2010 indices. UNDP established an Anti-Corruption Practitioners Network in 2006 which grew to 141 members by 2010. From 2008-2010, UNDP conducted capacity assessments of anti-corruption agencies in several countries and developed a global toolkit. Planned future activities include continuing to enhance capacity assessment methodologies, support for self-assessments, and programs focused on sectors and local governance.
Dynamic multiagent method to avoid duplicated information at intersections in...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) allow vehicles to contact one another to provide safety and comfort applications. However, mobility is a great challenge in VANETs. High vehicle speed causes topological changes that result in unstable networks. Therefore, most previous studies focused on using clustering techniques in roads to reduce the effect of vehicle mobility and enhance network stability. Vehicles stop moving at intersections, and their mobility does not impact clustering. However, none of previous studies discussed the impact of vehicle stopping at intersections on base stations (BSs). Vehicles that have stopped moving at intersections continue to send the same information to BSs, which causes duplicated information. Hence, this study proposes a new method named dynamic multiagent (DMA) to filter cluster information and prevent duplicated information from being sent to BSs at intersections. The performance of the proposed method was evaluated through simulations during the use of DMA and without-DMA (W-DMA) methods based on real data collected from 10 intersections in Batu Pahat City, Johor, Malaysia. Overall, the proposed DMA method results in a considerable reduction in duplicated information at intersections, with an average percentage of 81% from the W-DMA method.
This document discusses efficiency and performance management in the public sector. It outlines three key areas that must be joined up: measures, systems/processes, and people. Potential areas for efficiencies are identified and then pilots are conducted before scaling up. Estimated savings are determined by approaches like service redesign or technology. Benefits are then evaluated using metrics like return on social investment or public value. A case study from Somerset County Council compares the budget size and relative cost/performance of different council services. Key questions are posed around best linking performance, efficiency, and finance; identifying areas for efficiencies; and measuring savings and improvement within partnerships.
This document summarizes research on the online performance of political parties in European Parliament elections from 2009-2014 across several countries. It examines how parties use their websites (web 1.0) and social media like Facebook and Twitter (web 2.0) during campaigns. The research questions consider how online performance may influence vote share and whether there are differences across countries and parties. Statistical analyses found that time, country, and party characteristics like size can influence online performance. Social media use varied across the 28 EU countries studied.
The Travel Forecasting Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) supports and assists public agencies in the development, implementation and application of
current and emerging technologies in travel demand forecasting.
The purpose of travel forecasting is to help transportation
decision makers, at the local and state levels, improve the overall function of the transportation system. Program staff members accomplish this by developing travel models that predict future transportation patterns based on many variables. The variables used by program staff include comprehensive travel survey data, U.S. Census data, current and projected socio-demographic data, existing and projected transportation system data, and current traffic data.
Strategies for Infrastructure Improvements in Urban Neighbourhoods: An Issue-...Barry Wellar
The 2001 keynote address at the Hamilton, Ontario symposium on urban neighbourhoods provided a number of strategies that community associations could use in evaluating infrastructure needs, and proposals, and also provided context and content for the formation and organization of the Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods ( Ontario.) Now, in 2009, numerous infrastructure proposals are being floated by all levels of government in attempts to deal with the economic downturn that is sweeping Canada, the U.S., and other countries. The PowerPoint slides used in the original presentation appear to have gained in value as community associations try to understand the purpose, value, and impacts of latest mix of iinfratructure proposals and initiatives notions being promoted by governments to deal with the current recession/depression.
This document summarizes the work of the Safe Routes to School program in San Luis Obispo County. It discusses the formation of a regional task force to better coordinate infrastructure and education efforts across multiple agencies. It also describes the development of a comprehensive data collection process called SRTSII to map infrastructure issues near schools and support grant applications for improvements. The goal is to continue expanding education programs while using data to pursue funding for safety projects.
Smart Commute Evaluation: Tools, Techniques and Lessons Learned in Monitoring...Smart Commute
Smart Commute works with stakeholders to reduce traffic and emissions through workplace transportation demand management programs. It has expanded from an initial pilot project in 2001 to involve multiple municipalities and partners across the Greater Toronto Area. Evaluation of these programs involves monitoring activities, impacts, and customer satisfaction to track progress, justify funding, and improve services over time. Challenges include balancing implementation priorities with thorough evaluation and ensuring standardized data collection while allowing for flexibility. Ongoing efforts focus on refining monitoring tools and using lessons learned to strengthen evaluation.
