Thredbo 15: Recent submissions
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Current trends and innovations affecting the potential for a widespread adoption of electric buses - A comparative case study of 22 cities in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe
Published 2017-01-01Electric buses have environmental, economic, and health benefits, which many cities want to achieve by transitioning their fleets. However, the actual worldwide electric bus adoption is geographically uneven and limited ...Open AccessConference paper -
Measuring agglomeration in transport system planning: Effective density as a measure in Helsinki Region
Published 2017-01-01This paper aims to create estimates for effective densities in Helsinki Region. The context is the regional transport system, land use and housing planning process, which defines the strategic direction for the region’s ...Conference paper -
Accessibility and Social Welfare: A study of the City of Johannesburg
Published 2017-01-01Within the corpus of accessibility measures is the Net Wage After Commute which describes the potential wage earnable less the transport costs incurred to commute to work from a particular location. This paper explores the ...Open AccessConference paper -
Accessibility and Uncertainty: the Option Value of Public Transport
Published 2017-01-01Are there option values of public transport services? A few studies have tried to answer this question through various stated preference methods but the question is so far unanswered. In this paper we set out to present ...Open AccessConference paper -
Public Transport Accessibility Needs Assessment Using Gaming Simulations
Published 2017-01-01Accessibility is a complex measure, defined as the ability to perform activities that are necessary or desired by the users of the system. While being difficult to quantify, it is currently recognised as an important measure ...Open AccessConference paper