by Chung Shiu-ling, Shirley. / Bibliography: leaf 45 / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1986

Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-08-14T11:24:00Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Ana Carolina Fernandes Pires - 2018.pdf: 9380227 bytes, checksum: e5582a51bf4fddf8aecd6825577eea20 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-08-14T11:34:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Ana Carolina Fernandes Pires - 2018.pdf: 9380227 bytes, checksum: e5582a51bf4fddf8aecd6825577eea20 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T11:34:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Ana Carolina Fernandes Pires - 2018.pdf: 9380227 bytes, checksum: e5582a51bf4fddf8aecd6825577eea20 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-05-29 / The urbanization process of the Brazilian metropolitan regions has not been sustainable. These areas are characterized for its dichotomic central-peripheral model of city expansion, in which the intense conurbation and dependence among its municipalities allow intermunicipal commuting to happen. The latter usually happen through mass transit buses, which circulate without priority infrastructure and low passenger turnover. In the peripheral municipalities, urban occupation has happened in a scattered way, which turns infrastructure provision more expensive in these areas, and, because of that, scarcer, something that also undermines the efficiency of public transportation. A modal of transportation is needed between not too dense urban occupations, with a small amount of passengers, regularly traversing urban voids. Considering this background, this research aims at characterizing the impacts that the urban sprawl and the metropolitan relations cause into the mass transit, through a case study about selected municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Goiânia. In order to achieve this goal, indicators of quality and efficiency were selected to evaluate the mass transit system in two different dates, 2010 and 2017, when the system of mass transit that meets the Metropolitan Region of Goiânia present distinct settings to serve the metropolitan population, which, in this time interval, grew in a scattered and expanded manner in the peripheral municipalities. The proposed analysis aims at allying the results shown by the indicators to the urban spot spatial growth of the selected peripheral municipalities, and the spatial setting that the system presents in both dates. The results demonstrate that the intermunicipal commuting and the low density of intramunicipal passengers impair the economic efficiency of the system, causing economic impacts, while the excessive distance, which characterizes the commuting, and the frequency of intramunicipal bus lines impair this system quality, causing social impacts. The methodological procedure has proved itself adequate for the identification and registration of the case under investigation, and it may contribute to a better comprehension of the metropolitan relations, for the urban occupation resultant of these relations and from the displacements generated by such relationships. The conclusion of this work demonstrates a strong need for decentralization of the socio-economic activities in the MRG (Metropolitan Region of Goiânia) and for politics that may promote mass transit in this region. / O processo de urbanização ao qual estão submetidas as regiões metropolitanas brasileiras não tem ocorrido de forma sustentável. Essas regiões são caraterizadas pelo modelo dicotômico centro-periferia de expansão das cidades, em que a intensa conurbação e dependência entre seus municípios propiciam os deslocamentos pendulares intermunicipais, realizados geralmente por ônibus coletivo, que circulam sem infraestrutura prioritária para este modo e com baixa rotatividade de passageiros. Nos municípios periféricos, a ocupação urbana tem ocorrido de forma espraiada no território, o que torna a provisão de infraestruturas nessas áreas mais dispendiosa e, por isso, mais escassa, o que também prejudica a eficiência do transporte coletivo, que precisa circular entre ocupações urbanas pouco densas, com baixa demanda de passageiros, muitas vezes percorrendo vazios urbanos. Diante deste contexto, esta pesquisa tem o objetivo de caracterizar os impactos que o espraiamento urbano e as relações metropolitanas provocam no sistema de transporte coletivo, a partir de um estudo de caso com municípios selecionados da Região Metropolitana de Goiânia. Para alcançar tal objetivo, foram selecionados indicadores para avaliação da qualidade e eficiência do sistema de transporte coletivo em duas datas distintas, 2010 e 2017, nas quais o sistema de transporte coletivo que atende a Região Metropolitana de Goiânia apresenta configurações distintas para atender a população metropolitana que, neste intervalo temporal, cresceu de forma expandida e espraiada nos municípios periféricos. A análise proposta procura aliar o resultado demonstrado pelos indicadores ao crescimento espacial da mancha urbana dos municípios periféricos e selecionados, e também à configuração espacial que o sistema apresenta nas duas datas. Os resultados demonstram que os deslocamentos pendulares intermunicipais e a baixa densidade de passageiros intramunicipais prejudicam a eficiência econômica do sistema, causando impactos econômicos, enquanto a distância excessiva que caracteriza os deslocamentos pendulares e a frequência das linhas de ônibus intramunicipais prejudicam a qualidade deste sistema, causando impactos sociais. O procedimento metodológico mostrou-se adequado para o registro e identificação do processo investigado, e pode contribuir para melhor compreensão das relações metropolitanas, da forma de ocupação urbana resultante destas relações e dos deslocamentos gerados em função de tais relações. A conclusão deste trabalho demonstra a forte necessidade de descentralização das atividades socioeconômicas na RMG e a necessidade de políticas que possam potencializar o transporte coletivo nesta região.