The document summarizes the Transparency by Design initiative, a voluntary consortium of online institutions that share common data about their programs on the College Choices for Adults website. The initiative launched in 2009 with data from 12 institutions on over 30 programs. It focuses on learning outcomes and the adult learner experience. Members commit to contributing institutional data according to common standards and expanding the amount of data and number of member institutions over time. The goal is to provide more robust information for prospective adult students to make informed choices.
The document summarizes the Transparency by Design initiative, a voluntary consortium of online institutions that share common data about their programs on the College Choices for Adults website. The initiative launched in 2009 with data from 12 institutions on over 30 programs. It focuses on learning outcomes and the adult learner experience. Members commit to contributing institutional data according to common standards and expanding the amount of program data and number of member institutions over time. The goal is to provide more robust information for prospective adult students to make informed choices.
9/8 THUR 10:45 | Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program 2APA Florida
Bob Hamm
With an updated Evacuation Study for each of the 11 regions, Florida has one of the only statewide evacuation studies in the Nation. This session will educate participants on its fundamentals,
including HOW and WHY it was created and its implementation across a variety of planning disciplines. Explanations of the major components of the Evacuation Study, including its complex
evacuation transportation models, statewide coordination, behavioral surveys, and associated behavioral assumptions and advanced GIS modeling tools. Planners will gain a better understanding of the purpose, data and methodology of the Studies and how to implement its findings in their planning documents
The document summarizes a study conducted by the City of Bellingham, WA on connectivity metrics. It establishes the importance of connectivity as a metric to evaluate transportation networks. The study analyzed connectivity in Bellingham's 16 concurrency service areas, with a focus on areas 9 and 14. The study found that a proposed new arterial called the Birchwood Connector would significantly improve connectivity and access to major destinations like the hospital by providing an alternative to the barrier caused by Interstate 5. The document recommends next steps like revising connectivity metrics, adding it to impact fee programs, and preparing pedestrian and bicycle system plans.
The document provides an overview of the Hibernate framework. It discusses some of the drawbacks of using JDBC for database access, such as needing to manually open and close connections. Hibernate aims to address these issues by providing object-relational mapping and allowing data to flow through an application as objects rather than being converted to text for storage. Some key advantages of Hibernate mentioned are that it supports inheritance, associations and collections, and allows saving derived class objects while also persisting base class data.
This document provides an overview of cloud computing, including:
- Cloud computing uses central remote servers and the internet to maintain data and applications, allowing users to access files and applications from any device.
- The main advantages of cloud computing are more efficient computing through centralized resources, lower costs, flexibility, and scalability.
- The types of cloud include public, private, and hybrid clouds, with the main difference being who can access the services.
- Cloud computing delivers applications, platforms, and infrastructure as on-demand services through software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) models.
- The author
Dissertation title and final project: Data source registration in the Virtual Laboratory. The subject of the thesis and related project was to integrate EGEE/WLCG data sources into GridSpace Virtual Laboratory (http://gs.cyfronet.pl/).
Poster presentation entitled Integrating EGEE Storage Services with the Virtual Laboratory:
http://www.plgrid.pl/en/pr_materials/posters
Dissertation available at http://virolab.cyfronet.pl/trac/vlvl#MasterofScienceThesesrelatedtoViroLab
Quick Ride connects commuters travelling in the same direction in real-time and schedules the rides instantly for an immediate ride, or even well in advance for upcoming rides. You can also view the users going in the same direction and connect.
Rethinking the Interaction of People with Time & Place while Commutingmonsieurgaufrette
The document discusses ways to improve people's experience with public transportation. It explores how people currently feel about commuting and waiting for vehicles. Most people spend 1-2 hours commuting each day and feel limited by transportation schedules. The document proposes combining maps and tickets on cell phones to help people better understand where they are and how to reach their destination. It suggests displaying maps and landmarks in transportation vehicles so people can visualize their location as they travel. Improving people's interaction with time and place during commuting could enhance their experience and motivation to use public transportation more.
- The document summarizes a study that tested Attention Restoration Theory by examining the restorative effects of natural and urban scenes that varied in consistency and saliency.
- 72 participants viewed images and completed mood and directed attention measures before and after. Results showed natural inconsistent scenes improved mood and restored directed attention more than urban scenes. However, saliency did not impact outcomes.
- The study provides further evidence that natural environments can restore directed attention and improve mood, as Attention Restoration Theory predicts.
