Transportation disadvantage impedance indexing: A methodological approach to reduce policy shortcomings
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Methodological approach to reduce train accidents through a probabilistic assessment
Abstract— In most situations, human and machines are linked in one system and accidents occur in most of them; but, there are no systematic procedures for reporting them. The present work is focused on developing a more scientific methodological approach which applies to reduce train accidents and in particular to improve safety in railway tunnels. The aim of our work is the development of a me...
متن کاملShorter lives in stingier states: Social policy shortcomings help explain the US mortality disadvantage.
The United States has a mortality disadvantage relative to its political and economic peer group of other rich democracies. Recently it has been suggested that there could be a role for social policy in explaining this disadvantage. In this paper, we test this "social policy hypothesis" by presenting a time-series cross-section analysis from 1970 to 2010 of the association between welfare state...
متن کاملA Methodological Approach to Policy Refinement in Policy-based Management Systems
Current research efforts are being directed to commit with the long-term view of self-management properties for telecommunications networks. One of the key approaches that have been recognised as an enabler of such a view is policy-based management. Policy-based management has been mostly acknowledged as a methodology that provides flexibility, adaptability and support to automatically assign n...
متن کاملA ROUTING METHODOLOGY FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ROAD NETWORK
Abstract: The shipments of hazardous materials (HAZMATs) induce various risks to the road network. Today, one of the major considerations of transportation system managers is HAZMATs shipments, due to the increasing demand of these goods (because it is more used in industry, agriculture, medicine, etc.), and the rising number of incidents that are associated to hazardous materials. This paper ...
متن کاملAn Integrated Approach to Transportation Policy in BC ASSESSING GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS OPPORTUNITIES IN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION
Transportation services are central to movement of goods and people in modern economies. Their provision embodies many tradeoffs between: economic benefits, health effects, social and environmental impacts. Policies aimed at achieving deep greenhouse gas emission reductions from the transportation sector will invariably impact the balance of these benefits and dis-benefits of transportation. Th...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Transport Geography
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0966-6923
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.08.014