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Electric Vehicle Ownership Factors, Preferred Safety Technologies and Commuting Behavior in the United States
(2017-02)
Electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to reduce climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions, potentially reduce the ground-level ozone experienced during summers over the Mid-Atlantic’s I-95 Corridor, and possibly reduce ...
Optimal Automated Demand Responsive Feeder Transit Operation and Its Impact
(2018-09)
Although demand responsive feeder bus operation is possible with human-driven vehicles, it has not been very popular and mostly available as a special service because of the high operating costs due to the intensive labor ...
Optimization of Emergency Traffic Patrols (ETP) Operations
(2019-04)
Effective incident management relies on many tools to lessen the overall impact of crashes, road debris, and disabled vehicles. Many urban areas have adopted freeway service patrol (FSP) programs that patrol the freeway ...
Developing an Eco-Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control System for Electric Vehicles
(2020-03)
This study develops an Eco-Corporative Adaptive Cruise Control system (Eco-CACC) for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the vicinity of signalized intersections and investigates the network-level benefits of this system. ...
Innovative Methods for Delivering Fresh Foods to Underserved Populations
(2019-12)
Limited access to fresh food sources--ones within reasonable distances with reliable, affordable transportation--has become a public health concern. The negative associations between a lack of fresh food consumption and ...
Optimized Development Of Urban Transportation Networks
(2019-05-30)
This report presents improved methods for planning and scheduling interrelated improvements in transportation networks. Due to the complexity of the relevant evaluation functions, which cannot be optimized with classical ...
Investigating the Impact of Distracted Driving among Different Socio-Demographic Groups
(2019-12)
Previous studies examined the detrimental impact of distracted driving on safety; however, the effect of different types of distraction accompanied by different road classes has not been investigated. This study used a ...
The Contribution Of Urban 4-H Positive Youth Development Towards Social Capital And The Implications For Social Justice
(2016)
Education is a basic human need-it is a means to and an exercise of one's freedom. A meaningful education empowers people to claim their humanity, liberate their people and work towards social justice (Perry, Steele & ...
Sustainable Design of Concrete Bus Pads to Improve Mobility in Baltimore City
(2019-03-02)
Public transit, particularly buses in Baltimore City, plays a vital role in sustainable transportation in the United States as well as providing mobility to those without cars. Bus pads are usually constructed in the street, ...
An Exploration Of Birth Parents' Child Welfare Mandated Service Experiences
(2015)
When children are placed in out-of-home care due to maltreatment, the parents are mandated to receive services in order to reunify with their children. Studies have been completed on parents' service experiences, but little ...