A pilot project was conducted to determine if health and fitness checks could motivate employees to increase physical activity through commuting. 63 employees were selected who did not regularly walk or cycle to work. Participants received fitness tracking, gear, and competitions to increase biking or walking. Health checks showed reduced absenteeism, improved fitness, and weight loss. The low-cost program was deemed transferable and successful in promoting active commuting and its health benefits.
This document discusses personal space on trains during commuting in Japan. It provides facts about passenger numbers on trains, increasing congestion rates on trains in Tokyo from 1975 to 2013, and average 60 minute commuting times for Tokyo workers. It discusses motivations like crimes on trains from groping and violence. The topic is how the invasion of personal space during crowded train commuting can negatively impact well-being and happiness, and how the concept of proxemics relates to defining personal space. It aims to examine how important personal space is during commuting.
A presentation about green commuting and the use of gamification in a mobile app that helps on promoting cycling in smart cities. Presented at the Geomundus 2016 conference
This document provides information for commuting to work by bicycle, including choosing the right bike and equipment, following safety practices, carrying items, secure parking, and resources for bicycle user groups. It covers selecting a bike, clothing, safety rules of the road, transporting items, locking techniques, and contacts for additional information. The goal is to promote biking to work as a fun and healthy transportation option.
A day off in the cyberpark – how the growing synergies between nature and tec...Dr Sue Thomas
A day off in the cyberpark – how the growing synergies between nature and technology will soon affect our workplaces and leisure time
Keynote presentation by Dr Sue Thomas, Visiting Fellow, The Media School, Bournemouth University www.suethomas.net
Seminar 11: ''Affective Digital Economy: Intimacy, Identity and Networked Realities''
ESRC Seminar Series: Digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights
Friday November 29 2013, University of Leicester
Sue Thomas 'A Journey of Integration' PhD Thesis 2004 [computers, connectedne...Dr Sue Thomas
'A Journey of Integration: Virtuality and Physicality in a Computer-Mediated Environment'
. PhD by Published Works, 2004. Sue Thomas
This thesis details the history of Sue Thomas’s writings on computer-mediated experience since 1988, from the research for and writing of her first novel Correspondence (1992), through a second novel Water (1994) and a number of collected and single works in print and new media, to the non-fiction book Hello World: travels in virtuality (2004). It argues that computers offer an opportunity to explore our sense of connectedness not just with each other, but also with the natural, the mechanical and the digital. However, the immense promise of digital life lies in its very resistance to definition, and the growing web of online social networks must be regarded as an ecological system living and evolving on its own terms. (Chapter 6 has been removed for revision)
The document summarizes a carpooling service called Bona's Carpool Network at St. Bonaventure University. It was founded in 2009 and currently has around 400 users. The service uses a social network and route matching technology to connect students seeking rides during breaks. Users can search for rides based on date and frequency, and the system uses cross streets rather than addresses for privacy. The university is considering purchasing a three year contract for Zimride software and services to replace the current system at a cost of $10,000 per year.
The document describes a dissertation submitted for a Bachelor of Science degree. It outlines the objectives of creating an interactive web tutorial to inform newly diagnosed diabetics about their condition in a fun way. It details the methodology, which involved designing page layouts, learning Flash and ActionScript for interactivity, and creating a Java game applet. The achievements were successfully meeting the objectives of an informative yet entertaining resource through the implemented system, which utilized HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash and Java applets.
Meru rides on Twitter to create awareness around carpoolingSocial Samosa
The digital campaign #DilKaDarwazaKholo, conceptualized and executed by MindShift Interactive helped in bringing awareness for the carpooling concept in India.
The document discusses measuring livability, accessibility, and environmental justice through technical toolkits and indicators. It describes developing indicators using available data on topics like sidewalk coverage, bicycle infrastructure, vehicle ownership, and crashes. Charts show indicators for different community types. Limitations include outdated sidewalk data and a lack of bicycle facility implementation tracking. Feedback requested more indicators like transit access. The document outlines measuring environmental justice impacts by identifying low-income and minority populations and comparing transportation plan scenarios.
myRide: A Real-Time Information System for the Carnegie Mellon University Shu...Karen Mesko
http://myride.heinz.cmu.edu
myRide is a real-time transit information system for the Carnegie Mellon University Shuttle. It was built by Heinz College graduate students in the fall of 2009. The pilot will end in December 2009, but the website (http://myride.heinz.cmu.edu) will remain up as we work to make myRide a permanent system at Carnegie Mellon.
