Erratum for “Transportation Planning and the Environment”

Linkages Between Transportation Planning and the Environment

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

Temporal planning for transportation planning and scheduling

Many problems in transportation can be represented as flow problems, and can be optimally solved using efficient linear programming techniques [BIIM77] [BGAB83]. But in some cases this approach is seriously oversimplified. If the problem includes dependencies between different operations, planning is necessary. If the system parameters change dynamically, the assumptions on which flow models ar...

Planning for Medical Emergency Transportation Vehicles during Natural Disasters

One of the main critical steps that should be taken during natural disasters is the assignment and distribution of resources among affected people. In such situations, this can save many lives. Determining the demands for critical items (i.e., the number of injured people) is very important. Accordingly, a number of casualties and injured people have to be known during a disaster. Obtaining an ...

Scenario Planning for Strategic Regional Transportation Planning

This paper proposes a framework for using business and organizational scenario-planning techniques for regional strategic transportation-planning purposes. The paper provides a brief history of scenario planning as it emerged from business-strategic planning activities and gives an overview of its goals and limitations. The paper then reviews the context for scenario planning in regional transp...