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Valuing Public Investments to Support Bicycling

Götschi, Thomas; Hintermann, Beat - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 150 (2014) 4, pp. 297-329

We develop a framework for assessing the net benefits of investments to promote bicycling, which explicitly accounts for internal costs of bicycling. We apply our model to eight Swiss cities using data from the Swiss national travel survey and find that increasing the level of bicycling by...

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Aerodynamic effect of bicycle wheel cladding: A CFD study

Arora, B. B.; Bhattacharjee, Sourajit; Kashyap, Vishesh; … - In: Energy Reports 5 (2019), pp. 1626-1637

Aerodynamic drag in a bicycle can originate through the rotation of wheels, and the addition of cladding on the wheels … has a pronounced impact on the same. In the present work, the effect of cladding on the wheels of a bicycle is studied in … Simulation is used to conduct an external analysis of flow air around the bicycle and rider. The k-ε turbulence model is used to …

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Research in international transfer of vocational education and training: A systematic literature review

Toepper, Miriam; Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; … - In: International Journal for Research in Vocational … 8 (2021) 4, pp. 138-169

Context: The transfer of vocational education and training (VET) has a long tradition and can be based on various … conceptual and methodical approaches. Transfer process and success can be influenced by numerous factors at different levels … (systemic, institutional and individual). However, the existing research on the challenges and success factors of VET transfer …

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The management of human resources in Malaysia: Locally-owned companies and multinational companies

Rowley, Chris; Abdul-Rahman, Saaidah - In: Management Revue 18 (2007) 4, pp. 427-453

This paper is concerned with people management practices in companies in Malaysia. It examines the development of the main practice areas of the management of human resources (HR), the HR management (HRM) function and to what extent locallyowned companies (LOC) are influenced by multinational...

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Access to public transport and labor informality

Moreno-Monroy, Ana I. - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

Public transport infrastructure has not kept up with the demands of growing populations in cities in developing countries. Infrastructure provision has historically been biased against less affluent areas, so access to formal jobs is often difficult and costly for a large part of the...

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Auswirkungen der demografischen Entwicklung auf den Berliner Nahverkehr

Kuhfeld, Hartmut; Giehler, Reinhard; Reinhold, Tom - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 32, pp. 505-512

Einer Langfristprojektion des DIW Berlin zufolge wird der Personenverkehr in Berlin bis 2050 nur wenig zunehmen. Die Zahl der Wege steigt gegenüber 2005 um 2 %, die der zurückgelegten Personenkilometer um 6 %. Während der motorisierte Individualverkehr in der genannten Periode zunimmt, ist...

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Disponibilidad y accesibilidad en el transporte público madrileño como garantía de equidad social ante la aplicación de un peaje urbano para la ciudad de Madrid

Muñoz Miguel, Juan Pedro; de Blas, Clara Simón; … - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 20 (2014) 1, pp. 47-54

A sufficiently accessible public transport, is one of the main factors for the implementation of congestion charging, which ensures addition, an adequate level of social equity in mobility, a high degree of social acceptance. This article based on a population survey for the City of Madrid and...

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Omani school and university students' opinions about public transport: Incentives and disincentives

Ambusaidi, Abdullah; Malandrakis, George; Kilinc, Ahmet; … - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 14 (2014) 2, pp. 97-123

The global shift to private transport is impacting on the environment in a number of ways, including increases in vehicle emissions that, in turn, contribute to the major problem of global warming and potential climate change. This suggests a need to improve strategies to encourage greater use...

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Financing public transport: A spatial model based on city size

Ruiz Montañez, Miguel - In: European Journal of Management and Business Economics … 26 (2017) 1, pp. 112-122

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Scheduling electric buses in public transport: Modeling of the charging process and analysis of assumptions

Olsen, Nils; Kliewer, Natalia - In: Logistics Research 13 (2020) 1, pp. 1-17

The Electric Vehicle Scheduling Problem (E-VSP) complicates traditional bus scheduling for public transport by restricting the range of the buses. To compensate for these limitations, detours to charging stations become necessary in order to charge the vehicle batteries. Charging is a nonlinear...

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