Multimodal Impact Fees - Using Advanced Modeling ToolsJonathan Slason
This document discusses transportation impact fees and how to account for multimodal capacity. It notes that comprehensive transportation master planning now incorporates multimodal travel beyond single modes. Land use changes have led to more urban development patterns that support non-auto travel. Transportation impact fees are used to fund necessary mobility infrastructure for new development but traditionally focused on roads; there are now challenges in properly accounting for and assessing multimodal demand and capacity. The document discusses using both top-down data from travel demand models and bottom-up site-specific data to bridge this gap and set multimodal transportation impact fees.
Webinar: Land Use-Transport Interactions: Evidence from and Implications for ...BRTCoE
This document summarizes research on the interactions between land use and transportation. It begins with an overview of the theoretical framework showing how land use and transportation influence each other. It then provides examples at different scales, from macro/metropolitan down to micro/neighborhood. At the macro scale, it examines trends in urbanization and suburbanization globally. At the meso/intra-metropolitan scale, it analyzes the effects of planning policies on land use and travel in the Netherlands. At the micro/neighborhood scale, it studies the impact of built environment factors on transit use and walkability near BRT stations in Boston and Jinan, China. The document concludes by discussing implications for both "transportation as a function of land use
This document outlines various types of transportation surveys that are important for transportation planning, including road network inventory, traffic volume counts, origin-destination surveys, household surveys, economic activity surveys, public transportation studies, safety studies, and parking surveys. The objectives, methodology, sampling approach, and expected outputs are described for each type of survey. Conducting comprehensive transportation surveys is essential for developing an effective transportation plan.
Presentation on the Valdosta-Lowndes Metropolitan Planning Organization's Travel Demand Model to the Citizen's Advisory Committee and the Technical Advisory Committee.
Transport Chicago- Creating a Transit Supply Index 2003Andrew Keller
- The presenter developed a Transit Supply Index (TSI) to measure and aggregate transit service levels for northeastern Illinois using publicly available data.
- The TSI methodology calculates frequency of transit service by buffering transit stops, dissolving buffers by route and frequency, and normalizing by population coverage. Challenges include accurately accounting for catchment areas and adjusting buffers based on street network patterns.
- Next steps include incorporating additional factors like capacity, accessibility, auto access to transit, and travel times between zones to measure accessibility to attractions. The TSI aims to provide a meaningful metric for both experts and non-experts to evaluate transit service levels.
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The document discusses conducting an origin-destination survey in the Sitapura area of Jaipur, India to study traffic patterns. Roadside interviews were used to collect data on trip origins, destinations, purposes, and vehicle types from drivers at survey points along roads. The surveys found the highest traffic volumes originated from India Gate, with the most students coming from Compucom Mod route and most workers from India Gate. Peak traffic periods were 9-10am and 3:30-4:30pm. The origin-destination data can be used for transportation planning and infrastructure development.
The document describes a capstone project to develop a model for predicting the popularity of bikeshare stations based on characteristics of surrounding neighborhoods. Previous studies found factors like population demographics, proximity to transit and amenities influenced station usage. The project uses data on DC bikeshare trips, stations, census demographics, and nearby amenities to explore correlations and build regression models. Feature selection addresses multicollinearity issues to create a model utilizing the most predictive variables for station popularity. The goal is a model applicable to other cities that increases bikeshare sustainability.
This paper evaluates the performance of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority’s recently-enhanced Nine-County Regional Pricing Model (RPM-9), which is being used to study congestion pricing alternatives in San Francisco as a part of the Mobility, Access, and Pricing Study. This study sought to evaluate comprehensive pricing and mobility-enhancing packages to improve access and offer more sustainable travel choices to and within San Francisco. The Study tested various pricing scenarios including cordon, area, and gateway designs; various toll levels; and a range of shoulder pricing/time of day profiles. Pricing scenarios were coupled with strategies for improving accessibility for all modes of travel to, from, and within San Francisco including, but not limited to, local and regional transit investments. RPM-9’s structure as a tour-based microsimulation model allowed several enhancements for this study that would not have been possible in a trip-based framework. These include the use of value-of-time distributions, rather than averages across groups; the feedback of mode and destination choice logsums to make auto ownership and tour generation sensitive to price; the explicit tracking of travelers who have paid area tolls; and enhanced peak spreading models. The disaggregate nature of RPM-9 facilitated summaries of key measures of effectiveness at various levels and types of aggregation including income level, residential location, and work location. These flexible summaries were critical to evaluating alternatives and answering questions about who was paying versus who was benefiting.
