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Using bike rental data from Transport for London, this paper exploits of the timing of Premier League games to identify how proximity to Premier League stadiums affects the daily ridership of nearby bike stations in London’s bike-sharing system. While bike stations within 0.5km of London...
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While the job search literature has increasingly recognised the importance of the spatial distribution of employment opportunities, local labour market conditions have been a notable omission from much of the empirical literature on commuting outcomes. This study of the commute times of dual...
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While the job search literature has increasingly recognised the importance of the spatial distribution of employment opportunities, local labour market conditions have been a notable omission from much of the empirical literature on commuting outcomes. This study of the commute times of dual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013990
Over the past two years, there has been a worldwide regulatory backlash against new smartphone-app-based Private Hire Vehicle (PHV) operators, with Uber probably being the most emblematic one. While a few regulatory clarifications can be justified, the vast majority of measures have been...
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The renationalisation of rail infrastructure has not been a success. Network Rail has been plagued by crisis after crisis, with major projects hit by delays, mismanagement and large cost overruns. Its problems echo those suffered by the inefficient nationalised industries of the post-war period....
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Vermont towns are required to have a town plan. The responsibility of the town planning department, the plan is comprehensive and details the current state of the town and embodies the residents’ vision of the town’s future. Town plans should be compatible with the plans of neighboring...
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EU generally represents a sui generis model of regional economic integration. When broken down to transport and logistics the EU common transport policy represents a second to none format of supranational governance. Thus, the research believes that some of the related achievements and best...
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that removed much of the rail network in Britain during the mid-20th Century. We find that a 10% loss in rail access …
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In the literature many definitions of megacities and mega-regions are proposed (Urena et al., 2009; Pagliara et al., 2011). For example, Hall (2009) defines a mega city region as a "series of cities physically separated but functionally networked clustered around one or more larger central cities...
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