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This presentation was given to Broward County, FL Commuter Services in 2005. It is a basic explanation of what car sharing is, and how it works. Car Sharing 101!
The document discusses safety issues at the intersection of Bundy Drive and Mayfield Avenue in Los Angeles and potential solutions. It considers alternatives like all-way stop signs, rectangular flashing beacons, and a traffic signal. It focuses on the benefits of installing a single-lane roundabout, which could reduce speeds, decrease congestion, and lower the severity of crashes compared to other options. Research from transportation organizations indicates that roundabouts have led to fewer injuries and fewer fatalities at other intersections.
Walk Smart is a course designed for seniors who are interested in walking more and improving their local walking environment. This course is in partnership with Elders in Action and made possible by the Northwest Health Foundation. For more information about Walk Smart, contact the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition:
info [at] wpcwalks [dot] org
503.223.1597
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Get symposium details: http://ctr.utexas.edu/research/d-stop/education/annual-symposium/
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A “transit premium” can increase property values by anywhere between a few percentage points up to more than 150 percent.
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1. The San Francisco Transport Strategy document outlines plans to integrate transportation at all levels through a citizen-led process and focus on shifting trips to public transit, bicycling, and shared mobility to relieve congestion.
2. It notes that currently 25% of trips are by public transit, which is overwhelmed, and that there is potential to increase bicycling and shared mobility. It also discusses trends of declining car ownership and increased shared mobility.
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Energy efficiency has been important since the latter part of the last century. The main object of this survey is to determine the energy efficiency knowledge among consumers. Two separate districts in Bangladesh are selected to conduct the survey on households and showrooms about the energy and seller also. The survey uses the data to find some regression equations from which it is easy to predict energy efficiency knowledge. The data is analyzed and calculated based on five important criteria. The initial target was to find some factors that help predict a person's energy efficiency knowledge. From the survey, it is found that the energy efficiency awareness among the people of our country is very low. Relationships between household energy use behaviors are estimated using a unique dataset of about 40 households and 20 showrooms in Bangladesh's Chapainawabganj and Bagerhat districts. Knowledge of energy consumption and energy efficiency technology options is found to be associated with household use of energy conservation practices. Household characteristics also influence household energy use behavior. Younger household cohorts are more likely to adopt energy-efficient technologies and energy conservation practices and place primary importance on energy saving for environmental reasons. Education also influences attitudes toward energy conservation in Bangladesh. Low-education households indicate they primarily save electricity for the environment while high-education households indicate they are motivated by environmental concerns.
Software Engineering and Project Management - Software Testing + Agile Method...Prakhyath Rai
Software Testing: A Strategic Approach to Software Testing, Strategic Issues, Test Strategies for Conventional Software, Test Strategies for Object -Oriented Software, Validation Testing, System Testing, The Art of Debugging.
Agile Methodology: Before Agile – Waterfall, Agile Development.
13. Traffic speeds
Traffic Volumes
Occupancy
requirements
Pricing – time of day
vs. dynamic
Violation enforcement
(occupancy and toll
evasion)
Maintenance
responsibility
OPERATIONS
14. Ownership
What to do with
excess revenue
Social equity and
environmental justice
Relationship to transit
Business rules and
operating policies
POLITICAL/STAKEHOLDER
15. Does it take me where
I want to go?
Do I feel safe?
Is it reliable?
Is it easy to
understand and use?
Does it solve my
problem?
Value = What else
could I spend my
money on?
CUSTOMER
16. Will tolls cover capital
and operating costs?
Financing mechanism
Lender requirements
Pricing for throughput
vs. revenue
FINANCIAL
19. "It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points how
the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could
have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who
is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and
sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who knows the
great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself
in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows the triumph of high
achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails
while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with
those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor
defeat.“
Theodore Roosevelt – The Arena, 1910
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