Chattanooga Passenger Rail Public Meeting 10/22/15 Tyler Yount
The document summarizes a public meeting held on October 22, 2015 to discuss a proposed rail transit implementation study in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The meeting agenda covered the project background, existing transit modes and technologies, examples from peer cities with rail systems, and current conditions in Chattanooga. The goals of the proposed rail project are outlined as improving economic competitiveness, sustainability, and quality of life through transportation alternatives while enhancing safety and existing infrastructure. Community input received so far indicates strong support for rail transit in Chattanooga.
Boosting Active Transportation at the Regional Level: Setting and Meeting Performance Measures
How can Metropolitan Planning Organizations increase and best utilize support for active transportation? Learn about approaches from MPOs in Chattanooga and Atlanta in effectively engaging the public and other agencies, setting performance measures, and prioritizing active transportation projects.
Presenters:
Presenter: Jenny Park Chattanooga Regional Planning Agency
Co-Presenter: Byron Rushing Atlanta Regional Commission
The document describes the ActiveTrans Priority Tool (APT), a methodology for prioritizing bicycle and pedestrian improvements along existing roads. It was developed through a research project to provide agencies a flexible, data-driven way to prioritize projects in a transparent manner. The APT uses a set of factors and variables to calculate prioritization scores for improvement locations based on an agency's goals. It has been applied by various transportation agencies to help allocate funding and resources for active transportation projects.
TDM and Transportation Infrastructure: An Essential Part of Any Master PlanHarvard Campus Services
TDM and Transportation Infrastructure: An Essential Part of Any Master Plan,” by Director of Transportation Services, John Nolan. Presented at the Meeting of the Minds conference at the University of Rochester, July, 2008.
Effective Urban Transportation in Smart Environments (2)Anthony M Burns
This document discusses sustainable urban transportation and how smart technologies can help make transportation more sustainable. It provides an overview of a project exploring this topic and defines key terms like smart growth, diverse transportation modes, and seamless integration of systems. The document reviews data collected by transit apps in other cities and popular transportation apps. It analyzes how apps can provide real-time arrival times, navigation, and crowd-sourced information. The document concludes that education and transparency through technology can empower users and support decision making for sustainable transportation.
Short talk impact Covid-19 on supply and demand during the RA webinarSerge Hoogendoorn
We sketch a conceptual framework showing (lasting) impact on demand and supply. We illustrate complications at the supply side due to changing behaviour. We show how to include interventions and how to assess them.
Similar a Commuting Connections: Carpooling and Cyberspace (20)
This document discusses Smart Commute's social media strategy for transportation demand management (TDM) outreach and campaigns. It defines social media, explains why Smart Commute uses social media to reach younger audiences and build community, and outlines its approach to creating content pools and communication pipelines to engage people. The document also covers establishing a consistent online identity, promoting social media channels, addressing challenges like monitoring effectiveness, and next steps such as developing mobile apps and content.
Providing Transportation Choices: The Region of Durham ExperienceSmart Commute
Written by: Jeffrey Brooks, MCIP, RPP, Ramesh Jagannathan, P.Eng, PTOE, Colleen Goodchild, MCIP, RPP
Presented at: Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers, Toronto, May 2007
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area School Travel Household Attitudinal StudySmart Commute
This document summarizes the results of a survey of 1,001 parents and guardians in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area about school travel methods for their eldest child attending elementary school. Key findings include:
- Most children travel to and from school by car (driven by a household member), followed by school bus, walking, and cycling. Walking increases with closer distance to school.
- Convenience and safety concerns are the primary reasons for parents choosing certain travel modes.
- Many parents are open to considering alternatives to driving but have infrastructure and program concerns that need to be addressed first.
- Potential target groups for promoting more active travel include those who live close to school but drive, and those who
Engaging Property Managers: The Case for TDM at Multi-tenant Office BuildingsSmart Commute
1) Smart Commute is a transportation demand management (TDM) initiative in the Greater Toronto Area that works with large multi-tenant office buildings to encourage alternatives to driving alone. Partnering with property managers allows them to reach more employers and tenants efficiently.
2) There are benefits for both property managers and tenants to implement TDM programs including improving accessibility, reducing congestion, and gaining LEED certification points.
3) Different models of property manager participation are used, from paying membership fees for all tenants to serving on the board. Effective engagement requires communication, championing initiatives, and identifying resources.
