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Travel demand forecasting models : development, application, and comparison of aggregate and activity-based approaches for the Austin, Texas Region
(2007-08)
A great disparity exists between the direction of travel demand forecasting by researchers, and the travel demand models used by transportation planning organizations. Activity-based models of travel demand have become ...
A behavioral framework for tourism travel time use and activity patterns
(2010-08)
American households spend over $30 billion on tourism and take over 177 million long-distance leisure trips each year. These trips, and the subsequent vehicle miles traveled, have a significant impact on the transportation ...
The study of roadway sustainability in Texas : a case study with the use of the Greenroads rating system
(2015-08)
In the state of Texas, the roadway network consists of approximately 313,228 miles of roads (Federal Highway Administration, 2013), accounting for 7.61% of the public roads in the United States. To put it in perspective, ...
Robust transportation network analysis with uncertain and correlated long-term origin-destination demands
(2004-12-18)
A methodology for treating long-term origin-destination demand as random and possibly correlated in solving for deterministic user equilibrium is presented in this thesis. The effects of various types of correlations, ...
An assessment of operations and maintenance costs in public-private partnerships
(2014-08)
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) for the delivery of transportation infrastructure are said to offer increased efficiency resulting from the private sector’s life-cycle approach to design and construction. While the ...
An empirical investigation into the time-use and activity patterns of dual-earner couples with and without young children
(2012-12)
This thesis examines the time-use patterns of adults in dual-earner households with and without children as a function of several individual and household socio-demographics and employment characteristics. A disaggregate ...
A method for estimating the inputs necessary to construct a microsimulation model using only publicly available data
(2016-12)
Standard traffic engineering methodologies rely heavily on traffic data collected in the field for the design and planning of roadways and intersections. This data can be used to build microsimulation models, which are ...
Smart city in a box : a strategic playbook for igniting civic innovation
(2017-05-05)
The smart city landscape is a complex and dynamic space. In a rapidly changing environment, transportation leaders are in need of a way to readily identify local mobility challenges, narrow in on the solutions that will ...
Communicating value to stakeholders: a customer-oriented KPI system for state DOTs
(2015-12)
With the erosion of public trust, increasing shortfalls in funding, and continuous forces of disruption, State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) can no longer afford to rely upon traditional models of performance ...
Using 3D/4D CAD modeling for traffic management : development, review, and communication
(2012-05)
Developing a traffic management plan for a transportation infrastructure project is a complex activity which requires input from many different fields. Ideally, design, construction and traffic engineers all work towards ...