Essays about: "Urban rail"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words Urban rail.

1. 1. Bridging space syntax and social capital : a participatory approach to analysing the potential of Light Rail Transit to reconfigure spatialised social segregation in Gottsunda

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Jelmer van der Ham; [2023]
   Keywords : public transport; spatialised social segregation; social capital; space syntax; participatory mapping; co-presence;

   Abstract : The geographic separation of population groups can perpetuate social inequalities in reaching socio-economic opportunity and can exacerbate social exclusivity. Gottsunda, an area in Uppsala, has experienced historically reinforced spatialised social segregation by concentrating groups with foreign-born and low socio-economic backgrounds within the same neighbourhood. READ MORE

3. 2. Path Choice Estimation in Urban Rails : Asimulation based optimisation for frequency-based assignment model

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Alexander Adolfsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Black-Box Optimisation; Optimization; Simulation based optimisation; Transit Network; Automaton; Urban Transport; Public transportation; Black-Box optimering; Optimering; Simuleringsbaserad Optimering; Transportsystem; Automation; Local Transport; Kollektivtrafik;

   Abstract : Transit system have a large importance in modern urban cities, with urban rail often acting as the central system with it efficient travel time and great capacity. As cities grow in population, so to does the usage of urban rail resulting in increased crowding on the platform and in the trains. READ MORE

4. 3. Dormant Transit

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Daniel Oliviusson; [2022]
   Keywords : Architechture; Urban Design; Public transit; New York; Beacon; SUDes; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This thesis studies what urban design and urban development opportunities can be brought to an area by modernising and reactivating rail based transit. Dromant Transit examines two rail lines in the New York Hudson region and studies what effect increased transit would have on particularly a site adjacent to Beacon railroad station in Beacon, NY as well as an overview of opportunities in other localities along theses lines. READ MORE

5. 4. Trip redistribution and calibration of the mode choice model of Catalunya

   University essay from KTH/Transportplanering

   Author : Julien Rigaut; [2022]
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   Abstract : This paper investigates the creation and calibration of a mode choice model for Catalunya. Trip redistribution was performed as the data from light rail trips displayed the number of trips made between stations and not between the actual origin and destination of the trip maker. READ MORE

6. 5. Sensitivity analysis of pluvial flood modelling tools for dense urban areas : A case study in Lundby-Lindholmen, Gothenburg

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

   Author : Johanna Eriksson; [2020]
   Keywords : Flood Modelling; MIKE FLOOD; Sensitivity Analysis;

   Abstract : As a result of the global climate change, extreme precipitation is occurring more frequently which increases the risk of flooding, especially in urban areas. Urbanisation is widely discussed regarding urban flooding where an increase of impervious surfaces limits the infiltration and increases the surface runoff. READ MORE