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This paper reviews the research, policy proposals and recommendations, implemented policies, and programs on sustainable transportation since 2000, with regional focus on the US, using the UK (related to the European Union if appropriate), and Canada as references. The paper finds [...]

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In 2016 alone, around 4000 people died in crashes involving trucks in the USA, with 21% of these fatalities involving only single-unit trucks. Much research has identified the underlying factors for truck crashes. However, few studies detected the factors unique to single and multiple [...]

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Accurate and reliable information is needed to support decision-making processes. Due to the large number of participants typically involved in supply chain operations, organizations often find that it is difficult to effectively share information within a supply chain, hence, this [...]

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El marc institucional en el que es porta a terme l’avaluació de les polítiques públiques – i en particular el de les infraestructures - condiciona en gran mesura el seu nivell de qualitat i l’ús que [...]

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El marc institucional en el que es realitza l’avaluació de projectes d’infraestructures condiciona en gran mesura la seva qualitat i el seu paper en la presa de decisions. Entre els factors que tenen un impacte sobre la qualitat de l’avaluació destaquen: [...]

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Because of their critical strategic role, ports have all traditionally been subject to some form of government control even if the legal form and the intensity of this control have varied across countries. The member countries of the European Union have not been different from the [...]

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This paper considers a congested bottleneck. A fast lane reserves a more than proportional share of capacity to a designated group of travellers. Travellers are otherwise identical and other travellers can use the reserved capacity when it would otherwise be idle. The paper shows [...]

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Purpose : the aim of this study is to estimate monetary abatement values for road and rail traffic noise that can be used for policy purposes. However, a main objective is to critically discuss the assumptions necessary to convert the monetary values elicited in willingness to pay [...]

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Purpose: This study compared road safety and related factors in the U.S. with those in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands (which are among the best-performing countries), in order to identify actions most likely to produce casualty reductions in the U.S. Method: The reviewed [...]