The primary goal of the research project was to organize a community needs assessment, which culminated in a report attached in the appendix. Data from sixteen interviews with community leaders involved in mental health promotion throughout Dallas County, Texas was used as the foundation of the professional report. This data revealed several key barriers faced by those with mental illness in their ability to access mental health services in Dallas County. The information gathered prompted further exploration into the intersection between public transit and mental health. Transit became the focus of this work when it came up as simultaneously a barrier to care and mode of prevention in the majority of the interviews. Interestingly, Dallas County has public plans to address transit related disparities; however, their intervention pulls from strategies determined to be ineffectual among the poor and disenfranchised. In this work we explore community needs and the civic culture of Dallas with a specific focus on transportation.

An Oberleitungen von spurgeführten elektrischen Nahverkehrssystemen werden sehr hohe Zuverlässigkeitsanforderungen gestellt, die durch eine belastungsgerechte Instandhaltung erfüllt werden. Die gegenwärtige Instandhaltungspraxis wird analysiert und die damit erreichte Anlagenverfügbarkeit bestimmt. Als Ergebnis dieser Analyse werden die Arbeitsschwerpunkte identifiziert und besonders instandhaltungsintensive Komponenten oder Bauweisen der Oberleitung ermittelt. An diesen wird untersucht, woraus der erhöhte Instandhaltungsaufwand resultiert und mit welchen Abhilfemaßnahmen dem entgegen gewirkt werden kann. Dabei wird ein Bündel von Einzelmaßnahmen durch theoretische Betrachtungen, Labor- und Feldversuche sowie Simulationsrechnungen betrachtet und die Wirksamkeit bewertet. Parallel wird ein fahrzeugseitiges Monitoringsystem zur qualitativen Bewertung der Kontaktgüte zwischen Stromabnehmer und Oberleitung entwickelt, erprobt und verifiziert. Zusammen mit dafür entwickelten Auswertungsfunktionen können automatisiert instandhaltungsintensive Punkte im gesamten Netz detektiert und charakterisiert werden. Zusammen mit statistisch ausgewerteten Felddaten können verschleißbestimmende Parameter errechnet werden, die den Anlageninstandhalter bei der Zustandsbestimmung seines Netzes unterstützen. Dem Anlagenbetreiber wird ermöglicht, die Instandhaltung zielgerichtet auf verschleißintensive Komponenten zu fokussieren und mit zuvor untersuchten Abhilfemaßnahmen den Instandhaltungsbedarf zu senken.

Everyday need of modern society is a mass personal transit on a regular basis. For this purpose, mass transit systems exist which obey aforethought schedule. This thesis' goal is to examine the means of automatic search of connections from one place to another, implement such search, and to advance the search algorithm using the soft-computing paradigms. Minor goal would be a research of SQL language procedural capabilities, which could support mass pseudo-parallel computations.

**Note** During the research process, IndyGo donated some of the resources cited within this paper to the Indiana Historical Society. That collection has not been archived yet. Further, IndyGo may have placed other documents (created during the time of public ownership) in the Indiana State Archives or the Indiana State Library. / Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Today, most urban mass transit providers are publicly owned. Just a few decades ago, and for a majority of the history of mass transit, private owners provided transportation for communities. The decline of private ownership in Indianapolis resulted in transit crisis that pitted private owners against local government, riders and community groups. Advocates lambasted the private owners for their profit-first tactics, pointing to the dividends gained by the private owners. These owners, the Midland Transportation Corporation, also owned the mass transit companies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Louisville, Kentucky. Indianapolis politicians, residents and newspapers, all firmly conservative, hoped private owners could continue to operate Indianapolis Transit Systems without public assistance. The imminent failure prompted a discussion of the future of transportation in the city of Indianapolis. Community groups hoped the new public corporation would increase service for Indianapolis and not continue the skeleton system managed by the private owners. A storm of uncontrollable events prevented the robust expansion of the new public corporation and its lack of funding resulted in a continuing decline of service, much akin to the private owners that were abhorred by transit riders. Public ownership in Indianapolis revealed the importance of public ownership in the historiography of mass transportation and urban history. The regional investigation of Midland Transportation confirmed the notion of transit as a unique industry, both in its industrial relations and influence of the locality. The basic rationale for public ownership in Indianapolis would be the most important: the provision of public transportation for those unable to afford private transportation to obtain necessary services.

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