Employer-Sponsored Transit: A TDM Strategy for Encouraging Transit RidershipSmart Commute
Presented by: Catherine Habel, BSC, MES (Planning) and Glenn Gumulka, MES, MBA
Presented at: Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) 2009 Conference, Montreal, November 2009
The Case for TDM: Making the Case for Strategic Partnerships in TDM – Example...Smart Commute
The document discusses strategic partnerships that can help promote transportation demand management (TDM) initiatives like the Smart Commute program in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. It provides examples of partnerships with different levels of government, non-governmental organizations, and private businesses. Some key lessons learned include aligning mutual interests between partners, understanding roles and responsibilities, considering impacts on all partners, and recognizing that partnerships require effort but can pay dividends through increased support.
Bike Share Program Investigation: Best Practices, GTHA Context Analysis and L...Smart Commute
This document outlines best practices for bike share programs based on a review of case studies and the GTHA context. It discusses the evolution of bike share programs and different operational models. Case studies from Paris, Washington DC, and Montreal provide details on program launch, size, funding models, and impacts. The document then analyzes the environmental context in the GTHA, stakeholder groups, integration strategies, and legal considerations. It recommends implementation strategies tailored for different community sizes, centered around transit. Next steps include further consultation and feasibility studies for potential bike share pilots in Newmarket and Toronto.
Charging Fueling & Infrastructure (CFI) Program Resources by Cat PleinForth
Cat Plein, Development & Communications Director of Forth, gave this presentation at the Forth and Electrification Coalition CFI Grant Program - Overview and Technical Assistance webinar on June 12, 2024.
EV Charging at MFH Properties by Whitaker JamiesonForth
Whitaker Jamieson, Senior Specialist at Forth, gave this presentation at the Forth Addressing The Challenges of Charging at Multi-Family Housing webinar on June 11, 2024.
Expanding Access to Affordable At-Home EV Charging by Vanessa WarheitForth
Vanessa Warheit, Co-Founder of EV Charging for All, gave this presentation at the Forth Addressing The Challenges of Charging at Multi-Family Housing webinar on June 11, 2024.
Dahua provides a comprehensive guide on how to install their security camera systems. Learn about the different types of cameras and system components, as well as the installation process.
Charging Fueling & Infrastructure (CFI) Program by Kevin MillerForth
Kevin Miller, Senior Advisor, Business Models of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation gave this presentation at the Forth and Electrification Coalition CFI Grant Program - Overview and Technical Assistance webinar on June 12, 2024.
Implementing ELDs or Electronic Logging Devices is slowly but surely becoming the norm in fleet management. Why? Well, integrating ELDs and associated connected vehicle solutions like fleet tracking devices lets businesses and their in-house fleet managers reap several benefits. Check out the post below to learn more.
Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Grant: Round 2 by Brandt HertensteinForth
Brandt Hertenstein, Program Manager of the Electrification Coalition gave this presentation at the Forth and Electrification Coalition CFI Grant Program - Overview and Technical Assistance webinar on June 12, 2024.
Understanding Catalytic Converter Theft:
What is a Catalytic Converter?: Learn about the function of catalytic converters in vehicles and why they are targeted by thieves.
Why are They Stolen?: Discover the valuable metals inside catalytic converters (such as platinum, palladium, and rhodium) that make them attractive to criminals.
Steps to Prevent Catalytic Converter Theft:
Parking Strategies: Tips on where and how to park your vehicle to reduce the risk of theft, such as parking in well-lit areas or secure garages.
Protective Devices: Overview of various anti-theft devices available, including catalytic converter locks, shields, and alarms.
Etching and Marking: The benefits of etching your vehicle’s VIN on the catalytic converter or using a catalytic converter marking kit to make it traceable and less appealing to thieves.
Surveillance and Monitoring: Recommendations for using security cameras and motion-sensor lights to deter thieves.
Statistics and Insights:
Theft Rates by Borough: Analysis of data to determine which borough in NYC experiences the highest rate of catalytic converter thefts.
Recent Trends: Current trends and patterns in catalytic converter thefts to help you stay aware of emerging hotspots and tactics used by thieves.
Benefits of This Presentation:
Awareness: Increase your awareness about catalytic converter theft and its impact on vehicle owners.
Practical Tips: Gain actionable insights and tips to effectively prevent catalytic converter theft.
Local Insights: Understand the specific risks in different NYC boroughs, helping you take targeted preventive measures.
This presentation aims to equip you with the knowledge and tools needed to protect your vehicle from catalytic converter theft, ensuring you are prepared and proactive in safeguarding your property.
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49% (46%) of respondents have matched through the system; 28% (16%) have formed carpools and 24% (14%) are actually carpooling; and 38% (42%) are still waiting for matches.