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Time dependent accessibility
Kaza, Nikhil - In: Journal of urban management 4 (2015) 1, pp. 24-39
Many place based accessibility studies ignore the time component. Relying on theoretical frameworks that treat distance … between two fixed points as constant, these methods ignore the diurnal and seasonal changes in accessibility. Network … unavailability of links and nodes. All these reasons point to considering the implications of volatility of accessibility of a place …
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Auxílio-transporte aos trabalhadores metropolitanos brasileiros: São os mais pobres que realmente se beneficiam?
de Carvalho, Carlos Henrique Ribeiro - 2024
This Discussion Paper presents an overview of the granting of transportation assistance to Brazilian working heads of families based on data from the IBGE 2018-2019 Family Budget Survey. It was shown that people from the lowest social strata, with less education and income, are precisely those...
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Auxílio-transporte aos trabalhadores metropolitanos brasileiros : são os mais pobres que realmente se beneficiam?
Carvalho, Carlos Henrique Ribeiro de - 2024
This Discussion Paper presents an overview of the granting of transportation assistance to Brazilian working heads of families based on data from the IBGE 2018-2019 Family Budget Survey. It was shown that people from the lowest social strata, with less education and income, are precisely those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014531635
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ACCESS Magazine, Fall 1994
Handy, Susan; Cervero, Robert; Landis, John D.; Lave, … - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 1994
In this issue of ACCESS, we examine how land use considerations can improve transportation planning. Transportation planners have traditionally sought to maximize mobility by supplying better roads and common carriers, thus making it easier to move around. Seldom have they sought to improve the...
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Health in All Policies as a Strategic Policy Response to NCDs
Lin, Vivian; Jones, Catherine; Wang, Shiyong; Barbd, Enis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
The aim of Health in All Policies (HiAP) is to bring diverse sectors together to find shared solutions; it focuses on identifying 'win-win' or 'cobenefits' such that policy measures contribute not only to improved health outcomes but also to outcomes desired by other sectors, such as education,...
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An investigation of regional public transport spend in Australia
Kandanaarachchi, Thiranjaya; Nelson, John D. - 2022
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Structural modeling of effective factors on women's satisfaction of public transport system : (case study: City of Kashan)
Soorshejani, Rasool Heydari - In: Journal of urban economics and management : a quarterly … 6 (2018) 22, pp. 123-138
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Gastos das famílias brasileiras com transporte urbano público e privado no Brasil: Uma análise da pof 2003 e 2009
Carvalho, Carlos Henrique R.; Pereira, Rafael Henrique M. - 2012
This text analyzes Brazilian families spending with public and private urban transport based on family budget surveys conducted by IBGE in 2003 and 2009. It was observed that on average Brazilian families spend about 15% of their income on urban transportation. Private transport expenses are...
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Public transportation and consumer prices: Chain stores, street vendors and mom and pop stores
Espinoza E., Angel - 2024
Improving public transport infrastructure changes local market conditions. In this paper, I examine the impact of the construction and operation of "Metrobus", Mexico City's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system on consumer prices in chain stores, street vendors, and small family-owned (mom and pop)...
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Connecting Disadvantaged Communities to Work and Higher Education Opportunities: Evidence from Public Transportation Penetration to Arab Towns in Israel
Abu-Qarn, Aamer; Lichtman-Sadot, Shirlee - 2019
Disadvantaged communities are often geographically segregated from employment and higher education opportunities. Increasing access can entail substantial welfare gains, but this can also affect the tradeoff faced by young adults between investing in higher education and working for pay. We...
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