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Title: 1990 transportation and land development policy
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission
Date Created: 1984
Subjects--Topical: Transportation--Planning, Urban transportation, Land use, Urban

Title: A master highway transportation plan : Charlotte metropolitan area
Creator (Corporate): Wilbur Smith and Associates
Date Created: 1960
Subjects--Topical: Traffic surveys, Express highways, Transportation--Planning

Title: Charlotte concentrated employment program transit study
Creator (Corporate): Wilbur Smith and Associates
Date Created: 1970
Subjects--Topical: Employees--Transportation, Urban transportation, Transportation--Planning
Description: Prepared for the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Title: Comparative evaluation of link travel time from different technologies and sources
Author: Pinnamaneni, Rahul Chowdary
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Transportation--Planning
Description: Accurate travel time information is required to efficiently plan and effectively manage transportation network. Technologies and data sources such as Bluetooth detectors and INRIX offer the potential to continuously collect the data and use it for...

Title: Environmental Sustainability of Light Rail Transit in Urban Areas
Author: Sarmiento, Hazel Marie
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Sustainability, Transportation--Planning
Description: Light rail transit is considered as an environmentally sustainable transit option based on perceptions of its possible benefits on minimizing air pollution, energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. This study seeks to determine how light r...

Title: MODELING TRAVEL DEMAND AND CRASHES AT MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC LEVELS
Author: Duddu, Venkata Ramana
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, City planning, Transportation--Planning
Description: Accurate travel demand / Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) and crash predictions helps planners to plan, propose and prioritize infrastructure projects for future improvements. Existing methods are based on demographic characteristics, socio-eco...

Title: Methods to Estimate Link Level Travel Based on Spatial Effects
Author: Kusam, Prasanna
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, City planning, Transportation--Planning
Description: Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) is used in several planning, roadway design, operational and safety analyses by transportation planners and engineers. Existing methods are very complex and do not adequately address the modeling needs. Errors a...

Title: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF W-BEAM GUARDRAILS ON SLOPED MEDIANS USING NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS
Author: Baker, Ryan
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Transportation--Planning
Description: This thesis presents the research using finite element (FE) modeling and simulations to evaluate the performance of single-faced and double-faced W-beam guardrails for different heights under MASH Test Level 3 (TL-3) impact conditions. The modelin...

Title: Spatial Patterns of Landside Trade Impedance in Containerized South American Exports
Author: Tiller, Kara
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Geodesy, Transportation--Planning
Description: Scholars of Latin America's economic trajectory claim that higher domestic transportation costs stand as a significant barrier to trade and economic integration, and are primarily related to the region's inadequate transportation infrastructure. H...

Title: The Correlates of Congestion: Investigating the Links between Congestion and Urban Area Characteristics
Author: Fields, Milton
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Geography, City planning, Transportation--Planning
Description: Traffic congestion is a major quality of life issue, as well as being a major drain on productivity and urban competitiveness. This exploratory research seeks to identify the set of urban characteristics that are most correlated with traffic conge...

Title: Transit Riders and Access to Bus Service: A Neighborhood Analysis
Author: Wells, Kirstin
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: City planning, Public administration, Transportation--Planning
Description: Intra-jurisdictional delivery of publicly provided services often results in observable differences in service levels that vary by spatial subunit (neighborhood). These variations are related to the socio-demographic characteristics of neighborhoo...