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Modelling commuting in multi-nodal [multinodal] urban systems
Laan, Lambert van der; Vogelzang, P. J.; Schalke, R. - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000977639
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Bike-sharing: network efficiency and demand profiles
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Gracia-Lázaro, Carlos; … - 2021
This paper analyzes a bike-sharing service from both network efficiency and demand profiles perspectives. Specifically, it focuses on the BIZI service in the city of Zaragoza (Spain), which was launched in May 2008 with the aim of increasing the use of the bicycle in the city. Since then, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697282
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Urban transport systems in Latin America and the Caribbean : challenges and lessons learned
Yañez-Pagans, Patricia; Martinez, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A. - 2018
This paper discusses the transportation challenges that urban areas in Latin America and the Caribbean face and reviews the causal evidence on the impact brought by different urban transport system interventions implemented around the world. The objective is to highlight the main lessons learned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011910902
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Public transport investments, commuting and gentrification : evidence from Copenhagen
Mulalic, Ismir; Rouwendal, Jan - 2022
This paper considers the impact of the introduction of a metro network in the Copenhagen metropolitan area. Using travel surveys from years before and after the opening of the metro network, we observe a significant change in travel times, speeds and mode choice for commutes that can completely...
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Dynamic congestion and urban equilibrium
Gubins, Sergejs; Verhoef, Erik T. - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010190986
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Commuting time and household responsibilities : evidence using propensity score matching
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2015
The growth in women's participation in the labor force has attracted attention to the gender differences in commuting … behavior, and to their implications. This study analyses the relationship between individual commuting behavior and household …, we analyze the relationship between commuting time, and the time devoted to home production and childcare. To deal with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472521
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Are workers with a long commute less productive? : an empirical analysis of absenteeism
Ommeren, Jos van; Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva - 2009
whether the commute has a positive effect on worker’s absenteeism. Our estimates for Germany indicate that commuting distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377584
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On the road (again) : commuting and local employment elasticities in Germany
Krebs, Oliver; Pflüger, Michael - 2019
commuting developed in Monte et al. (2018) to address the workings of local labor markets in Germany. One key contribution … commuting measures have very little predictive power for these general equilibrium elasticities when the housing share is small … housing share has only little influence on the welfare effects and location patterns of counterfactual commuting cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996456
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Biking and walking : the position of non-motorised transport modes in transport systems
Rietveld, Piet - 2001
Long run developments such as income growth and urban sprawl lead one to expect a continuous decline of thecontribution of non-motorised transport modes to the performance of transport systems. In terms of the totalnumber of trips, non-motorised transport modes have retained high shares,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318572
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Connecting to economic opportunity? : the role of public transport in promoting women's employment in Lima
Martinez, Daniel; Mitnik, Oscar A.; Salgado, Edgar; … - 2018
Limited access to safe transportation is one of the greatest challenges to labor force participation faced by women in developing countries. This paper quantifies the causal impacts of improved urban transport systems in women´s employment outcomes, looking at Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955688