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Title: Comparative evaluation of link travel time from different technologies and sources
Author: Pinnamaneni, Rahul Chowdary
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation--Planning
Description: Accurate travel time information is required to efficiently plan and effectively manage transportation network. Technologies and data sources such as Bluetooth detectors and INRIX offer the potential to continuously collect the data and use it for...

Title: Environmental Sustainability of Light Rail Transit in Urban Areas
Author: Sarmiento, Hazel Marie
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Sustainability, Transportation--Planning
Description: Light rail transit is considered as an environmentally sustainable transit option based on perceptions of its possible benefits on minimizing air pollution, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. This study seeks to determine how light r...

Title: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF W-BEAM GUARDRAILS ON SLOPED MEDIANS USING NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS
Author: Baker, Ryan
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Transportation--Planning
Description: This thesis presents the research using finite element (FE) modeling and simulations to evaluate the performance of single-faced and double-faced W-beam guardrails for different heights under MASH Test Level 3 (TL-3) impact conditions. The modelin...

Title: Spatial Patterns of Landside Trade Impedance in Containerized South American Exports
Author: Tiller, Kara
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Geodesy, Transportation--Planning
Description: Scholars of Latin America's economic trajectory claim that higher domestic transportation costs stand as a significant barrier to trade and economic integration, and are primarily related to the region's inadequate transportation infrastructure. H...